Comments on: Orchestrate: SaaS Task Management For Service And Maintenance Businesses http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:46:10 -0800 hourly 1 By: A122 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2816071 A122 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:13:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2816071 Saas is the future, but still too expensive... http://managersmagazine.com/index.php/2009/05/segun-gartner-el-soa-service-oriented-architecture-sera-la-llave-para-muchas-empresas/#respond Saas is the future, but still too expensive…

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]]> By: Supryme » Orchestrate: SaaS Task Management For Service And Maintenance Businesses http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2724691 Supryme » Orchestrate: SaaS Task Management For Service And Maintenance Businesses Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:10:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2724691 [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-bu... [...] [...] http://www.tech...-maintenance-bu... [...]

]]> By: Andy Wright http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2695005 Andy Wright Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:45:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2695005 Thanks. I think there's plenty of room for other offerings in this space. I'm a little perplexed as to why so many project management apps seem to be clones of Basecamp. Thanks. I think there’s plenty of room for other offerings in this space.

I’m a little perplexed as to why so many project management apps seem to be clones of Basecamp.

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2694540 Michael Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:07:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2694540 Andy, thanks for your answer! Seeing what was your initial market, I think the product adapts pretty well. Other situations, like mine, ask for a more featured solution. But, as I said, you are the firsts I know giving steps in the right direction, so I'll keep an eye on your site and tell about it to other fellow members of the cleaning industry. Andy, thanks for your answer! Seeing what was your initial market, I think the product adapts pretty well. Other situations, like mine, ask for a more featured solution. But, as I said, you are the firsts I know giving steps in the right direction, so I’ll keep an eye on your site and tell about it to other fellow members of the cleaning industry.

]]> By: Andy Wright http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2694195 Andy Wright Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:57:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2694195 I appreciate your feedback regarding Orchestrate's functionality; we aim to respond quickly to feature suggestions & improvements. The limitations you have highlighted are ones we are aware of, and plan to address in upcoming releases. I appreciate your feedback regarding Orchestrate’s functionality; we aim to respond quickly to feature suggestions & improvements.

The limitations you have highlighted are ones we are aware of, and plan to address in upcoming releases.

]]> By: Andy Wright http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2694181 Andy Wright Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:42:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2694181 Orchestrate is targeted at any organisation seeking to schedule qualified staff to perform tasks at their client’s locations. The concept arose following my analysis of the problems of a friend's business where they were struggling to schedule their engineers efficiently. Initially we designed Orchestrate with the Facilities Management and Health and Safety industries in mind; but it has the flexibility to cater to other sectors. It is particularly well suited to organisations who have responsibility for public safety where an engineer on the ground is held to account for procedure. Orchestrate is targeted at any organisation seeking to schedule qualified staff to perform tasks at their client’s locations.

The concept arose following my analysis of the problems of a friend’s business where they were struggling to schedule their engineers efficiently.

Initially we designed Orchestrate with the Facilities Management and Health and Safety industries in mind; but it has the flexibility to cater to other sectors. It is particularly well suited to organisations who have responsibility for public safety where an engineer on the ground is held to account for procedure.

]]> By: Andy Wright http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2694146 Andy Wright Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:55:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2694146 Yes, it's Ruby on Rails. Yes, it’s Ruby on Rails.

]]> By: jk http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691843 jk Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691843 beware, you are very fast becoming the location spammer guy. only he atleast has sometimes interesting comments and also buys a lot of domains at least. you do neither. GOOD LUCK to you beware, you are very fast becoming the location spammer guy. only he atleast has sometimes interesting comments and also buys a lot of domains at least. you do neither.
GOOD LUCK to you

]]> By: jk http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691839 jk Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:25:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691839 not to mention that all you hav to show for it is a blog post with a pho shopped image with iphone. pathetic not to mention that all you hav to show for it is a blog post with a pho shopped image with iphone. pathetic

]]> By: jk http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691838 jk Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:24:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691838 shut the fuck up, this is like the 500th TC post where I have seen you pitch this soeet of yours. If you cant wait to release it, relese it already. considering you are very often the first one commenting on TC posts, I think read TC is all you do, and live in your fools paradise. you are all hat and no cattle. shut the fuck up, this is like the 500th TC post where I have seen you pitch this soeet of yours. If you cant wait to release it, relese it already. considering you are very often the first one commenting on TC posts, I think read TC is all you do, and live in your fools paradise. you are all hat and no cattle.

