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Secure file sharing means more than encryption to protect from would-be outsider threats — it includes protecting employees from accidentally passing sensitive information to co-workers who don’t have privileges to see it.
That’s all more complicated in the era of cloud document sharing, when files can be uploaded to collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams. Where does a file go by default when someone shares it in Teams? SharePoint, unless the enterprise maps it elsewhere.
“Many customers have told us that’s not what they want,” said Muhi Majzoub, executive vice president and chief product officer at OpenText, discussing the latest output of his company’s partnership with Microsoft. “The goal of the partnership is to build connectivity so that OpenText Core Content, OpenText Documentum and the OpenText Content Suite become a storage option that users can set by default.”
OpenText joins competitors — such as Box — in releasing a Teams integration where its various document clouds can provide the backbone for Teams document sharing. All the compliance and access controls users set up in Core and other OpenText secure file sharing clouds remain in place as employees share docs across Teams channels.
Microsoft cooperating with competitors on Teams document sharing is good for business, despite its own competitive interests with OneDrive and SharePoint secure file-sharing tools, said Alan Pelz-Sharpe, founder of Deep Analysis. The document cloud market is so enormous, companies such as Box and OpenText — which respectively work with medium-to-large and the largest of companies — could “grow another billion dollars and not touch each other,” he added.
Majzoub said he has not yet heard any call from OpenText customers for similar integration of its enterprise document clouds with Slack, the biggest Teams competitor. That makes sense, Pelz-Sharpe said, because many people use Slack to collaborate and not as a content repository. But that may change quickly in the future as Slack and Salesforce meld their features and capabilities.
“A lot of people use Salesforce as their system of record; that’s reality,” Pelz-Sharpe said. “Salesforce, by default, is an enormous document management system.”
OpenText released its Teams integration as part of Cloud Editions (CE) 22.2, the quarterly update to its cloud-based enterprise information management application suite. CE 22.2 also kicks off Project Titanium, an internal code name for OpenText’s development efforts to catch up its public-cloud offerings — features-wise — with its private OpenText Cloud.
More data privacy compliance tools for the U.S., Canada and Europe will be coming to public-cloud users. That’s become more important as more OpenText customers move their enterprises to particular public-cloud environments. While OpenText continues to partner closely with Google Cloud, many customers also choose AWS and Azure for their cloud, Majzoub said.
Project Titanium also includes OpenText Cloud users, as well. OpenText has released new capabilities to more quickly open new OpenText Cloud data zones for customers, when needed, to achieve parity with public cloud providers.
Other features OpenText released in CE 22.2 include tools for healthcare customers to track devices and custom reports for Risk Guard, a tool that scans networks for user-defined offensive or prohibited content.
Also released was customer information lifecycle management tools that promote regulatory compliance for financial services users. That feature comes with integrations to CRMs such as Salesforce, to enforce compliance with user policies across sales applications outside of OpenText.
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Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services, with Microsoft placed furthest in “Completeness of Vision”.
Gartner defines the market as “cloud-hosted or containerized services that enable development teams and business users who are not data science experts to use AI models via APIs, software development kits (SDKs), or applications.”

We are proud to be recognized for our Azure AI Platform. In this post, we’ll dig into the Gartner evaluation, what it means for developers, and provide access to the full reprint of the Gartner Magic Quadrant to learn more.
“Although ModelOps practices are maturing, most software engineering teams still need AI capabilities that do not demand advanced machine learning skills. For this reason, cloud AI developer services (CAIDS) are essential tools for software engineering teams.”—Gartner
A staggering 87 percent of AI projects never make it into production.¹ Beyond the complexity of data preprocessing and building AI models, organizations wrestle with scalability, security, governance, and more to make their model’s production ready. That’s why over 85 percent of Fortune 100 companies use Azure AI today, spanning industries and use cases.
More and more, we see developers accelerate time to value by using pre-built and customizable AI models as building blocks for intelligent solutions. Microsoft Research has made significant breakthroughs in AI over the years, being the first to achieve human parity across speech, vision, and language capabilities. Today, we’re pushing the boundaries of language model capabilities with large models like Turing, GPT-3, and Codex (the model powering GitHub Copilot) to help developers be more productive. Azure AI packages these innovations into production-ready general models known as Azure Cognitive Services and use case-specific models, Azure Applied AI Services for developers to integrate via API or an SDK, then continue to fine tune for greater accuracy.
For developers and data scientists looking to build production-ready machine learning models at scale, we support automated machine learning also known as autoML. AutoML in Azure Machine Learning is based on breakthrough Microsoft research focused on automating the time-consuming, iterative tasks of machine learning model development. This frees up data scientists, analysts, and developers to focus on value-add tasks outside operations and accelerate their time to production.
“As more developers use CAIDS to build machine learning models, the collaboration between developers and data scientists will become increasingly important.”—Gartner
As AI becomes more mainstream across organizations, it’s essential that employees have the tools they need to collaborate, build, manage, and deploy AI solutions effectively and responsibly. As Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella shared at Microsoft Build, Microsoft is "building models as platforms in Azure" so that developers with different skills can take advantage of breakthrough AI research and embed them into their own applications. This ranges from professional developers building intelligent apps with APIs and SDKs to citizen developers using pre-built models via Microsoft Power Platform.
Azure AI empowers developers to build apps in their preferred language and deploy in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge using containers. Recently we also announced the capability to use any Kubernetes cluster and extend machine learning to run close to where your data lives. These resources can be run through a single pane with the management, consistency, and reliability provided by Azure Arc.
“Vendors and customers alike are seeking more than just performance and accuracy from machine learning model. When selecting AutoML services, they should prioritize vendors that excel at providing explainable, transparent models with built-in bias detection and compensatory mechanisms.”—Gartner
At Microsoft, we apply our Responsible AI Standard to our product strategy and development lifecycle, and we’ve made it a priority to help customers do the same. We also provide tools and resources to help customers understand, protect, and control their AI solutions, including a Responsible AI Dashboard, bot development guidelines, and built-in tools to help them explain model behavior, test for fairness, and more. Providing a consistent toolset to your data science team not only supports responsible AI implementation but also helps provide greater transparency and enables more consistent, efficient model deployments.
Microsoft is proud to be recognized as a Leader in Cloud AI Developer Services, and we are excited by innovations happening at Microsoft and across the industry that empower developers to tackle real-world challenges with AI. You can read and learn from the complete Gartner Magic Quadrant now.
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¹Why do 87 percent of data science projects never make it into production? Venture Beat.
Gartner Inc.: “Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services,” Van Baker, Svetlana Sicular, Erick Brethenoux, Arun Batchu, Mike Fang, May 23, 2022.
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Strata Identity, U.S.-based identity orchestration provider for multi-cloud environments with a significant presence in Vancouver, has announced the availability of the Hexa open-source project that enables organizations to unify and consistently manage all of their access policies across multi-clouds, on-premises systems, and vendors.
Hexa enables this using the New Identity Query Language (IDQL) standard, which is a new common policy format used to define identity access policies in a declarative way. 
Currently, each cloud platform (AWS, Google, Microsoft Azure, and others) uses a proprietary identity system with its own policy language, all of which are incompatible with each other. Meanwhile, each application must be hardcoded to work with a specific identity system. IDQL and Hexa enable any number of identity systems to work together as a unified whole, without making any changes to them or to applications, Strata Identity explains. 

