PointStar Pte Ltd is a Google Apps reseller and web development consulting company based in Singapore with presence in Hong Kong and Indonesia. PointStar helps many small medium enterprises in asia with Google Apps deployment and web application development. PointStar has a team of 10 web developers who are distributed in several countries and often on-site at the customer locations. PointStar faced the issue of managing remote web development teams and employees at customer sites.

"Socialwok has enabled my team of web developers who are working on-site at the customer or back in our office to stay synchronized on projects in a sponstaneous and informal way. Gmail is the most used application for us in Google Apps. The Socialwok Gmail Gadget has allowed us to acccess all features of Socialwok from Gmail, which has really helped with the adoption in the office."
- Justin Lee, Director of Business Development

Solution

Pointstar web developers previously sent emails back and forth to keep track of project status between teams in Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia. With Socialwok Gmail Gadget, web developers can now post status updates on projects right from their Gmail browser. They also get email and instant message notifications when colleagues comment on their project status updates. This has helped Pointstar in saving time to market in delivering its solutions to the customer.

Benefits

• Socialwok Gmail Gadget integrates with the existing Gmail workflow of PointStar and enables rapid adoption of the solution.
• Web developers at the office or working remotely can more sponteaneously and effectively share project information with colleages.