zoho

News

• Zoho launches Android, iPad apps for its CRM and project software

  Zoho is expanding its push into mobile applications on Monday, rolling out native Android and iPad clients for its CRM and project management software.

• ManageEngine adds iOS to device management service

  ManageEngine, the IT management software arm of Zoho, is adding iOS devices to those supported in its Desktop Central management service.

• Power failure takes down Zoho

  The Web site and office tools of online services company Zoho were knocked offline Friday by a power outage in its data center.

• Zoho guns for Salesforce.com with major upgrade to its SaaS CRM software

  Zoho unveiled a significant upgrade to its on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) software on Thursday with new features including an overhauled user interface and an integration with LinkedIn.

• Useful sites for small business

  Whether you're running a business out of your den or from a penthouse in the sky, you don't have time or money to waste on second-rate tools. These well-designed services and resources are among the best the Web offers for small and midsize businesses. Some include apps for smartphones and downloads for your desktop, but all of them provide the bulk of their features within a Web browser.

• MS Office alternatives: Many are trying, few are buying

  When it comes to deploying Microsoft Office alternatives such as Google Apps, Zoho or Lotus Symphony, enterprise IT managers are in a state of intense curiosity but are still not ready for widespread adoption, according to a new Forrester research report entitled "Market Update: Office Productivity Alternatives."

• Zoho ties Quickbooks, telephony to its CRM

  Online applications vendor Zoho is continuing to bring its CRM (customer relationship management) software up to par with longer-established offerings, announcing this week that it has completed integrations with QuickBooks and a number of telephony systems.

• Zoho adds cloud app to manage customer support tasks

  Zoho has added a customer support management application to its Web-hosted collaboration, communication, business and office productivity suite for small and medium-size businesses.

• Zoho upgrades Creator app builder tool

  Zoho's Creator application builder tool is gaining the ability to schedule automated tasks and to generate reports, the company announced Wednesday.

• OpenOffice.org breaks away from Oracle with new foundation

  Most of the volunteers and vendors behind OpenOffice.org have decided to create a new foundation that will be independent from Oracle and speed up improvements to the code in the open source alternative to Microsoft Office.

• Microsoft Office 2010's rivals: IBM, Zoho and OpenOffice

  While Google Apps may not be a knock-out threat to Microsoft's enterprise business this year, a cloud apps battle continues to brew between the two companies. Google and Microsoft are the forerunners in this competition, but other rivalsare nipping on their heels.

• Google Apps store seeks cloud collaboration boost

  Google's new Apps Marketplace could give a significant boost to Web-based communication and collaboration software for businesses by creating a wide-ranging yet integrated virtual suite of heterogeneous cloud applications.

• HyperOffice up against Google Apps, Zoho with updated suite

  Google Apps, Zoho and other online collaboration players got a fresh dose of competition Tuesday, as HyperOffice announced that a major overhaul of its online collaboration suite is now in private beta.

• Zoho links project management tool with Google Apps

  Zoho has integrated its online project management tool, along with some other features, with Google's Apps -- a linkage Zoho thinks will benefit users of both software suites.

• Zoho adds discussion forums to hosted collaboration suite

  Zoho has added a discussion forum application to its Web-hosted software suite, the company announced Tuesday.