]]> By: Jacob Johnson http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691755 Jacob Johnson Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:21:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691755 Put up or Shut up, eh? ;) You sound like the government, "We're working really hard" "Prove it" "Uhh… We can't show you…" "What? Why not?" "For err… Security Reasons! yeah!" B.S. yo Put up or Shut up, eh? ;)

You sound like the government,
“We’re working really hard”
“Prove it”
“Uhh… We can’t show you…”
“What? Why not?”
“For err… Security Reasons! yeah!”

B.S. yo

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691754 Michael Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:20:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691754 Emmm.. tried it. Not so fun for me... A lot of work is still needed to be useful for me. And there are some non-sense limitations. Only an example. Setting an starting time in a task, you have to choose between 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 01:00, 02:00, 03:00 or 04:00 why you can't choose 19:40 ?? Oh! and email required for all the employees?? well, i'll create a Gmail account for each one... and i'll use them, cause half of my people don't know how to use a computer... Emmm.. tried it. Not so fun for me… A lot of work is still needed to be useful for me. And there are some non-sense limitations. Only an example. Setting an starting time in a task, you have to choose between 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 01:00, 02:00, 03:00 or 04:00 why you can’t choose 19:40 ?? Oh! and email required for all the employees?? well, i’ll create a Gmail account for each one… and i’ll use them, cause half of my people don’t know how to use a computer…

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691701 Michael Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:44:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691701 At last!! Someone that realise that typical porject management tools doesn't fit the needs of a lot of industries... We'll i have a litle cleaning company in Spain so be sure i'll give THAT solution a good try. But My first concern is the price scheme... I find it too expensive. In the cleaning industry one "project" is a "workcenter" of a customer (each workcenter. Each of those "projects" could represent an income to the cleaning company as low as 100$/month, with a 3-4% gross margin at best. So, if you work with little offices or residential, a tool like orchestrate is not affordable, unless you have a big company. Mmm... as a solution... i suggest to swicht to a per-employee charge, around 2-3$ per employee per month. Anyway, thank you for thinking about us. At last!! Someone that realise that typical porject management tools doesn’t fit the needs of a lot of industries… We’ll i have a litle cleaning company in Spain so be sure i’ll give THAT solution a good try. But My first concern is the price scheme… I find it too expensive. In the cleaning industry one “project” is a “workcenter” of a customer (each workcenter. Each of those “projects” could represent an income to the cleaning company as low as 100$/month, with a 3-4% gross margin at best. So, if you work with little offices or residential, a tool like orchestrate is not affordable, unless you have a big company. Mmm… as a solution… i suggest to swicht to a per-employee charge, around 2-3$ per employee per month. Anyway, thank you for thinking about us.

]]> By: Linda http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691620 Linda Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:51:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691620 I have no clue what you guys are talking about, but I think the app concept is awesome. I have been in property management for over 25 years and have been working on a team who is developing something similar, but for another industry. Who is this product targeted towards? Where are you getting the customers from? Who thought of the concept and what industry is it targeted at? Thanks, Linda I have no clue what you guys are talking about, but I think the app concept is awesome. I have been in property management for over 25 years and have been working on a team who is developing something similar, but for another industry. Who is this product targeted towards? Where are you getting the customers from? Who thought of the concept and what industry is it targeted at?
Thanks,
Linda

]]> By: Kevin Milden http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691158 Kevin Milden Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691158 Great work Ryan. I read that you were working on it on Twitter a few times. I assume it is Rails? The product has a great name which is super rare these days. Great work Ryan. I read that you were working on it on Twitter a few times. I assume it is Rails? The product has a great name which is super rare these days.

]]> By: Kevin Milden http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691156 Kevin Milden Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:32:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691156 I don't understand how basecamp is relevant and who are you talking to? The article is about Oracstrate not you. Add value. Don't pump your vaporware. How exactly are Americans are deceptive? I don’t understand how basecamp is relevant and who are you talking to? The article is about Oracstrate not you. Add value. Don’t pump your vaporware.

