At the close of last year, I discovered online calendaring systems. These are very intriguing, because they pose a direct threat to Microsoft Outlook. Anyone who’s worked in a corporate environment scheduling meetings and discussions across offices has probably used Outlook or Lotus Notes. These are expensive and time consuming products to setup and maintain. A free online calendar system that’s easier to use (my opinion based on Planzo) is a market competitor to these companies. What’s most appealing is the small business angle. This market segment may have ignored calendaring applications due to complexity and expense.
My own experience is based on the NCE-NSP merger. We got direct orders to get Outlook working across the new company (out little piece) as quickly as possible. Next to email it was considered one of the most important business tools.
I’m looking into calendaring apps on the internet and will make a choice. There are about a dozen I’m aware of and I need to decide which one will survive and grow. When I do, I’ll post the results.