Conceptshare, who we have previously profiled, has two major new announcements today. We have a lot to cover, so lets dive right in:

Partnership with Corel, Inc.
Corel, Inc. has partnered with Conceptshare to provide a Corel branded version of ConceptShare that will be promoted directly to Corel’s 10million+ customers. The site, coreldrawconceptshare.com maintains significant ConceptShare branding and maintains the same pricing as the main ConceptShare.com website.

This launch is for the branded website only, but it is the beginning of a 5 year partnership between the two companies. If this venture goes well, I am sure that we will see more tightly integrated offerings coming from these two companies. This move also positions ConceptShare well ahead of its competitors, none of whom can boast such a significant long-term deal.

ConceptShare Version 2.0

On the heels of this new partnership comes the announcement of ConceptShare Version 2.0. We managed to get a sneak peek at version 2.0 some time ago and were really impressed. Instead of lumping in dozens of new features, ConceptShare Version 2 feels like a maturation of the previous version. It now has a significantly more professional look and also provides more refined workflows for major tasks.

Version 2.0 also sees video support coming out of beta status and is also built on a upgraded framwork which will allow much more rapid software releases in the future.

ConceptShare already counts Avenue A | Razorfish, QUALCOMM, AOL, Monster.com, the National Football League, the New York Knicks and Harvard University as their major clients on top of hundreds of independent designers who all rely on ConceptShare on a daily basis.

These two announcements take ConceptShare from the rank of fledgling startup to the status of being one of the most polished and reliable players in the online collaboration space.

Read more about the partnership and the new version on the ConceptShare Website.