Lockit allows you to easily and efficiently manage your team’s resources. With lockit you can create shared resource, unlock/lock these resource, get updates when resource is released/locked on channel and set alerts when a resource is released. What is a resource? A resource is anything that can only be used by a limited set of people at a time. This could include servers, license keys, conference rooms, company cars, etc. The Old Way: Person 1: "Hey, is anyone using the staging server? I need it for a couple of hours." Crickets (Person 1 goes away and starts using the staging server) A few moments later... Person 2: "Hey, who is using the staging server? I had a long-running task running since yesterday! All my progress is now lost." With Lockit : Person 1 : @Lockit lock staging Person 2 : @Lockit lock staging @Lockit : Resource staging is locked by @Person 1 till 2014/02/18 6:39 AM PST Use-cases - Avoid conflicts when using servers. - Share license with teams. - Reserve a conference room ahead - Get Alerts when a resource get free