OKC-created Cage eliminates ‘pain points’ for project collaborators

A big thanks for The Oklahoman and Jim Stafford for featuring Cage — we love the hometown love. Below is an excerpt of the article and a link to read more.

My friend Jay, a videographer for a local advertising firm, works collaboratively with colleagues and clients on advertisements and promotional videos.

I call him a member of the creative class. But he’s a creative who encounters workflow challenges daily. The problem arises when Jay is expected to share his work-in-progress with collaborators so they can view it, make edits and ultimately sign off on the project.

How does he share a huge video file in a way that colleagues can easily mark it up and send it back to him? How do they communicate their edits with him. It’s a common thread among creative types like Jay who need to share calendars, text, photos and whole projects such as videos or websites with multiple collaborators or clients.

Oklahoma City-based Cage was created for just such a challenge, says founder and CEO Sandip Patel.

Cage — cageapp.com — is a sophisticated, web-based collaboration and project management software for teams who may be working down the hall or 1,000 miles from one another. Launched in 2011, Cage has become a go-to software application for ad firms, design teams and technology companies tackling large, complicated projects.

“Cage facilitates one place where you can do all of those things,” Patel said. “You can communicate about projects, you can organize schedules and tasks and to-do list. You can upload artifacts you are working on so there is transparency and accountability there. Then there is integration with other products you already use.”

Cage has been embraced by creative teams that range from the smallest two-man shops to large agencies and corporations. Clients include Best Buy Canada, Sinclair Broadcast Group, University of Chicago, Country Music Television and Foundry, among others.

Read the full article here: http://newsok.com/article/5591206/okc-created-cage-eliminates-pain-points-for-project-collaborators