Deskworks rolled out a refreshed brand with a new logo, updated color palette, and a redesigned website aimed at making it easier for coworking and flex office operators to understand and evaluate the platform.

The update was driven by Barbara Sprenger (Founder & CPO), whose background as an actual space operator shaped the software from day one, and Reed Thompson (CEO), who says the goal is building toward a more complete, connected platform. If you run a coworking or flex space, the new site is worth a look, as it now has clearer product pages, detailed pricing, and a dedicated integrations page.

Juan Hilario shares how, and why, Alliance Virtual Offices has expanded their integration infrastructure to bring their Instant Bookings for meeting rooms to operators using Yardi Kube and DeskWorks.

This expands on previous integrations announced for operators on Nexudus and OfficeRnD, and helps place reservations (and their useful data) inside the actual inventory system, not just added to a calendar, while avoiding double-bookings and streamlining reporting & reconciliation.

The Deskworks team put together a good guide around why some coworking spaces do, and some do not, collect security deposits. Often times, some operators collect deposits for specific kinds of bookings and products. The piece also offers some alternatives for those who want some cover, but don’t want to slow down their sales processes.

Barbara Sprenger, founder of Deskworks & CEO of Satellite Workplaces since 2009, shares some notes on the consolidation we’re seeing on both the operator side and the vendor/tech side.

Barbara also reminds operators what they should keep in mind as the number of operators & vendors may shrink.

The Deskworks team put together a piece featuring many of TWIC subscribers’ recommendations around 10 technologies that help coworking spaces build great tech stacks.

Clark Rinehart taps IT infrastructure, Kayley DiCicco touches on access control, Taylor Mason nods at community support tools, Adrian Simpson waves at camera systems, Jaime Munoz connects on IoT devices and member engagement, William Edmundson slides into digital mail, Sam Shea books in a note about aggregators and Reed Thompson centralizes it all around space management software.