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Zoho wants you to know they believe in being open and transparent with their users. That's why they have added a new section to their website called Zoho Status. Now you can see at a glance the health of all those Zoho applications you use.

Following this week's Windows Azure announcement by Microsoft, the ball was in the competition's court. And Yahoo! responded with a cloud-related announcement of its own. Yahoo! announced that it will offer the Zimbra Collaboration Suite as a hosted solution for educational institutions. According to Zimbra, over 500 schools are already using Zimbra. This hosted solution is currently available exclusively to .edu's. Who knows -- maybe, if all goes well, the solution will expand its wings beyond the .edu market.

If you were worried about the present and future of SaaS -- Gartner says don’t be. Worldwide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue in the enterprise application markets is going strong. Gartner predicts it will surpass US$ 6.4 billion in 2008, a 27% increase from 2007 revenue. Moreover, the market is expected to more than double with SaaS revenue reaching US$ 14.8 billion in 2012.

Zoho, a provider of web office and business applications and the competitor of Microsoft Office and Google Docs, has been busy lately, churning out a set of new offerings like there’s no tomorrow. The new creations include Zoho Marketplace and Zoho Creator Partner Program. Wait, there’s more – Zoho Creator 3.0, a solution for creation of data-driven applications.

Whatever 'Web 2.0' is or was, few organizations have lived and breathed the term as much as Zoho. Bringing office applications into the cloud for commercial and personal use is the most obvious example of this, but equally notable is all the hidden strategic and operational stuff which has brought Zoho, as of last week, to the landmark figure of one million users.

Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Open It Online, a free Firefox extension, cuts out all the middle steps between finding a document in a Google search, in your web mail, or anywhere else online, and...

Everyone has a theory about how to recruit the best and the brightest to their company. But how can you be sure which one works best or has staying power? Well, it often depends on the size and type of company that a certain method is employed. Not all methods are created equally. But it's always interesting to learn about new ones that look at recruiting from a different perspective. Enter Zoho. The creative minds behind the office productivity suite that helps business, small and large, stay organized and efficient in their pursuit of well, business, have taken a fresh approach to gathering the best and the brightest that the world of employment has to offer. Recently, their CEO, Sridhar Vembu was interviewed by Fox News about his interesting and seemingly effective recruitment methods.

Next time you need to give a presentation from afar, fire up Zoho Show, invite a few attendees, and give the presentation in real-time with Zoho Show's Remote feature. You invite participants, and as...

Zoho really wants people to try out their applications. They have opened the doors to users with Google and Yahoo accounts to access Zoho applications without having to create a new username/password. Is this Zoho's step towards the OpenID? Or a ploy to steal Google Apps users away?

Since most of you said you've stuck to Google Docs over Zoho Suite because you already have a Google account, Zoho Suite added the ability to log on with your existing Google or Yahoo account. You...

eTouch Systems, the creators of the SamePage enterprise wiki, have announced the launch of SamePage v3.5. What's to note? They implemented a fully multilingual user interface. The first languages available will be French and Polish, but any number of languages will be provided for customers upon request. That's not the only new feature. SamePage is all about Enterprise 2.0 collaboration, and this release carries a few goodies that may make your team smile.

Today web-based office suite maker Zoho adds pivot tables and VB macros to their online spreadsheet product. You may not use Zoho's online office suite because you're lazy and already have a Google...

Zoho, well-known creator of a comprehensive suite of affordable, online collaborative productivity applications recently announced that its popular suite is the proud recipient of the 2008 Webware 100 award for productivity. The award was given out by Webware, a CNET site.

They didn't win the Crunchie for “Best Enterprise Start-up" for nothing. Zoho is back at it, introducing the newest edition to their enterprise toolset -- Zoho CRM - Enterprise Edition. This enhanced version of their online CRM service is packed with features and functionality required by enterprise organizations.

There’s some interesting talk in air these days around office productivity suites and the move to using purely web-based products. Some predict the end of Microsoft if they don’t make the move to a SaaS offering. Other reports show something completely opposite.