News – 2009
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A Splendid End to 2009
With the addition of 7 new Business Edition customers in 4 countries during the last month TimeLog effectively ended an autumn marked by the morning air and solid growth both on both the national and international markets
Newsletter from TimeLog
Free Extranet is this year’s Christmas present
From today the expansion TimeLog Extranet has become part of TimeLog Project – and at the same time it becomes free to use. All TimeLog’s customers were told this in this year’s Christmas card. Also, all future customers will also benefit from the Christmas present.
Adjust Flex Accounts and Projects at The Turn of The Year
2009 is nearing its end, and it is time to make any needed adjustments to the flex accounts and projects in general.
Invoicing in the public sector
Just like the rest of the world TimeLog has been affected by the financial crisis triggered by the Lehmann Brothers’ crash in autumn 2008.In the autumn we saw a noticeable cooling of the demand for solutions aimed at the consulting industry, this was especially the case for solution for 20 users or more. However, in the midst of this development we have noticed a positive trend within supplying solutions to public or publicly funded organisations.Make TimeLog Project part of your intranet
TimeLog’s API makes it possible to show data from TimeLog Project in e.g. the intranet. Thereby projects’ progress and financial development can easily and quickly be communicated out to employees.
Hotkeys in MacOS
I recently purchased a sleek MacBook Pro. It’s going well, getting accustomed to my new universe. It’s just like learning French – a horse is a “cheval”, and whatnot.
I had an issue, though, with the F-keys being occupied by hardware functions, when I needed them to navigate through TimeLog Project. A problem, but one which I have now solved.
Companies getting ready to get back in business
This meant that last week we were able to welcome 7 new clients from within the consultancy industries in Denmark, The Netherlands and Belgium.
TimeLog experience-sharing group on LinkedIn
It is now possible to share experiences and spar and network with others from similar industries, who also use TimeLog Project
TimeLog A/S once more announced a Gazelle
For the third consecutive year TimeLog A/S has been announced a Gazelle by Danish financial newspaper Børsen, which is something only a very exclusive crowd can boast of.
TimeLog’s Super Search
TimeLog project contains a Super Search, which ensures a precise search from all windows in TimeLog Project.
Take advantage of the browser tabs
Whenever you need to update or review a range of items, you should open up all items in their own tab, update an item and then close the tab.
Learn how to use TimeLog Project with our new video guides
We’ve created six video guides to help you get started using TimeLog Project. The video guides are also available when accessing our TimeLog Project free demo.
The videos illustrate TimeLog Project’s flow, guiding in a clear, step-by-step format.
Results from the customer satisfaction survey
Earlier this year, we conducted a customer satisfaction survey with our 150 domestic and 150 international customers. The response rate was at an impressive 35% and we are overwhelmed by the feedback. Generally, our customers are very satisfied with our products and service level; and we are proud and pleased to hear that.
Whitepaper on payment plans
The coming version introduces payment plans as an entirely new concept in invoicing in TimeLog Project. In brief, payment plans are to a project’s finances what the task plan is to the activities of the project.
Gartner: Worldwide SaaS Revenue will Grow 22 Percent in 2009
In a newly published report Gartner predicts that the market for business software sold as Software as a Service will grow steadily during the next couple of years. Appart from a general growth in the SaaS market, the current financial climate has made companies more sensitive to costs and this makes SaaS appear as an attractive alternative to the more "cumbersome" traditional types of business software.
Connect TimeLog Project with Salesforce
Avoid double-maintenance of client information. Save time and give your sales team a complete overview of project turnover and current projects in Salesforce.
Integrate TimeLog Project with your intranet
TimeLog's API makes it possible to display data from TimeLog Project on the intranet. This enables communication of projects' progress and economy quickly and easily to employees.
All websites have been updated
At the beginning of April our Swedish website was updated, thus all our websites now have the same content and structure.
More Gold from Microsoft
Microsoft has renewed TimeLog’s status as both Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Microsoft Independent Software Vendor for 2009/2010.
Fully supported by Internet Explorer 8
TimeLog Project 5.0 has been tested and adjusted to optimize the viewing on Microsoft’s latest browser Internet Explorer 8. TimeLog Project 4.5 also works just fine in the new browser, but in version 5 various graphical errors have been corrected, and the new options in Internet Explorer 8 have influenced the adjustment of TimeLog project 5.0
TimeLog Project 5.0. is just around the corner
TimeLog’s Development department is currently working hard on adding the finishing touches to TimeLog Project 5.0 before the release.
Frequently answered questions
Do you have a question you need an answer to right now? Well, now we have compiled a list of the most frequent questions received by TimeLog’s support desk.
TimeLog International customer satisfaction survey
On April 16th TimeLog has sent out an international customer satisfaction survey.
TimeLog Customer Satisfaction Survey 2008
TimeLog has recently conducted a customer satisfaction survey in Denmark. In spring 2009 we will conduct a customer satisfaction survey among our international customers as well.
The Danish survey was sent to 448 users, of which 141 answered which results in a response rate of 32%. Now we have gone through the answers, and here is a brief summary of the results.
100 international customers in 20 countries
In 2008 TimeLog surpassed 100 customers distributed among 20 countries. This is a milepost for TimeLog and the growth outside the domestic market, Denmark, is set to continue in 2009 in spite of the financial crisis.
Metraux Services: Easy as Mac
In November 2008 TimeLog had the pleasure of signing a contract with Metraux Services – a leader in spare parts for cars and other vehicles with local representation in both Belgium and Switzerland.
Learn from other's experiences
In the new Services section on our website we want to show how a pilot project of using TimeLog Project can help make a decision and ease the implementation.
Case study with Mjølner Informatics
We therefore contacted Mjølner Informatics, who had just finished a pilot project to hear about their experiences and share them with others. Mjølner Informatics was an obvious choice since they were well-prepared in the definition of their needs for both time- and project management and had a list with specific demands.
Case study with Mjølner Informatics – The pilot project helped us make a decision