Hi John
Our product Task Manager 2005 is featured in the Outlook Add-ins section of
the Microsoft Office® Marketplace at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/EM011202121033.aspx
You can find out more information on Task Manager 2005 and download a free
45-day trial at
www.orbisoft.com
Feel free to email us any questions on it at (e-mail address removed) (remove
the XXX).
Here's recent press release on it:
Orbisoft Releases Task Manager 2005 Task / Project Management Software
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Seattle, Washington -- July 12, 2004 -- Somewhere placed between
Microsoft's Outlook® task manager and Microsoft Project®, Orbisoft's Task
Manager 2005 seeks to enable managers to better take control of tasks, jobs
and projects that their teams are working on.
Taking a different approach to traditional task management, Orbisoft says
they have heeded calls from middle management users, saying the product is
more in-line with mainstream realties of workplace environments:
"Managers typically have a need to monitor a high volume of homogeneous
tasks rather than a lesser number of single, complex projects. Our market
research indicated that many users were averse to use more complex project
management software for this type of task and job tracking -- one of the
main reasons cited was that the time taken to enter and maintain data simply
exceeded the benefits of having it."
"What we found was that users wanted a high volume, low maintenance system
that was relatively easy for their team members to use. With this in mind
Orbisoft's development team focused on making a product with the deliberate
software design goal of keeping user data-entry and maintenance time at a
minimum. At the same time power-users who wanted sub-task functionality
weren't isolated -- Task Manager 2005 does allow for up to four nested
levels of task grouping."
The Task Manager 2005 software package can be used personally or in a
multi-user team environment.
"Task Manager 2005 is generally a good tool for clustered managers each
managing teams of say between 5 and 100 people. With each team member having
a generous handful of individual or shared tasks, or client jobs, those
couple of hundred of tasks or jobs necessitate a good overall monitoring
system. Add more managers and their respective team members, tasks numbering
into the thousands, and a good system is crucial, especially to avoid missed
deadlines with customers, other internal departments and other management
interests."
The Task Manager 2005 software program has many power features you'd expect
from modern software, and many features relate directly to the design focus
mentioned: quick data entry templates and task close out screens,
intelligent field defaults, automated email reminders, customizable database
fields, reporting, task charting, security, automated task scheduling, and
even synchronization with Microsoft Outlook® tasks if you so desire.
While Task Manager 2005 has a Windows XP look about it, it will operate on
all Microsoft Windows desktop platforms from Windows 98 to XP Home and XP
Professional.
Orbisoft offers Task Manager 2005 as a free 45-day trial
(
www.orbisoft.com/download/ ). Multi-user pricing begins at $379 USD.
For more information on Task Manager 2005, visit
www.orbisoft.com
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You can get the following online:
* Take a few minutes now to download and read the Task Manager 2005
Reviewers Guide. It will help you get an overview of Task Manager 2005
benefits, features and functionality in around 5 minutes.Go to:
http://www.orbisoft.com/products/taskmanager/2005/reviewersguide/index.htm
* Also, the Task Manager 2005 User Manual is available for download. Use it
to explore Task Manager 2005 features and functionality in additional depth.
Go to:
http://www.orbisoft.com/products/taskmanager/2005/usermanual/index.htm
In addition to the above, the following Orbisoft resources are available for
you while you perform your Task Manager 2005 evaluation:
* Task Manager 2005 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.orbisoft.com/products/taskmanager/2005/support/faq.htm
* Task Manager 2005 Tutorial
http://www.orbisoft.com/products/taskmanager/2005/tutorial/gettingstarted/index.htm
* Task Manager 2005 Knowledge Base
http://www.orbisoft.com/kb/index.htm
* Orbisoft Pre-Sales Support
http://www.orbisoft.com/products/taskmanager/2005/support/index.htm
Kind Regards
Mark Brownlee
Orbisoft Customer Care
mbrownlee@(remove-this)orbisoft.com
www.(remove-this)orbisoft.com