ekipa vs Keeping.com

The global marketplace for software teams

ekipa is the global marketplace for software teams.

ekipa helps customers get their software projects done (or IT problems resolved) by matching projects/problems with best-suitable teams.
Importantly, teams are co-located, vetted and have experience (technology, domain, industry) in specific customer problems.

Ekipa addresses:
the outsourcing partner search problem (so far partners are sought with help of Google or own network),
partner quality check problem (teams are vetted) and
delivery risk problem (teams work in agile way where frequent delivery decreses the risk of the final delivery failure)

Turn Gmail into a help desk

Keeping™ is the world’s first help desk that works inside Gmail. It's a customer support tool that integrates with Gmail/Google Apps. It allows a team to manage customers support more efficiently directly from their current mailbox without having to use an external helpdesk.