Community Edition - Central Desktop

Collaboration Software and Sharepoint Alternative for Community Groups, Associations and Non Profits


The Central Desktop Community Edition is ideal for associations, membership groups, academic institutions and community groups looking for easy-to-use online collaboration software that can help reduce operating costs, increase productivity and save time. Our powerful online collaboration tools enhance group collaboration, streamline business processes and simplify task and project management. Connect your entire organization, even geographically dispersed members, through one integrated collaboration platform.

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Collaborate and Communicate with Thousands Online, Quickly and Easily

Built specifically for associations, non-profits, academic groups and community groups, Central Desktop Community Edition allows you to build intranets, extranets, discussion threads, forums or community wikis in minutes. Train and keep your large volunteer and member base informed at all times by easily sending out online announcements to the entire group. Our online collaboration solution is also ideal for creating discussion threads of ideas, brainstorms and innovation.

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Organize a Global Team Remotely via Online Collaboration

Organize thousands of volunteers or group members with Central Desktop's online collaboration platform. Assign tasks, create shared online calendars, set milestones and create project plans that your geographically dispersed teams can access securely from anywhere, at any time. With our centralized file storage, your documents are shared, accessible and easy to discuss with other team members.

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Manage an Executive Board Online

Every association, foundation or academic institution has a governing or executive board that needs to communicate on a regular basis. Central Desktop online collaboration solution provides the executive board with a secure, online location to store meeting minutes, key documents, discussion threads and event plans that the entire team can access through their Web browser.

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Save Thousands on IT Expenses & Staff Resources

Central Desktop is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, meaning you don't have to worry about the high costs of IT staff, the capital expenses of on-premise solutions, hardware maintenance or upgrade fees. Our online collaboration platform works on any operating system and is easy to set up - all you need is a Web browser to sign up and get started.

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Advanced Online Security

Central Desktop's secure password protected workspaces are accessible through a simple Internet browser. Central Desktop's security infrastructure is third party audited, meeting the strictest Fortune 500 requirements. All traffic is 256bit AES SSL encrypted. Both geographically separate, fault tolerant, and redundant data centers are fully SAS70 compliant and daily backups are kept for 90 days. Learn more about Central Desktop Security

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Community Edition Customer Success

Some of our non-profit, academic, and community-based customers include the Humane Society, Center for Climate Strategies, Academy of Applied Science, Harvard University and the New York Medical College.

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Community Edition Key Features

  • Forums
  • Discussion Threads
  • Global Search
  • User Profiles
  • Ability to Customize Look & Feel
  • Ability to Build Public Sites (example)
  • Scalable Hosted SaaS Platform
  • SLA - Service Level Agreement
  • Dedicated Support Reps
  • On-Boarding & Training
  • Offsite Backup

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