“Just as Kubernetes transformed computing by allowing applications to transparently move from one machine to another, IDQL enables access policies to move freely between proprietary identity systems,” said Eric Olden, chief executive officer of Strata Identity. “IDQL and Hexa eliminate identity silos in the cloud and on-premises, by creating an intelligent, distributed identity system with one brain.”
Together IDQL and Hexa provide the following capabilities:
IDQL and Hexa are managed under a vendor-neutral working group and an open-source, open governance model and will remain independent from any company or company-sponsored project. Interest in building open standards for cloud identity is being driven by global multi-cloud adoption and incompatibility between cloud identity systems. The authors of IDQL and Hexa include Strata Identity, Kroger, Versa Networks, S&P Global, Cummins, and MEF. Others interested in supporting the project can find more information here.
One working group member in particular understands the need to unify policy orchestration from the application to the network layer. “IDQL and Hexa provide the necessary framework for linking identity and policy to the Zero Trust standards being developed at MEF today,” said Pascal Menezes, chief technical officer of MEF. “MEF is proud to be an early supporter of IDQL and Hexa and we look forward to collaborating further in the future.”
IDQL and Hexa are public projects with code repos available on GitHub here. The two components of the project have been submitted as a sandbox project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). More information about Hexa and IDQL can be found here. 
Strata Identity is also hosting a panel webinar with other members of the working group entitled “The building of a new identity standard: Why the multi-cloud world needs IDQL and Hexa to unify policy” on May 25 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET. Visit this link to register. 
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Transaction Cloud is a US-based Fintech company that provides services to SaaS and digital product companies worldwide. The company recently launched new affiliate marketing management & automatic payout services with many other features.
Barrington, Rhode Island–(Newsfile Corp. – September 13, 2022) – Transaction Cloud is a US-based Fintech company. It provides services to SaaS and digital product companies worldwide. In the recent development, the newly emerged fintech company launched a new feature known as affiliate marketing. Affiliate Marketing functions as part of their payments, sales tax, and subscription platform.

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Transaction Cloud’s affiliate marketing feature will help SaaS (software as a service) and digital product startup companies to rapidly scale their business by harnessing the power of affiliate marketing without the added administrative and accounting costs. The modern and fast checkout interface with the most number of payment methods has already helped various SaaS companies increase their conversion rates. The company offers solutions for global payment processing, affiliate marketing management & payouts, automated sales tax compliance, subscription management & billing, fraud prevention, and key data for business growth. Vendors using these services on Transaction Cloud’s platform, can go to market quickly and focus their efforts on improving their products and rapidly growing their business.
The addition of the affiliate marketing feature makes Transaction Cloud the fast-growing revenue stack platform for SaaS and digital products companies.
This feature solves three issues:
Eliminates the need to develop in-house or integrate a third-party affiliate marketing feature
Eliminates the administrative and accounting cost related to onboarding, tracking, managing, and paying out affiliates
Eliminates the corporate income tax nexus that is created by hiring affiliates in different tax jurisdictions
Additionally, some of the significant benefits of Transaction Cloud’s Affiliate Marketing feature are:
With Transaction Cloud’s insightful, easily available data SaaS companies spend less time data mining and more time in taking meaningful actions. With Transaction Cloud’s proprietary Singularity Integration^TM architecture, a vendor can start tax-compliantly accepting payments within minutes. Similarly, an affiliate marketing campaign can be set up within minutes. Integration of the subscription management feature can be completed within an hour. In conclusion, integration with Transaction Cloud’s platform is quick and robust.

