Why Redliner

How Online SaaS Products Like Redliner are Revolutionizing the Way We Work

Business professionals are quickly embracing cloud computing, with information technology researcher Gartner predicting global cloud services revenue to surpass $56.3 billion in 2009—a projected increase of 21.3 percent over 2008. Simply put, cloud computing allows individuals and organizations to access software, server and storage resources over the Internet in a self-service manner, freeing them from the need to buy, install and manage these IT resources themselves.

A boon to solo practitioners and small- to medium-sized businesses, the growth in cloud computing is also fueled by the collaborative benefits of online SaaS (software-as-a-service) offerings, such as Basecamp®, WebEx and Google™ Docs, which allow professional teams to gather instantly via the Web, no matter where each individual works or resides.

Redliner, a recent addition to the SaaS field, takes the concept one step further. A “next generation” online collaboration tool, Redliner goes beyond establishing a shared work space “in the cloud”—where individuals can access, edit and comment on documents—and adds innovative workflow features that actually get important documents completed faster.

Surpassing the capabilities of current online word processors, such as Google™ Docs, Zoho® Writer and Adobe® Buzzword®, Redliner abolishes the grunt work inherent in the document collaboration process. When several individuals are working on a single document and accessing various versions, how many times do they find themselves asking, “What has changed?”, “Is this the latest version?” or “What do I need to respond to?”

Redliner eliminates those headaches by automatically processing exactly what each person needs to do next and directing him or her to it. Redliner’s unique user dashboard prompts individuals whenever they need to take action on a specific document while also tracking what they require of others, all of which keeps the edit, review and approval process moving quickly toward completion.

Collaborators can instantly see “What needs my attention” and “What I’m waiting on” across all Redliner documents. Each prompt offers a direct link to the associated document along with a summary of the actions involved, such as “Gail changed: ‘$1 million in sales’” or “David: ‘I think this is the figure you were looking for.’”

Once inside a Redliner document, users are guided by an in-document dashboard that takes them directly to each “Redline” edit or comment that requires their personal review. Edits made to the text are clearly identified, and with a single click users can compare the proposed changes to the original version without ever leaving the current document. Collaborators are freed from the time-consuming tasks of re-reading an entire document and/or toggling among various saved versions to decipher what has changed.

Likewise, Redliner’s comments feature empowers true collaboration, allowing back-and-forth discussions to unfold naturally within the document itself. Users have the option to “respond” to or “acknowledge” a comment, thus confirming that they have seen it. Redliner also allows for private comments directed to specific collaborators.

Redliner is ideal for attorneys and legal professionals, public relations professionals, editors and freelance writers, students, businesses—virtually anyone who collaborates with others on legal documents, contracts, business agreements, business plans, press releases, articles, manuscripts, marketing or sales copy, reports, class assignments or other professional documents.

Redliner’s immediate accessibility—to anyone, anywhere, intuitive features, and innovative workflow make it an overwhelming improvement over current collaboration alternatives.