Redbooth Explained

Redbooth
Developer:	Redbooth, Inc. (formerly Teambox Technologies S.L.Teambox Technologies S.L.^[1])
Programming Language:	Ruby on Rails
Language:	Castilian, English
Genre:	Project management
License:	Software as a service

Redbooth (formerly Teambox) is a web-based workplace collaboration tool and communication platform.

History

Redbooth was previously known as Teambox Technologies S.L., which was founded in 2008^[2] and continued to serve commercial and free hosting for Teambox. The company also offered installation and customization of the software.^[3]

In February 2010, Teambox secured US$193,400 (€140,000)^[4] and an additional US$250,000 as part of a seed funding round in November 2010.^[5] In April 2010, Canadian internet company Talker announced that it had been acquired by Teambox.^[6] In June 2013, Teambox partnered with Zoom Video Communications to provide HD videoconferencing to its users.^[7]

On January 21, 2014, following the acquisition of 650,000 users, Teambox underwent a name change to Redbooth, Inc.^[8] Later, on November 18, 2014, Redbooth disclosed an $11 million Series B funding round led by Altpoint Ventures and Avalon Ventures, bringing its total funding to $17.5 million.^[9]

In August 2016, Redbooth released an exclusive app for Apple TV, available in the Apple TV App Store.^[10]

On 13 September 2017, Redbooth merged with AeroFS, a company that develops collaboration applications. The new combined company is called Redbooth.^[11]

Features

• Status updates and conversations — Status updates are registered as project conversations. Users can later organize conversations by giving them headlines. There are options to notify other project members via email and to attach files from one's computer or Google Docs.^[12]
• Task management – Tasks are organized into task lists under the projects. The task system is closely related to the conversation system and conversations can be converted to tasks. Tasks' status can be changed when commenting on it. There are time tracking, delegation and due date properties for tasks.^[13]
• File and content management: Easily share, find and work on current documents. Comes with free file storage and integrates with Dropbox, Box, Google Drive
• Real-time communication: HD Video conferencing for up to 100 people, screen sharing, and group chat to communicate with your team in real-time.
• Role-based permission to access to projects^[14]
• Integration with other systems (CRM, ERP, etc.)
• HD Video conferencing
• Pages — Pages are a wiki type documentation feature.
• Discussion forums
• Chat
• Contacts on the project
• Time tracking — Time spent on tasks can be tracked
• Phone and tablet clients for iOS and Android
• Language support for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.

See also

• List of collaborative software
• Comparison of project management software

External links

• • Teambox on GitHub

Notes and References

1. Web site: AppStore — Teambox. iTunes. 2 February 2012. 30 January 2012.
2. Web site: Company Overview. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727012049/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=90040760. dead. 27 July 2011. Bloomberg Businessweek. 31 January 2012.
3. Web site: Entrevista a Pablo Villalba de Teambox. 12 January 2012. 21 December 2009. Ignacio. TicBeat. Garcia.
4. Web site: Teambox for project management secures €140,000 funding. 1 February 2012. Techcrunch. Marina. Zaliznyak. 1 February 2010.
5. Web site: Teambox Closes $250k Seed Funding Round. 1 February 2012. FinSMEs. 16 November 2010.
6. Web site: Teambox adquiere la compañía canadiense de Internet Talker. Spanish. 1 February 2012. 7 May 2010. Expansión. Cristina. Fontgivell.
7. Web site: Teambox Adds High-Definition Video Conferencing, Market Looks for Deeper Collaboration. TechCrunch. 18 June 2013.
8. Web site: jwagner . 2014-05-22 . Redbooth Launches First-Ever Public API and New Portal for Developers . 2022-03-11 . ProgrammableWeb . en.
9. Web site: Redbooth Snags $11 mln Series B . Iris . Dorbian . . 2014-11-18 .
10. News: Redbooth adds Apple TV app to bring project management to big screen . Ron. Miller. TechCrunch. 18 August 2016. 18 August 2016.
11. Web site: AeroFS Merges with Redbooth to Enhance Collaboration. itbusinessedge.com. 2017-09-28.
12. Web site: Teambox Is an Open Source, Social Network-Influenced Online Project Management App. 1 February 2012. Lifehacker. 29 September 2010. Adam. Dachis.
13. Web site: Teambox: Collaborate Freely with Your Team. 1 February 2012. Meryl K. Evans. 17 August 2009. Gigaom. 11 May 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120511182520/http://gigaom.com/collaboration/teambox-collaborate-freely-with-your-team/.
14. http://www.getapp.com/teambox-application-1 Redbooth review by Getapp