Planbox is a project management software solution founded on scrum and agile software development, now adapted for any project management.  Planbox started in October of 2009, but really became a commercial tool in May of 2011.  The company is based out of Montreal, Canada under the leadership of Olivier Cabanes, with servers in Austin, Texas.  DreamSimplicity took a tour of the Planbox solution and here are some of the unique features and highlights.

Because Planbox was built for scrum and agile software development, the terminology and user interface throughout the solution mirrors this system.  But don't let that stop you if you are not a software developer, the scrum and agile system is a simple, efficient way to manage any project.

Huddle is a key player in the world of cloud project management and collaboration.  Huddle's comprehensive and efficient platform creates a custom dashboard for each user and tabs that cover each step in a project.  When you select a project, or "workspace", you have tabs for everything from whiteboard brainstorming sessions to email discussions, files and meetings.  Everyone on my team can see the workspace and contribute.

Clarizen, the award-winning SaaS work execution software company, has announced the release of Clarizen InterAct™, the patent-pending email server that takes email from being a communication tool to being an execution engine. With Clarizen InterAct, users can customize mailboxes and build rules to perform almost any operation in the system, such as initiate or update projects, log issues, or even turn on a stopwatch to track their time, all from their email. Part of the Clarizen v5.3 release, InterAct improves how teams engage with project management, work tasks, managers, customers as well as one another, using the most common form of communication: email. Clarizen InterAct is based on the foundation of the successful business rules engine, released 10 months ago.

The changing nature of work -- more offsite and global workers, projects involving multiple vendors, and information overload -- has created demand for a solution that improves collaboration and work execution, while integrating with current methods of communication. Clarizen allows companies to work smarter by providing real-time visibility into each project. Managers can see what their teams are working on, and re-prioritize as needed to meet time or expense goals. Employees gain a flexible, collaborative tool that helps them focus on getting the right work done, improving efficiency and maximizing profitability.

Websystems is proud to announce a complete makeover of AceProject's interface, the company's project management software.

Over the last few months, Websystems worked full-time on revamping the interface of its ten-year old web-based project management application.

It wasn’t too long ago that the term “mobile workforce” was seen as almost exclusively a blue collar issue. Jobs in construction and home service repairs often needed some sort of mobile connectivity to work efficiently. However, these days almost any type of workforce has a need for mobile solutions.

According to research firm IDC, over 75% of the entire workforce in the United States is mobile in 2011. Jobs all across the pay scale have a need for staying mobile, and it’s vital for a company to be connected if they want to succeed.

With all this connectivity comes confusion and problems, though. Recently, an oilfield instrumentation system provider performed an internal audit on their customer service and help desk. They found that roughly 30% of the time those employees were so busy going back and forth with mobile employees they couldn’t actually do their job of talking to customers!

These days construction companies big and small have access to the same type of software tools, thanks to the revolution of the cloud. Whether it's project planning and materials management, or time-sheet and talent management, there are apps for ever facet of the business.

Here is a list of 6 Construction related business apps in the DreamSimplicity Marketplace. They are not ranked in any particular order.

As you are probably already aware of, there are a ton of project management solutions available via the cloud. Probably the most famous being BaseCamp by 37Signals, but what other affordable solutions are out there for your business? I've build a list of 5 project management apps that I recommend you take a look at. They all differ in their own ways, see for yourself. The apps are not ranked in any particular order.

1. WORKetc is a revolutionary approach to small business software. Identifying that successful business invests in processes and systems, we set out to build a web-based management platform to help small busines owners drive profits and manage growth. Category:Project Management & Planning

AceProject Mobile is now fully compatible with all tablets, including the newly-launched Blackberry Playbook.

Daptiv, the on-demand leader in project management and collaborative business software, today announced that Intercontinental Hotels Group (ADRs), the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, has selected Daptiv's Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system to manage projects for the company's American Operations project management office (PMO). IHG selected Daptiv based on its on-demand, SaaS-based offering as well as its ability to provide a level of oversight and automation that would enable executives, stakeholders and project teams to collaborate and work more productively and effectively.

IHG opens a new hotel somewhere in the Americas nearly every day of the year, and needed a solution to quickly identify and resolve bottlenecks at any step of the process -- from building out a hotel to supporting franchisees in meeting and exceeding quality standards once it's open. They also needed a system that could be deployed rapidly, without requiring server installations in the data center or delays in implementation.