Transaction Cloud offers an all-in-one solution for global payments, affiliate marketing management & payouts, automated sales tax compliance, subscription management and recurring billing with one quick and robust integration.
In addition, Transaction Cloud^TM uses its innovative Singularity-Integration^TM architecture, which combines One-Directional-API^TM and One-Data-Cloud^TM. Vendors can quickly integrate Transaction Cloud’s platform with plug-in codes, ready to embed management tools and API calls. There are no webhooks to configure, test, monitor & maintain. It saves valuable development and testing time.
Moreover, there is no chance of missed or duplicate webhook calls; there is no synchronization issue due to conflicting data stored on vendors and Transaction Cloud servers. Additionally, the points of failure and maintenance costs over the long run are significantly reduced, resulting in a robust system.
Consequently, the company strives to be a trusted partner in growing its clients’ businesses by taking care of all these complexities so that its vendors’ employees can focus on essential things such as developing their product, acquiring customers, and increasing customer satisfaction.
About Transaction Cloud
Transaction Cloud (https://transaction.cloud) is a US-based fintech company. Transaction Cloud provides services to SaaS and digital product companies worldwide. Transaction Cloud focuses on simplifying payments, sales tax compliance, affiliate marketing, subscription management, and fraud prevention process for its vendors.
Transaction Cloud’s complete revenue stack covers complicated topics such as global payments, payment methods, currencies, affiliate payouts, recurring billing, standards, sales taxes (VAT, GST, HST, QST, PST), fraud detection, regulations, and consequential corporate income tax.
Transaction Cloud is the perfect solution for small to large sized SaaS businesses and the best partner for a startup for selling in a new global digital world. It helps SaaS and digital products companies to quickly launch and rapidly grow their business while reducing their software development, administrative, and accounting costs. SaaS and digital products companies can harness the power of Transaction Cloud’s proprietary Singularity Integration^TM architecture, save costs, save resources, launch quickly, and rapidly scale their business.
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The COVID-19 pandemic did not just disrupt physical meetings and physical office spaces; workflows that relied on in-person interaction, such as signing documents and contracts, were also highly impacted. Electronic signature (e-signature) software has surged in popularity over the past two years as enterprises looked to modify their signature workflows to support a remote workforce, said Holly Muscolino, group vice president for content strategies and future of work at IDC.
With many companies returning to an in-person office environment or adopting a hybrid workforce approach, where employees work some days in the office and some at home, e-signature vendors are working to convince businesses that they are still relevant. Although the market has slowed down, Muscolino said, “it’s still showing healthy growth, because there are still companies who have not adopted this technology. There is still significant room for adoption.”
E-signature software can help businesses digitize processes that require signatures, such as sales contracts, purchase orders, and legal documents. And companies that have adopted the software for sales-based document signing can expand the process to other departments, such as human resources teams, procurement and supply chain operations, and financial services groups.
E-signature tools are often seen as a complement to other product categories, including contract lifecycle management, digital transaction management, authentication software, content management, and even content sharing and collaboration from vendors like Box and Dropbox. Companies that purchased e-signature software as a point solution over the past few years should look at integrating or expanding their use of digital signature tools to support a hybrid workforce.
“Those folks who adopted e-signature [tools] quickly during the pandemic now need to start integrating [the software] with both upstream and downstream processes to leverage automation, and not just use it to get something signed digitally,” Muscolino said.
At its basic level, an e-signature is any type of electronic authentication method that accepts an agreement or contract. The system needs to verify the signer’s identity, which can range from a corporate ID to a verified email account. E-signature apps can also utilize multifactor authentication methods in order to create an audit trail.
A digital signature is a specific type of e-signature that complies with legal regulations for authentication — typically enhanced with additional security features such as a certificate-based digital ID. This adds a level of encryption to the identity verification method. Digital signatures are validated through a trust service provider, usually through certificate authorities. Use cases for digital signatures include high-risk processes, such as loan approvals, HR manager processes, and doctor signatures.
Additional types of electronic signatures found in Europe include Standard Electronic Signatures (SES), Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES), and Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), which include varying degrees of authentication requirements.
When looking at e-signature software vendors, several common features emerge, including:
Many vendors also integrate their e-signature software with other business systems, such as Salesforce, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other customer relationship management or document management tools.
Most of these vendors offer cloud-based, software-as-a-service pricing, but companies can also deploy many of these products via private cloud options.
For remote workers, the software can make the sending and receiving of contracts and other signature-based documents more efficient. Instead of requiring remote workers to have a scanner or printer available, e-signature software can be used to process these documents. The software can usually leverage existing templates to send documents virtually, and workers receive notifications when documents are signed and returned.
Customers can achieve a better experience — signers can virtually receive, review, and sign documents, and integration with CRM software allows for notification when agreements have been received, reviewed, and signed.
Systems with audit trails allow the tracking and movement of documents, detecting any changes or edits made to agreements. The technology can track who signed, when it was signed, where it was signed, and who the document was shared with. This can also be key for meeting compliance regulations.
The software also aims to help companies save money by eliminating a physical paper trail for contracts, reducing the use of printing and physical file storage needs. Administrative and office expenses such as paper, printers, fax machines, pens, and ink/toner can be reduced through the adoption of e-signature software.
Presented in alphabetical order below are quick descriptions and links to some of the more popular options for e-signature software tools, based on our research of the market, features that most companies would likely need, and discussions with analysts in the space. Your individual feature needs may vary, so head to the vendors’ websites to learn more details about each tool.
In addition, hundreds of other software options exist, so if these products don’t have the requirements you’re looking for (for example, if you need a specific digital notary tool), check out software search engine sites such as G2.
With its background in document creation via the portable document format (PDF), Adobe supports the ability to collect signatures with its Acrobat Sign offering. The software allows companies to access Acrobat PDF documents and sign them from anywhere, on mobile devices or via desktops. Recipients can sign documents without needing a special download or account creation, and users can scan and upload PDFs using the free Adobe Scan mobile app.
