Cloud Computing kickoff in India – CloudCamp.org technology tour and UnConference in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad
By Manoj Govindassamy at 22 February, 2010, 5:41 am
… Reasons why Cloud Computing Vendors thinking serious about India ..Amazon Web Services (AWS – includes plethora of cloud computing tools) recently appointed Simone Brunozzi as an evangelist for the Asia Pacific region. Its the first time .. Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform Windows Azure is sponsoring a number of the cloud computing events in the region…Yahoo!’s R&D group will hold the first India “hadoop Summit,” on February 24 at the event in Bangalore…Zoho.com, a cloud computing vendor has a huge development force in India. ….simple Cloud tools like Online Office Suites, Project Managements, Meeting Centres etc…All signs signal cloud computing is growing as rapidly in India as other parts of the world. If not already, CloudCamp.org forth coming initiatives should kick off the technology in this land…
Read More >>“Fake Office” Zoho kicks “Real Office” Microsoft’s Butt
By Manoj Govindassamy at 10 November, 2009, 1:29 am
Zoho Corporation has been creating lots of buzz in the market for quite sometime now…. The “Evil Empire” Microsoft has once again made poking comments on one of its competitor’s product. Though it got beaten up many a times in the past for such disparaging comments, Microsoft never seems to learn the lesson. This time, it commented about a company which has a strong online presence and very many loyal customers. Yeah, Zoho.In a recent interview, Ron Markezich, corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s online Office application, said – “We’re not seeing any inclination that Zoho or Google or Zimbra or any other of those offering fake Office capabilities can replace …”First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win …
Read More >>Zoho Discussions – yet another clone from Zoho
By Manoj Govindassamy at 24 September, 2009, 12:49 am
Zoho already offers dozen other work online tools (CRM, online office suite, wiki, etc.,). Well, Zoho Discussions is NOT a brand new web 2.0 idea (just like many of its other tools). I would say, its a clone of zenDesk, the market leader in helpdesk tools.The new helpdesk tool from Zoho, is feature rich, clean and sleek…. Key features of Zoho Discussions includes easy management of users, categorization using labels, tags, moderation and complete branding control of the site. In addition to domain mapping, Zoho Discussions also offers customizable SEO friendly URLs for forums, sub forums, topics, filters, activities and user profiles.
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