10 Awesome Tech Companies Changing The Way You Work


#8 oDesk: Lets businesses have an infinitely flexible workforce

oDesk is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online workplace which it brings contracting and freelancing up to the next level. The company provides series of the tools aimed at businesses who seek remote employees for the particular project. It was founded by two Greek entrepreneurs Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis in 2003.

oDesk allows clients to create online work teams coordinated and paid through the company's proprietary software and website. oDesk is short for "online desk" which refers company's intent to enable anyone to work anywhere, anytime.

The company provides a platform where the clients can post jobs and the freelance workers, referred to as contractors, may create profiles and bid on jobs, all for free.

#7 Box: Making collaboration outside the office, a standard

Box, formerly known as Box.net is an online file sharing and Cloud content management service for enterprise companies. Currently it has over 14 million users across 140,000 companies. Box makes it easier than ever for companies and workers to combine the information they already have with existing systems, and helps make collaboration outside the office easier than ever. It provides a platform where instead of worrying about files stuck in the company system and about whether you have the latest version of the document, you can be mobile and simply work as if in the office.

It was founded in 2005 as a college business project by Aaron Levie (CEO) and Dylan Smith (CFO). It was incorporated in April that year.