Documents can be tracked and managed from Acrobat, Microsoft Word, and other applications, with real-time visibility for each document awaiting a signature. Notifications can be received when documents have been signed, and companies can create and manage reusable templates for frequently used forms.
Additional features include the ability to send documents to multiple users, real-time tracking, and integrations with HR platforms (Workday, ServiceNow, SAP SuccessFactors), CRM (Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Microsoft Dynamics) and others (Notarize, Box, Veeva). Custom branding options for adding logos and other messaging are also available. (See Acrobat Sign security and compliance information.)
Individual pricing plans begin at $13 per month (Windows only), or $15 per month for Windows and Mac users, with an annual plan. For teams, pricing starts at $15 per user per month (Windows only), or $17 per user per month for Windows and macOS support. Enterprise pricing options are also available for larger teams that include pre-built integrations, APIs, and single-sign-on support.
The de facto leader in this space, DocuSign supports features such as electronic signature, electronic notarization, and contract lifecycle management workflows. The software also includes the ability to incorporate payments from within a contract, as well as capture consent with a single click. The company incorporates its software as part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, which extends the benefits to other stages of the process, such as preparing or managing agreements post-signature.
Use cases for DocuSign within an enterprise include sales, customer support, facilities, finance, human resources, IT/operations, legal, marketing, procurement, and product management, among others. Partner integration and application support include more than 350 systems, including those from Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, Apple, and others.
Additional features include mobile app support, custom field creation, reusable templates, multiple-user routing, and security requirements such as privacy and data residency rules and audit trails. (See DocuSign eSignature security and compliance information.)
The company offers a 30-day free trial, with pricing that ranges from $10 per month for a personal plan up to $40 per user per month for the Business Pro offering. Enterprise plans are offered via a sales call. Customers who only want legally binding electronic signatures with no additional features can use the DocuSign Free Edition.
Eversign lets you create legally valid and compliant e-signatures, whether drawn, typed, uploaded, or system-generated. Documents can be securely stored via Eversign, with auto-expiration options available. Users can upload existing PDFs and prepare them for signature through a document editor, and audit trails can keep track of the document signing process. An in-person signing feature lets physical customers, employees, and partners sign documents such as nondisclosure agreements or waivers directly from a PC or mobile device.
Additional features include templates, multi-business management, contact management, app integrations, and API support. (See Eversign security and compliance info.)
The free Eversign Lite option allows users to create five documents per month, with 2 SMS credits and 3 API documents. Pricing options start at $10 per month for the basic plan, with a Professional plan ($40 per user per month) and Professional Plus plan ($80 per user per month) available.
HelloSign was acquired by Dropbox in early 2019, and is now the default e-signature option for Dropbox users. The company offers e-signature, API integration, intelligent mobile forms (HelloWorks), and online faxing (HelloFax) within its product suite. Features of the e-signature system include unlimited signature requests, templates, a mobile application, audit trails, email access for customer support, and multiple language offerings (22 languages supported).
Signatures can be typed, drawn, or uploaded, and responses can be tracked with email notifications that can be automatically sent as reminders for unsigned documents. Signer fields in documents can be enhanced through drag-and-drop signature blocks, checkboxes, and date fields. Integrations include leading CRM, storage/collaboration, and productivity apps, with additional connections via Zapier. Security features include two-factor authentication, 256-bit AES and TLS encryption, data validation, and tamper-proofing. (See HelloSign security and compliance information.)
Pricing options start at $15 per month (based on an annual plan) for a basic individual tier, with business options starting at $25 per user per month. Enterprise options for five or more users are available through the company’s sales channel. A free trial is also available.
PandaDoc is an all-in-one tool that lets users create, collaborate on, and electronically sign documents as part of a document workflow system. Document creation tools include templates such as proposals, request for quotes, forms, and contracts, through a built-in editor. The system supports integrations with major CRM and productivity suites, and also includes a library of pre-approved contracts and clauses for legal documents.
Workflow features include collaborating with different roles within a company or externally through permissions, along with commenting, response, and approvals. E-signature features include the use of signing on a mobile app or desktop, with 256-bit encryption and HIPAA-compliant and SOC 2 Type II certification. Audit trails give users proof of who opened, viewed and signed documents, and when they signed. (See PandaDoc security and compliance information.)
The company offers a free 14-day trial, with pricing that begins at $19 per user per month (with annual agreement), with $49 per user per month for the Business tier. Enterprise options are available through the PandaDoc sales team. A free eSign plan is also available for customers who just want documents to be signed with legally binding electronic signatures, without any additional features.
As part of its parent company’s airSlate Business Cloud, signNow includes e-signature workflows that let customers sign and send documents for signing, generating agreements, negotiating contracts, accepting payments, and automating business processes.
The e-signature software lets users configure and deploy legally binding e-signatures for documents, contracts, and web forms. The process can be automated through more than 100 no-code bots, roles can be assigned to different employees, and notifications can be added. SignNow integrates with a number of CRMs, cloud storage services, and productivity apps.
The system also offers mobile-first web forms, robotic process automation, contract negotiation and management, workflow automation, PDF editing, and payment acceptance. (See signNow security and compliance information.)
With an annual subscription, pricing starts at $8 per user per month for the basic business plan. Premium plans start at $15 per user per month, and enterprise plans are available for $30 per user per month. With a five-user minimum, access to the airSlate Business cloud costs $50 per user per month.
Keith Shaw is a freelance digital journalist who has written about the IT world for more than 20 years.
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By: Saumya Srivastava on June 8, 2022
As a construction project manager, you need to juggle between brainwork and legwork to transform blueprints into real structures. Your everyday tasks likely include coordinating with contractors, sourcing building material, and managing task alignment. However, all that manual multitasking can result in improper project planning, which can lead to supply chain hang-ups or project costs overrun.
If you can relate to such challenges of being a construction project manager, having construction management software can be the solution. The software can help you streamline your construction project workflow—from designing blueprints to building the physical structure. You can also use construction management software to track job progress, monitor costs, and schedule and align tasks with team members. Having a software solution can bring clarity in communication and reduce errors, thereby helping you deliver quality construction projects.
In this article, we discuss the top 10 Software Advice-featured construction management software tools (listed alphabetically) to identify the best-rated solutions. (Refer to the methodology section for more details.)

