Virtual Office solutions comparison in Data News

July 10 2008, 4:03am

Data News has recently published an article about the best Virtual Office solutions available on the market and we are happy to say their verdict is more than positive ;-) Among different solutions, Data News has selected solution such as ContactOffice, Google Doc, Microsoft Office Live and Viadesk. Here is a summary of the article. Data News found ContactOffice a very complete application regarding all the functionnalities you can expect from a Virtual Office. Informations are well organized and available everywhere with a secured access at a very reasonnable price. On the other hand, Google Doc is up to now almost the only one to provide hosted applications working correctly. But according to DataNews, Google Doc still doesn’t really fit a professional use. On the aspect of sharing documents, Microsoft Office proposes a very user-friendly interface and offers a lot of potential. Unfortunately, the service is at the beginning and still need to be improved. In a similar way, Viadesk proposes a virtual office mainly focused on shared and public space. In conclusion of the article, Data News recommand ContactOffice in term of functionnalities if you need a collaborative working space. Microsoft Office Live Workspace is for free but will probably impose advertising to their users. If you are more interested in hosted application, no services allow you to use Microsoft Office remotely.  Read the article in dutch Het virtuele kantoor een stap dichterbij Read the article in french Un nouveau pas vers le bureau virtuel