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October 11, 2010

Tabzon – Keep Tabs On Your Staff

Just as the name implies, Tabzon is an application that can help business owners and managers keep tabs on their staff. A web-based take on the traditional in/out boards that many companies have nailed to their office walls, Tabzon makes it easy for front desk clerks to know who’s in the office and who’s out of the office at any point during the day. On top of that, the application offers a handful of features that traditional in/out boards don’t—such as worldwide accessibility, detailed contact information, and security that prevents competitors from peeking in and spying.

To use Tabzon, sign up for a free account and input your company information. Tabzon offers each company a subdomain address, and makes it easy to get each of your employees signed up with a separate account in a matter of minutes. Every employee will be listed on your company’s Tabzon page, along with their current availability and photo. When you get ready to leave the office for a lunch meeting or a client appointment, just open up the Tabzon site and click the green, orange, or red button to inform colleagues of your availability. You can also include a status message to give people more details about where you are going or when you’ll be back. When your colleagues check the page, they’ll see your name and photo alongside a large colored dot indicating whether or not you’re in the office and available to chat.

With Tabzon, it’s easy to create a status message to let people know when you’re working from home and to include updated phone forwarding information that the receptionists should use for transferring calls. At a glance, managers can know where their salespeople are at and when they’ll be back in the office, without having to send out countless emails and text messages. Tabzon is a basic and straightforward application that can help professional businesses stay organized and productive.

Practical Uses:

  • Let your manager know when you’re out of the office
  • Find out when your colleague will be back from lunch
  • Help your secretary know when you’re too busy to take any calls
  • See who else is around for an impromptu meeting

Insider Tips:

  • Save status updates to reuse later
  • Update your status without writing a message by changing your availability color
  • Add photos for all the employees in your office
  • Access the employee in/out board when you’re working from home

What we liked:

  • Tabzon makes it easy for secretaries to know if their bosses are available
  • Managers can check to see where an employee is at before calling his office
  • Easy to let everyone know when you’re out sick for the day
  • Prevents people from knocking on your office door when you’re in a meeting with a client

What we didn’t like:

  • Tabzon doesn’t offer any calendars or scheduling features, which would be useful in letting people know when employees aren’t scheduled to be at work

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Company Info:

  • Launched: April 2010
  • Privately Held
  • Headquarters: Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Founded by: Digital Fusion
  • Web site: http://www.tabzon.com

Costs:

  • Free

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