4.5/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Roof planning, Project scheduling, Client management, Inventory tracking
AccuLynx is a cloud-based construction management and roofing software that assists in setting timelines for your construction projects. The tool allows you to accurately estimate the costs of labor and materials. Additionally, the aerial measurement capabilities using drone technology helps accurately determine the roof size.
Using AccuLynx, you can automate your daily administrative tasks to help you stay updated on the project progress. The tool’s cloud-based system allows you to track team assignments, know the locations of the equipment, and track materials availability anytime and from anywhere.
The customer relationship management (CRM) feature allows construction project managers to organize customer contacts, track interactions, and improve lead generation for prospects.
AccuLynx offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

Project dashboard in AccuLynx (Source)
4.6/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Document management, Task scheduling, Progress reports
Buildxact is a construction management software that allows you to create and assign tasks to your team members, general contractors, and suppliers. You can also attach task-related documents and set automatic reminders to ensure on-time completion.
With Buildxact’s drag and drop feature, you can easily allocate tasks to different team members, set dependencies and critical paths, as well as color-code the task status. The tool also offers access to daily/weekly/monthly project dashboards for you to stay updated on the project activity.
You can use Buildxact’s centralized storage to organize and manage all project-related documents such as photos, blueprints, and plans. The feature also allows you to track and document progress with photos at each stage of the project.
Buildxact offers email, phone, and chat support. It also allows third-party application integration for your project management experience.

Customized pitches for clients in Buildxact (Source)
4.5/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Task management, Daily log, Change orders, Gantt chart scheduling
BuildBook is a construction management solution that allows home builders and contractors to streamline projects, collaborate with team members, set work schedules, and modify workflows. It features a unified dashboard to help with all your project management needs.
Using BuildBook, you can track tasks using punch lists and access proposals, contracts, and change orders and budgets. In addition, it provides a Gantt chart and other construction estimation templates with a drag and drop feature to customize plans by directly moving the elements.
The tool offers storage space to organize and manage project related documents, photos, and videos. You can also directly add these documents to your emails and client pitches.
BuildBook offers mobile applications for Android and iOS devices. The mobile apps allow you to assign tasks, communicate with your general contractor, both off-site and on-site project team members, and update work schedules anytime and anywhere.

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4.5/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Real-time alerts, Task management, Project tracking, Forecasting, Gantt chart
Bridgit Bench is a construction management solution that offers a centralized hub of tools and features to manage your construction projects. It takes care of all your project needs, from brainstorming and designing to the beginning of construction.
You can use Bridgit Bench software’s Gantt and list views to manage all the project roles and allocations. In addition, it allows access to detailed project reports for you to analyze the resource utilization and project demand. You can also use the software to get real-time visibility and alerts on the status of the project with its forecasting feature.
Bridgit Bench allows you to integrate with third-party project management applications such as customer relationship management (CRM) and workforce management. The integration feature facilitates a single dashboard for all your project management needs.
Bridgit Bench offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

Gantt chart in Bridgit Bench (Source)
4.6/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Plan viewing, Instant messaging, File sharing, Application integration
Fieldwire construction project management software facilitates a cloud-based jobsite coordination platform. It provides instant access to all the project-related documents, real-time activity monitoring, and work schedules. In addition, the platform allows you to track issues and respond to queries received from the on-site workforce in real time.
Using Fieldwire construction software, you can document issues in the project workflow with pictures and comments. It allows you to streamline processes, such as punch and inspections, and build custom construction forms.
You can integrate Fieldwire with third-party document management solutions to ensure all team members have access to updated project-related documents.
Fieldwire offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

