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The Cundari Group Ltd., a large independent communications agency headquartered in Toronto, has selected Octopz collaboration software to enhance its creative processes.

According to Aldo Cundari, chairman and CEO of Cundari:

Creating cutting edge marketing solutions requires uniquely creative thinking, and Octopz is ideally suited for the creative process. It supports the iterative process our best thinkers demand, it saves our clients time and money, and it is both highly effective and extremely easy to use. We can collaborate without having to compromise – just the way we like to work.

Equally important to Cundari was the instant feedback it was able to obtain from clients, as well as the ease and convenience of meetings that offer many of the advantages of face-to-face contact, without the need to travel to a central location. This enhanced and extremely convenient communication translates into speedier decision-making, an informed approval process, faster project delivery and, most importantly, happy clients.

Octopz CEO Ron MacKenzie had this to say about the Cundari announcement:

Octopz has been enthusiastically received by communications companies such as Cundari, because Octopz was developed precisely to answer their need for fast turn-around and an iterative creative process. Whether they’re crafting a targeted media campaign, developing an innovative broadcast spot, or building a highly interactive and compelling online user experience, Octopz supports the visual formats agencies need to get the job done.

Read the official news release, find out more about Octopz online collaboration or sign up for a free trial here.

ComputerWorld Canada has published an article on the use of Octopz at The Ontario College of Art. Here’s a snippet quoting Michael Desjardins, manager of the laptop program at OCAD:

“At OCAD, we have a lot of collaborative courses where there’s a lot of teamwork and people from different studies, such as graphic design, advertising, and others, all working together on projects in a cross-disciplinary way. What we liked about this one (Octopz) is that it focused on visual people, so our students can post visual media, comment on them, and review the history of these discussions. The tool allows them to can even comment on an individual frame of a video.”

The full article is posted on the IT World Canada website.

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Yay, we can now spread the news from the roof of the Sharp Centre of Design: The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) has picked Octopz advanced collaboration software for use by students and faculty in the Advertising, Graphic, Industrial and Environmental Design programs.

According to OCAD president Sara Diamond:

Octopz is a next generation social technology that is ideal for design and art-making in the media space, for both virtual planning and production.

In the initial rollout, 900 participants in the OCAD Laptop Program will use Octopz to support individual creativity and enable team collaboration. The laptop program already provides students with the latest 2D and 3D applications from companies like Adobe and Autodesk.

For more details of the announcement please see the official news release on our website. And stay tuned to the blog for more coverage of this exciting development as it unfolds.

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