Bolste Offers Your Company Workflow 2.0

The company says its developed a Business Operating System

There are a bewildering number of corporate solutions which are cloud-based and help boost productivity. Web conferencing, file storage, chat and project management are just a few of these. In each case, you pay a separate fee, have a different interface, added security issues and need to train users a new interface.

Bolste is a new company which believes they have become a business operating system – enabling you to run your business on their platform.

The argument from the company is simple – not only can you save money with one platform instead of four or more but you can save 20% or more time by using just one solution.

The company is yet another organization targeting email – hoping to wean us off this aging platform to something which workgroups will find more effective. Competitors include Slack – which can be extended via APIs as well as Facebook – looking to grow its reach as an enterprise platform.

Some of the features of the platform include Bolsters which are collaboration workspaces, customization of the look and feel of the solution to match corporate branding, activity streams which function like dashboards, AES-256 bit security and live document collaboration.

The Bolste Activity Stream
The Bolste Activity Stream.png

Like Basecamp or Facebook, there is an activity stream allowing people to edit and delete as needed. There is also a to do list which allows basic project management – like assigning jobs to members and using a calendar for deadlines. An integrated word processor allows co-editing, exporting and revisioning. Cloud storage is similar to Dropbox, box or OneDrive.

Assigning tasks in Bolste

Bolste Task Assignment.png

Other features allow member control, notes for memo writing, chat – hello Slack, Insights to allow management of usage and activity, mobile apps and more.

If you want to duplicate the functionality offered by Bolste – you’d have to purchase individual subscriptions to cloud-based services and then integrate them through APIs. Bolste offers an easier and more streamlined alternative.

Introducing Bolste from Bolste App on Vimeo.

The downside is solutions which typically combine features from once-standalone solutions tend not to be as full-featured. Having a singular focus allows companies to become best-in-breed. This doesn’t mean that for 80-90% of the market, an integrated solution won’t make the most sense. After all, who uses all the advanced features of Excel, Word or other cloud based solutions such as Salesforce?

The company is just starting out and it will be interesting to see how the market responds to a single cloud-based application which blends some of most important business needs under one virtual roof.

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