Real-time alert in Fieldwire (Source)
4.2/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Document management, Field logs, Time management
FOUNDATION is a construction management software that helps you store and manage multiple project documents at a centralized location. In addition, the tool allows tracking document status and due dates, and scheduling alerts to avoid missing project deadlines.
With the FOUNDATION construction project management tool, both back office and on-site teams can update job progress, view project accounting, customize job reporting, and store site documentation.
The tool’s cloud-based system allows you to directly attach project documents to emails, as well as view correspondence logs to ensure the project team remains updated on the project progress.
FOUNDATION offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

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4.6/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Job scheduling, Workforce dispatching, Communication & Collaboration
LaborChart is a construction management software that helps align projects to different team members and track their daily activity. The tool enables you to communicate with the team members, create job schedules, and generate customized progress reports.
With LaborChart’s visualization tool, you get a visual representation of your project progress. You can use such insights to make better workforce decisions and ensure on-time project completion.
The software facilitates integration with third-party applications, such as customer relationship management (CRM) softwar, so you can manage both projects and clients from a single dashboard. It offers a custom-built integration platform for you to control all the third-party integrations from a centralized location.
LaborChart offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

Job scheduling in LaborChart (Source)
4.3/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Contract scheduling, Purchase orders, Change orders, Submittals
Paskr is a cloud-based construction project management software that can be used by construction professionals to bid and track multiple projects. It offers a single dashboard to manage both back office and field operations.
Using Paskr, you can create job plans, assign tasks to team members, and track the status of each task. The tool facilitates a plan room with version control features, allowing you to collaborate with the team and update or modify documents in real time.
Paskr’s document management feature helps you to store and manage project-related documents. Its cloud-based system allows all the team members to access the documents anytime and anywhere.
Paskr offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

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4.6/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Project schedules, Subcontractor work orders, Job progress and reports
Premier software, also known as Jonas construction software, is a cloud-based solution for contractors, home builders, and land developers. The tool helps streamline everyday construction project management tasks such as job costing and estimation, purchase orders, inventory management, and progress monitoring.
The software features a fully customizable user dashboard with capabilities to download project reports and view detailed project information. You can also use this construction software to track essential documents such as transmittals, submittals, and punch lists.
Using this construction project management tool, both contractors and on-site teams can view and manage their daily job log, including work hours, task approvals, and expense management. The tool also offers a centralized document management feature for you to securely store and share project-related information with the team members working at different locations.
Premier offers email, phone, and chat support. The tool has a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

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4.6/5 (Read user reviews)
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Notable features: Document control, Progress and performance reports, Customizable job forms
ProjectTeam.com is a cloud-based construction management software that allows you to manage project scope, schedule, and cost. You can collaborate on your project with other team members by using construction forms such as contracts, drawings, and change orders. In addition, you can also build custom construction forms by adding parameters that match your project requirements.
ProjectTeam.com’s information tracking feature allows you to populate project reports including issues and progress. You can filter, sort, or group the available reports for better visibility and accessibility.
You can integrate this construction management software with critical business applications such as invoicing and customer relationship management (CRM).
ProjectTeam.com offers email, phone, and chat support.

RFI forms in ProjectTeam.com (Source)
The construction management software tools mentioned above can get you started on your software search. However, to find the best construction project management tools for your construction company, we recommend following these steps.
Here are some questions to ask software providers to find the best construction management software:
An ideal construction project management software should allow you to change or update existing project workflows based on performance, personnel availability, and deadlines. This way, you get total control over your construction projects.
The chosen software should allow you to import external data such as documents and photos from your computer, mobile, or other storage devices. This flexibility does not restrict you to creating new documents every time you add or update your project details. You can easily upload pre-created documents and start working on the project.
The chosen construction software should allow you to track and manage your inventory of building materials and equipment. The feature ensures you can fully utilize your resources while also avoiding delays due to the unavailability of building resources.

