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Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card

Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...

Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

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Next-gen operating systems: Facebook on steroids?

Chrome OS is a key building blockThis is why I think the concept of Chrome OS is so powerful.Sure you will be able to use your web apps offline, like desktop apps (thanks to HTML5/Gears), but the core functionality of the apps will live in the cloud. And because the...

Tags: Operating systems, Chrome OS, Facebook, Next-gen operating system, operating system, Next-Gen

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Fourth type of cloud computing

Close, but no cigarThere is no requirement that a cloud be publicly accessible. In many cases, corporations use cloud products to supplement existing production. In that case, the public access is via the existing security scheme and the cloud assets are never directly accessible via public IP.Also, there...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Open web

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.Org

RE: Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.OrgMS Office appears to be a really expensive trap. Your solution: Softmakerhttp://www.softmaker.comSuperior compatibility with all MS versions. No bloatware. Simply solid German engineering.If this came from a credible author I would be confused too butMr Kusnetzky has an habit of interspersing his zdnet stream with...

Tags: goodbye, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards

On the eve of what looks to be a major Microsoft productivity products year in 2010 with the Windows 7 operating system, Exchange 2010, Office 2010, MOSS/SharePoint 2010 and Azure it's interesting to look at how the market for these products serve has changed. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Open Standard, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Creating a unified model for enterprise mashups

Maturing mashup marketThis announcement represents an important step forward for enterprise mashups and is another proof point that the market is maturing. It seems to me that OMA and EMML are formalising a style of mashup defined - in the words of the OMA site - as something that...

Tags: Collaboration, Tools & Techniques, EMML, mashup, enterprise mashup

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Moving the Point of AssemblyKudos to Zoho. Their efforts remind me of the early days of the Microsoft Productivity Environment where core MSOffice editors expanded their reach through DDE, OLE, rich copy/paste, data binding, merged content and data, VBA scripting and the infamous recorder, and a developer API that...

Tags: Channel management, Collaboration, Groupware, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., productivity environment

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Zoho has announced the availability of Zoho Discussions. Of itself you might think this is a smallish me-too announcement given that it can be construed as support forums-reinvented for the new millennium with some bells and whistles thrown in. That would be a gross underestimate of...

Tags: Zoho, Smb/Sme, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Brent Leary Expounds: The SMBs Rejoice

Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media,  is someone that I want to highlight on these pages.  Not that you need to come...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leader, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, CRM, Brent Leary, Maximizer Needs, Price Point, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Google's campaign for Apps doesn't address the IT data elephant in the room

Updated: Google has launched a "Go Google" marketing push for Google Apps touting cost savings and recruiting users to spread the word. The campaign---modeled after Mozilla's Firefox marketing efforts---makes sense for browsers, but for skeptical IT buyers, Google drops the ball. Why? Google's campaign...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Security, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Google, Microsoft and Zoho

The Battle for the Desktop and Beyond Microsoft is in the news lately with its Office 2010 announcements. It contains, no surprise, a number of tidbits to make more of the application suite more cloud friendly and less costly. Implicit in this strategy...

Tags: Google Inc., Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Software Purchase, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Management, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcement

Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementRE: Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementYet another MS product where all the deliverables were submitted on time and presentation is smooth and flawless.Oh. Sorry, was I thinking about Apple again.RE: Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementDeliberately done as a marketing...

Tags: Office 2010 announcement, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Zoho melds Microsoft Access with Creator via plug-in

Zoho on Thursday said that its Creator application can take Microsoft Access information and turn them into Web applications. For the average bear this move may not be a big deal, but IT pros often use Access, which is essentially a desktop database. On TechRepublic Access is...

Tags: Zoho, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Plug-in, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Battling for the Mother Of All Monopolies...

Despite their motto 'Don't Be Evil', Google appear to be making a pretty good effort at attempting to own your online data and computing world, and all at a low, no up front cost to you. The latest Google product, an operating system, adds to the already formidable...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Thin Clients, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?

Reading the commentary from the likes of TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian and even our own esteemed Sam Diaz on the pre-launch (you've got another YEAR to wait) you'd think the Google ChromeOS was the closest thing to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Get a grip people. First up MG...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Register, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Zoho embraces Sharepoint lock-in

Zoho, which offers Office-compatible applications as services, is now offering a version of Sharepoint, aimed at extending Microsoft's lock-in of customers. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Zoho, Microsoft SharePoint, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-24

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

How about textbooks by Google?

If you read my post on the new Kindle DX yesterday, you know that I'm generally irritated with the entire idea of the Kindle at this point. I'd take fellow ZDNet blogger, Jason Perlow's, request for Amazon to "bring down its wall" a step further and suggest that the...

Tags: Google Inc., Textbook, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Channel Management, Security, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Zoho preps mobile suite

Zoho on Tuesday rolled out a unified mobile front for its suite of Web applications.  Zoho had offered some basic iPhone and Windows Mobile support previously, but now is unifying applications like Mail, Calendar, Writer, Sheet, Show & Creator into one interface.  The mobile...

Tags: Zoho, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28