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Breaking Up Again, OneNote and I Must Go Separate Ways

Breaking Up Again, OneNote and I Must Go Separate Ways

By Adron Hall on April 15, 2014

Ok, psychologically one is supposed to tell the good news last and the bad news first. Well, I’m doing that backwards with this article. First things first, all the awesome about Microsoft’s OneNote App. Microsoft OneNote The cool thing is, after more than a few years, OneNote runs on pretty much runs on most mobile and desktop […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged evernote, microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft OneNote, office suite, onenote, reviews, windows | 1 Response

IBM SmartCloud Docs Enters The Market But Does It Still Matter?

IBM SmartCloud Docs Enters The Market But Does It Still Matter?

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 4, 2013

Last month IBM released SmartCloud Docs (formerly called IBM Lotuslive Symphony) at a pricing competitive to other offerings in the market like Google Docs or Microsoft Office 365. It is free for existing SmartCloud Advanced customers and $3 per user per month for SmartCloud Standard customers. It is based on Apache OpenOffice and offers solid […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged google docs, IBM, IBM Connections, insights, Microsoft Office 365, office suite, office365, smartcloud docs | 2 Responses

Office Applications, Cloud Office Applications:  An Open Letter

Office Applications, Cloud Office Applications: An Open Letter

By Adron Hall on March 13, 2012

Alright, there are a dozen office suites out there that sit in various places on one’s computer, in the cloud, can do X, Y, and Z and the list goes on. However, I don’t want to talk about any of those suites. I want to talk about the suite we all want, the suite that […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged google, google docs, microsoft, MS Office, office, office suite, Open Letters, rants, zoho

Why I Think Office 365 Is Not (Yet) Ready

Why I Think Office 365 Is Not (Yet) Ready

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 12, 2012

Earlier this week I had a Tweetbate with few folks who have a soft corner for Microsoft products on whether Office 365 (previous CloudAve coverage), Microsoft’s cloud based productivity suite, is a credible player in the modern cloud business applications space. When I say modern cloud business applications, I expect them to have, at least, […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged android, api, applications, cloud applications, cloud apps, ecosystem, enterprise software, google, insights, iOS, microsoft, mobile, office suite, office365, openapis, saas, social, wp7 | 4 Responses

IBM LotusLive Symphony: Google Needs To Watch Out

IBM LotusLive Symphony: Google Needs To Watch Out

By Krishnan Subramanian on February 22, 2011

During IBM Lotusphere 2011 earlier this month, I had a chance to see the demo of IBM LotusLive Symphony and interact with the team behind Symphony. LotusLive Symphony is IBM’s new online office suite much along the lines of Google Docs, Zoho Office Suite or Microsoft’s Office Web Apps. Microsoft is a non-starter at this […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged google, google docs, IBM, insights, lotuslive symphony, lotusphere 2011, office suite, Social Business | 5 Responses

There Is No Way Microsoft Can Kill Google Or Zoho

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 19, 2009

When Microsoft announced the release of a lightweight web based Office suite along with Office 2010, pundits were busy calculating the hit it will have on Google’s marketshare in this space and, also, writing an obituary for companies like Zoho (disclaimer: Zoho is the sponsor of this blog but this is my independent opinion). I […]

Posted in Analysis, Strategy | Tagged google, microsoft, office suite, pricing, saas, zoho

Thinkfree Releases Netbook Edition For All Major Operating Systems

By Krishnan Subramanian on June 18, 2009

Thinkfree is taking a multi-pronged approach to establish themselves as a credible alternative to Microsoft Office. They have an online edition, they have a desktop suite, they have an Android version, they have a MID version, they have a standard server edition, they even have an enterprise server edition with powerful collaboration features and they […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged mobile, netbook, office suite, saas, Thinkfree

Adobe Releases Spreadsheet SaaS Application And Adds Premium Version

Adobe Releases Spreadsheet SaaS Application And Adds Premium Version

By Krishnan Subramanian on June 15, 2009

After pushing RIA strongly for sometime, Adobe decided to embraced SaaS format (in their own way though) and they released Adobe Buzzword after they acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the company behind the Buzzword app. Buzzword is built on Flex framework and offered through a web browser. The release of Buzzword exposed the dilemma faced by Adobe […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged adobe, buzzword, google apps, office suite, saas, zoho | 6 Responses

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