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- Google and Salesforce.com: still not a done deal
- In all the excitement around the Google and Salesforce.com tie up, an email turned up from Sridhar Vembu, Zoho's CEO. He claims that Salesforce.com is operating a 1990's business model and that the partnership will end in tears. Why should this matter? Salesforce.com has clearly put a...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud, Vembu, InfoStreet, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Google Docs offline illustrates open source maturity
- Now that Microsoft Word is a standard, maybe Redmond should worry about making certain it stays a leader. The rapid delivery of an offline feature to Google Docs illustrates the benefits of standardization and the maturity of online office suites, according to a competitor. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Zoho Writer, Vembu, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
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- A Real ROI from Twitter? The Start of Social Medical Networks
- There may not be a big enough return on tweeting yet to report it to your CFO. But it won’t be long before there’s a clear, return on tweeting to report it to your doctor. Let’s say your daughter is suffering from autism, as is Sophie Nelson,...
- Tags: Web, Zoho, Condition, Network, NetSuite Inc., ROI, Twitter, ChARMTracker, Development Platform, Storage, Social Networking, Channel Management, Databases, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Vembu StoreGrid Backup Software-Free Edn 2.4 (Windows)
- Vembu StoreGrid is a flexible feature packed data backup software that works with your existing hardware! StoreGrid can facilitate intranet, client-server and remote backups (supported in StoreGrid's Professional and Service Provider Editions). StoreGrid's Free Edition is ideal for Home networks and SOHOs. It's unique 'trusted P2P mode' can help leverage...
- Tags: Network, Data Backup, Microsoft Windows, Vembu Technologies, Vembu StoreGrid, Backups
- Software downloads 2009-01-21
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First
- Industry Giants -the New Adults on the Block Most of these might not be surprising to you but they are to me. With maybe the exception of Sage...and NetSuite....and RightNow and.....ah well. I guess they aren't really all that surprising. But to some degree, IBM and Cisco are surprising. ...
- Tags: Strategy, Application, NetSuite Inc., IBM Corp., CRM, Zach, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- How open should your open source business strategy be
- How open should your open source business strategy beCreate your own network effect ...... and you can grow and shrink as necessary.There's a huge market out there of people who just want their computer to f***ing work.If you're prepared to stick a second hard drive in peoples machines and dual...
- Tags: open-source business strategy, open source, strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
- How open should your open source business strategy be
- What Vembu and others are showing is that success in open source also requires transparency in other areas, even when it comes to development strategy, and a willingness to acknowledge what others may see as mistakes in that strategy. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Business Strategy, Sridhar Vembu, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- SaaS battlegrounds: Salesforce v Zoho
- SaaS battlegrounds: Salesforce v ZohoRe: Love of lock-inIt is not really up to Benioff anymore - though he would love to lock users in. The web is the real platform today. Initiatives like Google's single sign-on (truly open - in the sense competition is allowed to play) are where the...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, cloud computing, Zoho, SaaS battleground, Salesforce.com Inc., battleground, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- SaaS battlegrounds: Salesforce v Zoho
- When Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff put on his jocular performance for the analysts and press at Dreamforce yesterday, I'm sure he didn't expect little ol' Zoho to come bite him in the pants. That's exactly what's happened. According to Venture Beat's Anthony Ha: Salesforce.com’s strategy can...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Marc Benioff, Zoho, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution
- I have a lot of sympathy for Sridhar Vembu. CEO of AdventNet, the parent company behind Zoho. His last two posts reflect much of the fear and frustration behind what I am hearing in the startup world. But amid the gloom, Sridhar offers a glimmer of hope. A few snippets....
- Tags: Capitalism, Financial, Alchemy, Wall Street, Zoho, Alchemy Analogy, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- An enterprise balancing act in the cloud
- Video of Dr Sukh Grewal talking about GE's 'Support Central' environment at last week's Office 2.0 Conference. There's a solid article in the current Economist magazine about Zoho, which I consider a far more credible enterprise 'software as a service' office suite than Google Docs....
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, General Electric Co., Information Technology, Environment, Office 2.0, Zoho, Daniel, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Zoho's future in Google's hands?
- Â Earlier today, Zoho sent over an intriguing email with a whole bunch of numbers and spreadsheet demonstrating why Google in particular is not likely to be a threat to the company. It makes interesting reading. The argument goes something like this: Google's revenue and profit per...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Google Inc., Zoho, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Zoho's Chinese bet
- Zoho's Chinese betDistribution in ChinaWe are quite excited about this relationship. Baihui brings very strong distribution capability and has committed significant resources.Hosting services in China is crucial for ensuring speedy user experience as well. At Zoho, we are very conscious of this, and recognize it is a crucial factor in...
- Tags: Zoho
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Zoho can come second and still win
- Zoho can come second and still winBusiness successDennis, Thanks for the detailed take. Your headline definitely captured the way we have always felt. I don't look at business as a competitive sport; instead I look at it like university examinations. Perhaps this is rooted in American vs Indian perspectives, now...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Zoho, still win
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Is Facebook a PaaS contender?
- Nate Westheimer's observation about Google's App Engine: Aiming At Facebook, Not Amazon set me thinking. Should Facebook's F8 platform be considered a contender in the platform-as-a-service wars? Since my perspective is firmly on PaaS in the business world rather than as a consumer play, Facebook isn't really...
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Facebook, PaaS, App Engine, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Zoho releases invoicing service (sort of)
- Zoho releases invoicing service sort ofPerhaps try it again, after coffee:-)Dennis, I wonder if the sudden and unexpected release caught you off-guard in a pre-coffee moment :-) Joke apart, when you told me you found major bugs, these were not exactly what I had in mind... let's look at...
- Tags: Zoho, ZohoInvoice
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Where to next for Zoho?
- Where to next for Zoho?AgreedDennis, First of all, I really appreciate your thoughtful take. I fully agree with you that tackling workflow is crucial to enabling the next quantum leap in productivity. We recognize how crucial it is to our success. First on the integration front,...
- Tags: Process improvement, Zoho, Zoho People
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Working Webware: Can Zoho get a good share of the SMB market?
- Rafe Needleman of Webware and I hooked up for a video show, called "Working Webware," to look at some of the up and coming companies and products aimed at businesses. For our first show, Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho and its parent company AdventNet, was on the hot seat. Zoho...
- Tags: Google Inc., Execution, AdventNet Inc., Small And Medium Business, Zoho, Smb/Sme, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Zoho takes on Microsoft, Google
- On Working Webware, ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Webware.com's editor Rafe Needleman sit down with AdventNet's CEO Sridhar Vembu to find out about Zoho's office productivity suite and how the CEO plans to compete against Microsoft and Google. Farber and Needleman then analyze the company's business model and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Rafe Needleman, CEO, Zoho, Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Videos 2007-11-28
- Primitive Internet killing new niches
- Primitive Internet killing new nichesOff base once againFeel free to get a T1 connection installed. That should take care of the problem.There are still plenty of areas in the U.S. where DSL, for instance, is simply "not available in your area yet. Check back with us in a year."I live...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, DSL, Internet, bandwidth, Zoho
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
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