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Software documentation tools give DevOps teams an organized, clear approach to company documentation. Recording business processes—particularly software installation, development, and updates—are critical for enterprises as they keep remote team members informed and reduce process silos. In enterprise environments where teams can’t keep up with the volumes of procedures to follow, digital documentation offers organization and structure. Documentation tools provide a repository of internal articles for employee reference, with the option to create customer-facing documentation as well.
Also read: 7 Things to Know about Low-Code Development 
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Software documentation tools are applications that provide content creation, collaboration, and organization capabilities for software developers to maintain software and write programs. Documentation includes lists of instructions with helpful tools, such as videos and links, so developers can quickly access and update processes. Many documentation tools aren’t just for developers, either: technical writers and other employees within an organization also use them to document company processes that don’t involve software development or engineering. 
The main benefits of documentation tools are: 
Apiary is a documentation tool designed specifically for software developers and API creation. It’s not only for documenting data but also for designing and testing APIs. Customers can make a server mock for API design available for their team members or clients, so they can try out the API. They also have access to an open-source blueprint with server mocks, validations, and code samples through an integration with API Blueprint. 
Users can link Apiary to their chosen GitHub repository, which then updates commits when users update their Apiary documentation. 
The Apiary CLI Gem tool provides command line capabilities like automating workflows, validating blueprints, or previewing a document. Developers can send API calls through a debugging proxy that reveals detailed data to help them fix problematic calls. 
Key differentiators: 
Also read: Best API Management Software & Tools 
Bit is a documentation tool for teams that need to segment and organize their documents and collaborate with both employees and external users. For organizations that need to regularly share documents with third parties, Bit provides features like guest access and permissions. Employees, clients, business partners, and contractors can be added as collaborators within the software. 
Users have access to a sizable template gallery. The template options for formatting text, designing a theme, and adding content like tables are reminiscent of WordPress’s interface. 
The document design interface also transforms inserted links into embedded visuals. Bit has document tracking features that reveal user behavior, like scroll distance. It also allows businesses to insert custom lead capture forms into their documents. 
Key differentiators:
Also read: Best Document Management Systems & Software
ClickHelp is a documentation tool designed for technical writers to create guides, user manuals, and knowledge bases. ClickHelp allows writers to collaborate with other business departments to do so. Content creators have the option to migrate existing content from Word, Open Office, HTML, and CHM file extensions into the documentation tool. 
ClickHelp offers six user interface templates for designing a reader interface. Customers also receive a custom domain name and have the ability to customize colors and backgrounds for their documentation. 
ClickHelp offers features such as video support and feedback forums. Users have access to a Live Chat integration, so their clients can speak with a chatbot or a live agent. 
ClickHelp has hosting facilities in multiple geographic locations and regularly makes encrypted backups of user data. This decreases the likelihood of data loss from natural disaster and provides enterprises with recent data if they lose documentation.
Key differentiators: 
Also read: Best Chatbot Platforms & Software
Confluence is a documentation tool offered by Atlassian. It includes project management features like team notifications and spaces, which organize documents, team members, and projects. Confluence’s labels and page hierarchy make document organization easier, allowing technical writers and software developers to design professional-looking content. 
Confluence also integrates with Jira Service Management, a help desk tool also offered by Atlassian, allowing customers to create a knowledge base for their IT service desk. This allows company employees to have access to documentation when they come to the service desk with technical difficulties in case something can be solved through documented instructions. Confluence Cloud Premium for larger organizations provides analytics such as page and site reports, and it allows editors and admins to set aside outdated pages with Bulk Archive.  
Atlassian also offers a free version of Confluence, which is available for up to 10 users. Confluence is one of the only products on this list that allows companies to have this many free users. The free plan also includes 2 GB of storage. 
Key Differentiators:
Document360 is a documentation tool particularly for content creators such as writers and editors to design internal business and software documentation. Document360 offers Knowledge Base Assistant, an automated customer assistance tool that can be added to your website. It provides article suggestions based on the user’s current URL parameters. For users who want more advanced branding options, Document360 offers Custom CSS and JavaScript. 
The Knowledge Base Portal is Document360’s content management tool. Content creators have the option to create up to six categories and subcategories to group related topics. They can also choose between the Markdown editor and the WYSIWYG editor, depending on which they prefer.
Users are also able to schedule automatic backups of their documentation progress. If they unexpectedly have to leave a document unfinished, the most recent backup of the content will be saved. 
Document360 offers integrations with tools like HTML and Hotjar and Marketplace Extensions for Zendesk, Slack, and other helpdesk and communication tools. 
Key Differentiators: 
ProProfs Knowledge Base offers software documentation, knowledge base and help center design, and instruction manual creation. The documentation tool includes SEO features like embedded tables of contents and crosslinking for businesses that want to make their documents searchable on the internet. 
The documentation authoring tool supports video and audio clips, and finished documents are compatible with mobile views. Including media content and making content mobile-friendly gives users more ways to understand and view documentation, especially while on the go. ProProfs also makes advanced content creation features available: users can add tooltips, lightboxes, and popups to give additional context to technical terminology or concepts.
ProProfs gives organizations access controls, including the option to monitor access and restrict users’ edit capabilities depending on what section of the document they’re editing. The documentation authoring tool also includes editor tracking and version history control, revealing exactly what edits users made so businesses can track who changed every piece of content. 
ProProfs also has templates for specific departments, like HR and IT: these templates specifically cater to teams’ needs. For example, the HR template includes an employment policies section.
Key Differentiators: 
Also read: Access Control Security Best Practices
Tettra is a knowledge base, knowledge management, and business wiki solution for businesses of all sizes. It’s a good choice for small businesses because it offers a limited free plan and supports internal wikis for multiple collaboration tools. 
Tettra allows businesses to maintain a long-term verification schedule for knowledge articles, so they remain up to date over time. Page requests also have three different user permission levels, allowing users to request the specific type of access they’re permitted to receive. 
Organizations use Tettra to create wikis for Slack, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Teams. Users are able to design internal knowledge management systems for their company, which suggest document cleanup features and permit employees to request new pages or updates. 
Tettra is designed to work with Slack, including slash commands within Slack that allow users to search Tettra content within the communication tool. Tettra also offers an internal Q&A solution, which allows users to answer employee questions with a Tettra documentation page. 
Tettra offers small startups a free plan for up to ten users, with limited features such as a Google Workspace integration, live chat support, and new page and page update requests. 
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Also read: Best Project Management Software
Software documentation tools typically include a standard set of important features for designing documents. 
Templates allow content creators to quickly design documents without needing to code it by themselves. Documentation tools often offer different template styles so that teams have better customization options, too. 
The ability to leave notes, tag teammates, or manage version history makes working with others on documents easier. Users can more quickly notify other collaborators within a document and leave information for them when they return to an ongoing project. 
For software developers, an integration with a tool like GitHub is particularly useful: it’s a collaborative repository of code that supports change tracking and open source projects. Integrations with tools like Slack and Teams allow teams to complete documentation work within their everyday communication software.
For enterprises, documentation tools provide a repository for detailed instructions for technical procedures and make the distribution of employee information simpler. 
Process documents help reduce silos between departments. If every employee has access to process documents, everyone will know the same set of directions. 
Documentation helps developers and engineers navigate advanced dev tasks, including software installation and design. It’s useful for other teams, such as an editorial department that needs detailed instructions for publication processes. 
A repository of content that clearly explains company processes, with videos and helpful popups, allows new team members to learn business processes and expectations and refer to the documents whenever they need a reminder. 
Enterprises often need external articles, too. They help businesses: 
Failing to update documentation can mean a significant waste of employees’ time, as they’re forced to hunt down information on their own. This is a widespread problem, too, according to tech journalist Jack Wallen: even major companies like Kubernetes don’t always keep their documentation up to date. 
Although software development has generally outpaced documentation, keeping clear, updated records of applications and processes is still a critical task for organizations that want to give employees the instructions they need to perform their job. 
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Major players in the enterprise collaboration market are IBM, Google, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Adobe Inc, Facebook, Salesforce, Vmware, Jive Software, Slack, Mitel, SAP, Zoho, Kaltura, Bynder, GlobalLogic, Whaller, Chanty, Axero, and Jalios.
New York, Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Enterprise Collaboration Global Market Report 2022” – https://www.reportlinker.com/p06319236/?utm_source=GNW

