Wrike

Wrike is one of the best project management services. It provides really simple and effective task collaboration tools and is closely integrated with email. 2,000+ new companies sign up for Wrike every month. And it's used even by Salesforce, which has recently launched the own similar service - Do.com. But Wrike had one drawback compared to other popular tools like Basecamp, Teamlab or already mentioned Do.com - it didn't provide a free version. But now this drawback is fixed. Wrike has launched the free version for 5 users (and 2Gb) for Google Apps Marketplace. So besides the free plan, now you can use Wrike in combination with Google tools: create tasks directly in GMail, sync projects with Google Calendar and attach Google Docs to Wrike's tasks. And of course, you can log into Wrike using your Google Apps account. By the way, the 5-user limitation applies only for employees of your company. You can invite an unlimited number of users to collaborate on tasks.

Online project management service Wrike continues to implement the Project Management 2.0 philosophy (invented by Wrike's founder, Andrew Filev). An updated Wrike version is focused on one of the main Enterprise 2.0 features - Social. And the first Wrike's social feature - is a simple user-friendly interface in the style of popular consumer services. The main Wrike screen now reminds Google Wave - a list of projects, task list and the task pane. Like in Google Wave it features avatars, which allow to identify the author of a task, or who the task is shared with, etc., with just a quick glance at the workspace. Instead of old-way comments taks now contain microblogs with activity streams, which allow not only to discuss the task, but also display automatic updates on any task activities, such as attaching a new file or changing the task status. Thus, you can see the full history for that particular task:

Andrew Filev, Wrike CEO and founder, wants his service to become the One, who invented the 2.0 generation of project management, just like Salesforce did in CRM space. Of course, Wrike is not the most innovative product in the market and has very strong competitors - Basecamp, Zoho Projects, Worksection, etc. But sometimes marketing is a king. Search Google for "project management 2.0" and you will find numerous Andrew's articles and links to his conference speeches. Project Management 2.0 - is a new brand that can be very attractive to Wrike's potential customers, and here is why: