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How people use Projjex

July 11, 2008

It’s been interesting to hear how people use Projjex.  Here are several recent examples we’ve been told about.  How about you?  Tell us how you’re using Projjex and we’ll share it with the world.  Drop us a note at feedback@projjex.com.

- Create a personal project: Because you can now create at least 5 projects, why not create a project to keep track of your personal to-do list?  This can be handy especially when you get your daily reminder email that includes those important personal items!

- Track outstanding proposals / estimates: Create a project specifically to record each outstanding proposal you’re working on.  You can even store the actual proposal documents.  Use the due date to remind you of up-coming decision dates.  Use notes to keep track of client contacts.  Share it with your team so that everybody’s on the same page.

- Store policy and procedure documents: By storing key documents in Projjex they become easy to access and easy to retrieve.  And because Projjex indexes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF documents, they can be quickly searched.  This may be more useful than simply having them sit on a server somewhere.

- And if you haven’t tried it yet, Projjex is a great way to keep in touch with a client: Projjex is simple to use, easy to access, and helps bring organizations closer together.  Want to forge stronger relationships with your clients?  Use Projjex to share plans, documents and ideas.  Your clients will love it!

Just how important is SSL?

May 7, 2008

SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, protects your data when you’re working in a web browser by encrypting all the information that is sent to or from your computer.  SSL is important because unencrypted information can be seen by other people when it is in transit.  You’ll know when your data is being encrypted because the browser will display a small picture of a lock.

Projjex takes the security of your data very seriously.  So seriously, in fact, that we subscribe to the highest possible level of encryption (1024 bit) and we automatically use this encryption with every single one of our customers.  As soon as you land on the Projjex sign in screen, you’re encrypted, and your entire session with Projjex is encrypted until you sign off or close the browser window.  This is equivalent to the security of the best on-line banking systems.

The reason we wanted to discuss this is that almost all of our competitors provide SSL encryption (a good thing) but almost all of them DON’T provide SSL encryption to their free or non-enterprise level customers.  In our view, this is unconscionable and unacceptable.

Hosting other people’s information is an extraordinary responsibility.  In our opinion, we must protect our customers’ information not only while it is on our servers but also while it’s in transit.  Anything less is to breach an expectation of security that many customers have.

Providing SSL encryption to some customers but not others seems to say that some people’s information is more valuable than others.  Is your information less valuable because you choose to use a free edition?

What do you think?