How exactly are Americans are deceptive?

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691010 Chris Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:49:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691010 Wow, all contractors that built this application have converged on this thread. I retract my comments. I suspect a lot of threads are that way, except that Americans are more deceptive. At any rate, nice graphics. Excellent graphics. Man those graphics are nice. Wow, all contractors that built this application have converged on this thread. I retract my comments.
I suspect a lot of threads are that way, except that Americans are more deceptive.

At any rate, nice graphics. Excellent graphics. Man those graphics are nice.

]]> By: Jaan http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2691000 Jaan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:41:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2691000 Seeing as I too worked on the project I'm a bit biased. Still, fact is that OrchestrateApp fills a real need in it's main target industry, and it does it really well. It was great working on a project like that! Seeing as I too worked on the project I’m a bit biased. Still, fact is that OrchestrateApp fills a real need in it’s main target industry, and it does it really well. It was great working on a project like that!

]]> By: Dr Nic http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2690997 Dr Nic Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:38:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2690997 I think this is a brilliant system for fine-grained planning of qualified staff/contractors for tasks. We're (<a href="http://mocra.com" rel="nofollow">Mocra</a>) very happy to have helped Andy and the Orchestrate management develop Orchestrate. Its been one of our favourite client projects and it will be an winner with businesses. I think this is a brilliant system for fine-grained planning of qualified staff/contractors for tasks.

We’re (Mocra) very happy to have helped Andy and the Orchestrate management develop Orchestrate. Its been one of our favourite client projects and it will be an winner with businesses.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2690986 Chris Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:31:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2690986 If anybody's interested, here is the real deal. http://www.basecamphq.com/ Our organization manager is so radically advanced and different, that I will welcome it being visited side by side when our release comes. BTW, I used to use basecamp all the time when I ran an outsourcing business which exclusively did VC projects. I don't miss those days. That totally sucked. VC contracted programming == sweatshop. If anybody’s interested, here is the real deal.

http://www.basecamphq.com/

Our organization manager is so radically advanced and different, that I will welcome it being visited side by side when our release comes.

BTW, I used to use basecamp all the time when I ran an outsourcing business which exclusively did VC projects. I don’t miss those days. That totally sucked. VC contracted programming == sweatshop.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2690979 Chris Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:19:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2690979 We built ours like a video game. This is typical british tech angle though. It looks like a slightly modified BaseCamp with slightly less features and a lot of graphic design. We went REALLY heavy on interesting features, and high tech-id mission impossible-ness style features. Good luck again We built ours like a video game.
This is typical british tech angle though. It looks like a slightly modified BaseCamp with slightly less features and a lot of graphic design.

We went REALLY heavy on interesting features, and high tech-id mission impossible-ness style features.

Good luck again

]]> By: yx http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2690977 yx Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:17:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2690977 looking for some guy online and for the tall singles ! you can try the dating site called *************tallmeet ...COM ....... there are many tall persons gathered ! it is absolutey good ! looking for some guy online and for the tall singles ! you

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]]> By: Ryan Carson http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2690974 Ryan Carson Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:15:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2690974 It was really fun doing the design work for the marketing site of Orchestrate. I think it's a great app and it's really needed in the services/maintenance industry. It was really fun doing the design work for the marketing site of Orchestrate. I think it’s a great app and it’s really needed in the services/maintenance industry.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/orchestrate-saas-task-management-for-service-and-maintenance-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-2690972 Chris Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:12:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=55157#comment-2690972 Our mobile product S0eet is similar to Orchestrate in that is a SaaS task commander, except ours is different. I can't wait to release this. It's like Orchestrate 10 years from now today. If that makes any sense. It's so far beyond what's available today it makes me giddy to see what the competition is doing. Good luck Orchestrate. Our mobile product S0eet is similar to Orchestrate in that is a SaaS task commander, except ours is different. I can’t wait to release this.

It’s like Orchestrate 10 years from now today. If that makes any sense. It’s so far beyond what’s available today it makes me giddy to see what the competition is doing.

Good luck Orchestrate.

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