Introduces three new apps via the Microsoft Garage Initiative enabling transactions and operations via smartphone to help small businesses become more productive
To address the need for small businesses to run their operations more effectively, Microsoft Garage has recently introduced three business productivity Android apps – Sprightly, Connections and Kaizala. These apps aim to solve SMB needs around digital presence, business relationships, team management and business transactions.
India has 50 million small businesses and many of them to carry out their core business transactions using a smart phone. The innovative apps are designed to increase productivity of individuals and businesses while keeping them connected on the move. Released through the Microsoft Garage, these apps target businesses in a very unique way, said the release.
According to the press release, Sprightly helps effortlessly create, share and consume professional digital content on phone including catalogs, pricelists, promotions and e-cards. It is an app for digital-content creation on phones that caters to an audience mainly focused on small-and mid-sized businesses. The app makes it easy to create professional-looking content on a mobile device to help businesses showcase and promote their products in a better manner.
Connections helps grow the business by providing context to interactions during customer phone calls. The app helps users organize information about one’s friends, family members, and work acquaintances in an organized and chronological manner. Connections helps individuals and small businesses to be prepared for every conversation by way of capturing, surfacing and sharing of context in the form of contact categories, notes and reminders.
Kaizala enables efficient business transactions over clutter-free conversations. It is a productive chat application that supports clutter – free team conversations and helps work get done. It enables task assignment, tracking and confirming availability in a team. The app has been specially designed to help users, who are always on the move, keep track of items and other team members.
Sprightly, Connections and Kaizala are currently available on Android platform for free and will also be available on the iOS platform shortly.
