Binfire

Binfire

Developer(s)	Binfire Corporation
Type	Project management
Website	www.binfire.com

Binfire is a privately held project management, task management and web-based collaboration software company.^[1] The company's focus is providing Software as a service (SaaS) project management, task management and collaboration tools for small and medium-sized businesses working with remote teams.^[2]

History

Binfire was founded in 2008 by David Robins, former director of software engineering at Polaroid Corporation with a $500,000 investment from angel investors. Binfire was originally developed as an online file hosting service with collaboration features.^[3][4] At the end of 2010 the product evolved into a project collaboration software with project management components.^[5] Binfire is based in Boston, Massachusetts with developers in USA, Israel and Romania.

Features

Binfire uses Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology for task management as part of project management. Binfire's features include hierarchical tasks and milestones with the ability to assign dependencies, the ability to tag tasks & milestones for quick search and organization, interactive Gantt, the ability to follow and unfollow tasks, group chat, an interactive whiteboard for brainstorming and presentations, status reporting, an online project folder and the ability to track any file or element within the workspace. Soon Burn-down chart will be added to all projects ^[6]

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  burn-down chart in Binfire

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  Interactive whiteboard in Binfire

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  Interactive Gantt in Binfire

Other features include:

• Project Portfolio
• Workspace Calendar
• Portfolio resource loading
• Project Resource loading
• Project dashboard
• Project Calendar
• Interactive Gantt
• Document management
• Document Markup for PDF and image file formats
• User categories management
• Permissions management

Competitors

• Basecamp
• Central Desktop
• Collabtive
• DeskAway
• eXo Platform
• Gemini
• Hall.com
• Huddle.net
• LiquidPlanner
• Sciforma
• Wrike
• Zoho Projects

See also

• Collaborative software
• List of collaborative software
• List of project management software
• Project management software
• Web 2.0

References

1. "Organize Your Team with Web-Based Collaboration and Project Management - CBS News". Bnet.com. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
2. https://web.archive.org/20110508201303/http://projectmanager.com.au:80/education/tools/project-management-software-review-binfire.html/2. Archived from the original on May 8, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Kalti, Zirkon (2010-02-22). "BinFire - Free 10 GB Online File Storage and Collaboration || Free Software". Ilovefreesoftware.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
4. "Binfire.com Offers Free Unlimited File Storage, File Version Control, Group Collaboration...". Reuters. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
5. Alison Diana (2011-03-21). "Binfire Boosts Project Management In Collaboration App - Social". Informationweek.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
6. "Binfire: Team Collaboration and Project Management — Tech News and Analysis". Gigaom.com. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

External links

• Official website