Contrado

Contrado^TM is a next-generation file-sharing system. Developed in partnership between Digital Dogs, Inc. and Outhouse, LLC, Contrado allows users to archive all versions of their collaborative documents, and selectively share those documents via the Internet with business partners and customers.

A Latin word, contrado means "to deliver together or wholly." In this spirit, Contrado was built for any business that must create, modify, and share documents with other businesses or customers. Contrado serves as a:

• Central document repository with full IT support for diverse project teams needing a single location for their shared files;
• Version-management system, archiving every iteration of the files stored in the central repository so you never lose an earlier version and can quickly find the latest version;
• Collaboration medium, allowing you to share documents and versions with business customers and partners over the Internet - with no complex security connections, software installations, or networking systems, just a Web browser and an Internet connection;
• Communications tool, allowing you to notify partners and clients of any updates or redlines to documents as they are shared on the system.

In the homebuilding industry, for example, architects, builders, vendors, and sub-contractors collaborate daily on design documents, floor plans, elevations, construction bids, and sales materials. They need to share their data despite working from different networks, different computer systems, and even different geographies.

Contrado allows companies to avoid blurry faxes, expensive and quickly outdated print-outs, couriers, and endless email attachments by providing a centralized, easily-managed, Internet-accessible system for sharing their data.

Product Demo

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Key Benefits

Improves Efficiency

• Organizes and collects data in a central repository
• Tracks versions and updates to shared documents
• Streamlines team communications on data updates and changes

Improves Visibility and Control

• Manages project data and versions
• Facilitates red-lining and edits
• Shares only selected data with specific business partners and clients

Improves Collaboration

• Allows administrators to grant users (employees, partners, or clients) specific levels of access to data stored on Contrado
• Leverages the Internet as the communication medium, so anyone with a Web browser and permissions can access shared files

Saves Costs

• Reduces the need for expensive and quickly outdated paper copies, CD-ROMs, couriers, multiple printings, and illegible facsimiles
• Minimizes data redundancy
• Organizes data versions so less time is lost trying to communicate or identify the latest version or most recent edits

Intuitive and Simple

• User interface similar to Microsoft Windows Explorer
• Simple drag-and-drop capability for transferring files
• No software installation: Contrado is accessed over the Internet using a browser and Java
• Month-to-month licensing provides low-cost entry and no long-term financial commitments

For more information on Contrado, or to schedule a live demo, please contact Digital Dogs at (480) 451-DOGS or email sales@digitaldogs.com.