In the beginning, online collaboration tools were limited by technology and the limited knowledge of web service providers and prospective clients. After nearly ten years of evolution, the online collaboration market has come far. Users have spoken and web collaboration vendors have a better understanding of what works and what their clients want and need to manage their projects and groups.

AgileCircle is a hosted project management and collaboration intranet software that allows you to collaborate with your team and clients. You can publish Schedules, tasks, files, messages, organize information, calendar and more. One can share notes, store favorite links with tags, schedules, documents, and to-dos across your company, group, or organization. It also allows Real-time group chat for small groups, especially great for remote teams. The search feature allows you to find any public information with in your circle or portal instantly.

AgileCircle offers a unique web-based application that provides advanced, intuitive online collaboration tools. AgileCircle applies the lessons learned from document and content management systems like the Microsoft SharePoint product, the collaborative work approach of the old Microsoft NetMeeting product, and current collaborative products like Groove and others. The AgileCircle environment is a rich, integrated work space that supports both personal and team use.

Business owners and project managers can create a company or project site for a reasonable fee. These sites take a portal approach to the collection of data, documents, and information, allowing users to store private information, and to collaborate with other users on a specific project or work item. Every user gets a personal site with security to ensure privacy, and Administrators can add edit privileges for certain areas of the site so that select users can edit information. For larger company sites and projects, administrators can share the task of monitoring and controlling the site with broad rights to modify and delete content across the site and sub-sites. Other users can be assigned 'read only' privileges as appropriate.

Unique features enable the administrator to add forums where users can launch discussion threads, share information and solve problems. A search feature allows users to search across all public sites, in order to find documents, comments and information regarding a certain aspect of a project or a particular topic.

Project Managers and team members can manage tasks and action items and save 'favorites' for future reference. Users can store and share document templates, reports, group documents, 'to do' lists, budgets, contracts, notes, schedules and calendars and other topic or project related artifacts.

AgileCircle features provide powerful tools for the virtual teams and organizations that exist in modern business environs. Companies can now use the resources and skills of employees, consultants, offshore resources, and clients, no matter where they are located, so it is easier and faster to complete even the most complex projects on time and on budget.

The traditional project management models have been improved to include established practices and procedures that ensure timely and accurate completion of projects. These methodologies include templates and forms that can be easily shared and edited by multiple team members in an online collaborative environment.

AgileCircle has leveraged the lessons learned by hundreds of users and the shortcomings of the first generation of online collaboration products. The advanced functionality of the AgileCircle online collaboration product enables users to manage any type of group, project or topic and to create a knowledge base and archive for all related information. Users can schedule events, manage group and individual calendars, and chat with others on their team or in their group. Even privacy-conscious professionals like financial investors and attorneys can use this web collaboration without fear of security or privacy risks.

AgileCircle provides a dashboard 'home page' interface as well, so it is easy for board of director organizations and professional or special interest associations to use its features to announce events, and post newsletters and common documents like annual reports, bylaws, and rules and procedures. Senior management teams can create strategic plans and circulate budgets and resources plans for review. Towns, School Systems and Chambers of Commerce can organize documentation and track tasks, meetings and funding initiatives, all within the confines of a private portal site with their own unique corporate web page name. Event planners can announce client events, post schedules for meetings and speakers, and provide registration information and documentation online.

Even families can leverage the AgileCircle feature set to organize 'to do' lists, keep in touch, announce new additions to the family - complete with pictures - and exchange links and information of interest to the group or family members.

All it takes is a little imagination and some planning to organize and manage your project, group, topic of interest or event. No technical background is required to use the features of this powerful collaboration site. AgileCircle brings together all of the best features of an online collaboration site, with the convenience and affordable pricing that small groups and businesses will appreciate, and large businesses will love.