Comments on: Too Many Business Dashboards? http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html Apps, Strategies, and Best Practices for Web-based work Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Prof. Pierre Coupet http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-56644 Prof. Pierre Coupet Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:32:58 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-56644 Anita, you've hit the nail right on the head. I am in the exact same situation that you're in and am also using netvibes as an alternative. It's incredible that, 2 years after you wrote your article, we're still in the same situation that you were in then and which is how I cam across your post. Anita, you’ve hit the nail right on the head. I am in the exact same situation that you’re in and am also using netvibes as an alternative. It’s incredible that, 2 years after you wrote your article, we’re still in the same situation that you were in then and which is how I cam across your post.

]]> By: Steve Woolsey http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-56640 Steve Woolsey Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:52:05 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-56640 Hello Anita, I just read your article and I wanted to introduce a product that we have been developing that may help to resolve many of the issues you talk about above. We are in the process of building a Multi-Business Management (MBM) interface that will not only give you a place to store and categorize all of your online applications (SaaS, social networking sites, etc.) but it will also enable you to connect with other businesses and people that you work with in order to share information within your communities. Our platform is called DevDesk and we can be found at www.DevDesk.net. The technology was initially built as a bespoke application to manage the complex relationships between disparate businesses, subsidiaries, and chain supplies of franchise networks. We will be introducing more of the benefits we have been building for customer relationship, real estate portfolio, project and document management later in the year. In the meantime however we would like to open up our MBM interface to help solve some of the problems that are outlined in this thread. We are in the very early stages so it will be several more months before we launch. You can follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/DevDesk or sign up on our website to be updated of any official release news. I apologize that we do not have much information posted on our website yet....more coming soon. Best Regards, Steve Woolsey CEO & Founder DevDesk.net Hello Anita,

I just read your article and I wanted to introduce a product that we have been developing that may help to resolve many of the issues you talk about above. We are in the process of building a Multi-Business Management (MBM) interface that will not only give you a place to store and categorize all of your online applications (SaaS, social networking sites, etc.) but it will also enable you to connect with other businesses and people that you work with in order to share information within your communities. Our platform is called DevDesk and we can be found at http://www.DevDesk.net.

The technology was initially built as a bespoke application to manage the complex relationships between disparate businesses, subsidiaries, and chain supplies of franchise networks. We will be introducing more of the benefits we have been building for customer relationship, real estate portfolio, project and document management later in the year. In the meantime however we would like to open up our MBM interface to help solve some of the problems that are outlined in this thread.

We are in the very early stages so it will be several more months before we launch. You can follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/DevDesk or sign up on our website to be updated of any official release news. I apologize that we do not have much information posted on our website yet….more coming soon.

Best Regards,
Steve Woolsey
CEO & Founder
DevDesk.net

]]> By: Trevor Leb http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-48533 Trevor Leb Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:30:48 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-48533 Anita, This type of integrated dashboard/productivity portal is exactly what I need and am looking for, which is how I came across your post a year and a half later. I am using my Google homepage and some of the integrated Google apps, but still have not found anything that works like we're all hoping. Is there anything since this post that you've found to be better? Trevor Anita,

This type of integrated dashboard/productivity portal is exactly what I need and am looking for, which is how I came across your post a year and a half later. I am using my Google homepage and some of the integrated Google apps, but still have not found anything that works like we’re all hoping.

Is there anything since this post that you’ve found to be better?

Trevor

]]> By: Business Never End | Business and Technology » Do You Use a Business Dashboard? http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-5411 Business Never End | Business and Technology » Do You Use a Business Dashboard? Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:11:42 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-5411 [...] an article at the AppGap, I outline how I have cobbled together a rudimentary dashboard to run my business, using Netvibes. Here is an example of a page in Netvibes where I can manage [...] [...] an article at the AppGap, I outline how I have cobbled together a rudimentary dashboard to run my business, using Netvibes. Here is an example of a page in Netvibes where I can manage [...]

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-4742 Anita Campbell Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:30:19 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-4742 Jorge, thanks for the tip. I was not aware of Firefox folders (being more of an IE user myself). So that'a another option instead of a start page like Netvibes, PageFlakes, iGoogle and the like. It's not going to be the kind of attractive dashboard such as you create with your Excel Dashboard creator. But as a "better than nothing" tool to save time and see stats all in one place, it helps the busy entrepreneur, manager or biz owner.. Anita Jorge, thanks for the tip. I was not aware of Firefox folders (being more of an IE user myself). So that’a another option instead of a start page like Netvibes, PageFlakes, iGoogle and the like.

It’s not going to be the kind of attractive dashboard such as you create with your Excel Dashboard creator. But as a “better than nothing” tool to save time and see stats all in one place, it helps the busy entrepreneur, manager or biz owner..

Anita

]]> By: Jorge Camoes http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-4737 Jorge Camoes Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:36:56 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-4737 In Firefox, you can create a folder with all your dashboards. Then, start Firefox, select the "open all" option and you'll get a dashboard automatically open in each tab. Not sure of this is what you have in mind, but it works for me. In Firefox, you can create a folder with all your dashboards. Then, start Firefox, select the “open all” option and you’ll get a dashboard automatically open in each tab. Not sure of this is what you have in mind, but it works for me.

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-4500 Anita Campbell Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:30:09 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-4500 Paula, Nice to see you here -- and thanks for commenting. Yes, visiting all those applications is incredibly time consuming. I'm glad for all the data in these apps, but I was beginning to fell like a slave to them all. Netvibes isn't perfect for this and leaves me wanting a lot more, but it does save me time and makes it easier for me to visit all the "mini-dashboards" I have in these SaaS applications. Sometime just saving a half hour a day or a few times a week can bring about a big boost to my productivity. Not to mention that it makes it more likely I will use all that valuable data. Anita Paula,

Nice to see you here — and thanks for commenting.

Yes, visiting all those applications is incredibly time consuming. I’m glad for all the data in these apps, but I was beginning to fell like a slave to them all.

Netvibes isn’t perfect for this and leaves me wanting a lot more, but it does save me time and makes it easier for me to visit all the “mini-dashboards” I have in these SaaS applications. Sometime just saving a half hour a day or a few times a week can bring about a big boost to my productivity. Not to mention that it makes it more likely I will use all that valuable data.

Anita

]]> By: Paula http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-4417 Paula Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:48:15 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-4417 Keeping track of all the different sites and applications to run our businesses is often so confusing and time consuming. I agree with you that there is a real need to be able to have one central application where you can check your stats with a few simple clicks. Hopefully your article will spark a few wheels turning in the right direction. Keeping track of all the different sites and applications to run our businesses is often so confusing and time consuming. I agree with you that there is a real need to be able to have one central application where you can check your stats with a few simple clicks. Hopefully your article will spark a few wheels turning in the right direction.

]]> By: Do You Use a Business Dashboard? | Small Business Trends http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html/comment-page-1#comment-4359 Do You Use a Business Dashboard? | Small Business Trends Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:13:59 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/too-many-business-dashboards.html#comment-4359 [...] an article at the AppGap, I outline how I have cobbled together a rudimentary dashboard to run my business, using Netvibes.  Here is an example of a page in Netvibes where I can manage [...] [...] an article at the AppGap, I outline how I have cobbled together a rudimentary dashboard to run my business, using Netvibes.  Here is an example of a page in Netvibes where I can manage [...]

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