{"id":32023,"date":"2011-09-01T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=32023"},"modified":"2011-09-02T09:09:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T05:09:46","slug":"edmontons-octopusapp-gets-funding-re-launches-core-product-as-jobber","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/edmontons-octopusapp-gets-funding-re-launches-core-product-as-jobber","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton&#8217;s OctopusApp gets funding, relaunches as Jobber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.getjobber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jobber_flatgradients_notagline_72dpi_RGB-300x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" \/>Edmonton&#8217;s OctopusApp, a provider of web-based business management software, has received a private capital injection and will be an Octopus no more.<\/p>\n<p>This capital has given Octopus the resources to re-launch its core product, now known as Jobber.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton company has spent months reworking and reworking its flagship product. Originally called Octopus, the web-based software provides CRM and business management for on-site and field service companies. &nbsp;The transformed startup believes that, with new money in the bank, its amped up marketing efforts will translate into the capturing of an under-served market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<p>OctopusApp&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/octopusapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">old website<\/a> now redirects to <a href=\"http:\/\/getjobber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GetJobber.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quoth Jobber&#8217;s blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This re-launch effort brings some considerable changes that improve the flexibility and efficiency of the software, creating a better overall experience for our users. Everything from core system functionality like Scheduling and Task Management to User Interface and Mobile access have been revisited and improved upon.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward as&nbsp;<span>Jobber<\/span>&nbsp;we&rsquo;ll be taking full advantage of the experience that we&rsquo;ve gained as Octopus to ensure that we&rsquo;re providing the best business management software available for on-site service companies. We are committed to continuing to provide excellent customer support, and hope that our users will keep giving us their valuable feedback so we can make&nbsp;<span>Jobber<\/span>&nbsp;even better!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton&#8217;s OctopusApp, a provider of web-based business management software, has received a private capital injection and will be an Octopus no more. This capital has given Octopus the resources to re-launch its core product, now known as Jobber. The Edmonton company has spent months reworking and reworking its flagship product. Originally called Octopus, the web-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":32025,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-32023","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/32023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/32023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/32025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32023"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=32023"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=32023"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=32023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}