The global enterprise collaboration market is expected to grow from $41.66 billion in 2021 to $46.91 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.60%. The market is expected to reach $73.52 billion in 2026 at a CAGR of 11.89%.

The enterprise collaboration market consists of sales of enterprise collaboration by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that refers to internal and external information system tools that collect, share and store information between users. It includes using a collaboration stage, communication instruments, company intranet, file sharing tools, cloud storage, video-conferencing, and whiteboards to interact and communicate across and beyond the work environment.

The main types of enterprise collaboration include internal and external enterprise collaboration solutions.Internal enterprise collaboration refers to the digital workspace to share knowledge and expertise internally across the organization.

They are deployed in small and medium enterprise on-premise or through a cloud platform. Both enterprise collaboration solutions and services are used in information technology (IT) & telecommunication, government, energy & utilities, banking, financial services & insurance (BFSI), manufacturing, retail & consumer goods, healthcare, and travel & hospitality industries.

North America was the largest region in the enterprise collaboration market in 2021.Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period.

The regions covered in the enterprise collaboration market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa.

The enterprise collaboration market research report is one of a series of new reports that provides enterprise collaboration market statistics, including enterprise collaboration industry global market size, regional shares, competitors with a enterprise collaboration market share, detailed enterprise collaboration market segments, market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the enterprise collaboration industry. This enterprise collaboration market research report delivers a complete perspective of everything you need, with an in-depth analysis of the current and future scenarios of the industry.

The increased collaboration and communication across multiple geographies is expected to propel enterprise collaboration.Large organizations’ success is frequently dependent on their employees’ ability to collaborate across time and distance.

Greater collaboration boosts productivity, improves innovation, and shortens the cycle time.Numerous IT tools facilitate enterprise collaboration, such as file sharing, instant messaging, cloud storage, whiteboard, and other IT tools.

These tools frequently have overlapping functionality and differing standards on a company’s IT organization and infrastructure.For instance, during covid-19, there was an increase in the use of collaborative software as companies adopted the hybrid and work-from-home working styles.

According to a survey conducted by Gartner, a US-based Management consulting company revealed that, In August 2021, workers’ use of collaboration tools has increased by 44% since 2019. Therefore, the increased collaboration across multiple geographies is expected to boost demand for enterprise collaboration tools during the forecast period.

Technological advancement is a key trend gaining popularity in the enterprise collaboration market.The growing demand for AI and the increasing integration of enterprise collaboration solutions with cloud and mobile technologies to streamline business operations is projected to open up possibilities for the enterprise collaboration market to expand.

For instance, In May 2020, IBM Technologies, a US-based technology company, introduced IBM Watson AIOps, which uses artificial intelligence to run enterprise applications reliably and streamlines the detection, diagnosis, and response to IT inconsistencies in real-time. The chief information officers (CIOs) can use IBM Watson AIOps to automate various aspects of IT development, infrastructure, and operations.

In November 2020, Adobe Inc, a US-based provider of software solutions, acquired Workfront for $1.5 Billion. With this acquisition, Adobe Experience Cloud and Workfront focused on developing tools to improve marketing teams’ efficiency, collaboration, and efficiency, which are currently constrained due to decentralized and soiled work management solutions. Workfront is a US-based software company that creates web-based work management and project management software that features enterprise work management, issue tracking, document management, time tracking, and portfolio management.

The countries covered in the enterprise collaboration market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, and USA.
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