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Swisscom Selects Zoho
We are delighted that Swisscom (incumbent telco in Switzerland) has chosen Zoho for a six month pilot for its Zoho Business Suite which is now available on their Software-as-a-Service portal Teamnet.
Zoho and Swisscom have teamed up to create a custom version of Zoho Business, with Zoho Writer, Sheet, Show, Notebook and Meeting now available to its 300,000 business customers. Even though Swisscom is the incumbent telco operator in Switzerland, it is taking a bold approach by extending its offerings to the SaaS space.
Increasingly, Service Providers are looking to add value on their existing networks and have started to include online applications like Zoho to their portfolio of services. In the past, one would not turn to the telephone company for productivity applications, but this is changing with the wider adoption of SaaS in the marketplace. We are glad that Swisscom is taking a lead in this regard and will keep you posted on other developments and partnerships as this trend picks up momentum in coming months.
“The goal of the pilot is to provide our business customers with a value added web offering they can evaluate as part of a turnkey solution from their service provider. Zoho is an ideal partner that combines a wide and very innovative range of applications as well as a very solid engineering team to deliver the capability we wanted.” said Michael Gmuer, Head Business Process Optimization of Swisscom.“.
Zoho and its Alliance Partner Program offer service providers multiple paths to increase ARPU (average revenue per user), the holy grail that telcos seek to maximize by adding additional services to their existing infrastructure. The program offers partners a flexible means to bundle various Zoho services for both consumers and business users.
While we are starting small with the Swisscom project, it is a significant step towards a broader Zoho distribution channel in Europe. This follows our recent partnership with Baihui in China.
Thank you Swisscom for choosing Zoho and for your investment in the project. We look forward to feedback from your users and to a successful venture together.
Sand 9 Gets $8M for Nano MEMs
Sand 9, a Boston University spinoff, has received $8 million in a Series A round from Flybridge Capital Partners and General Catalyst Partners. An early-stage investment in a fabless chip company is notable, simply because there are fewer of them than ever. While the firm isn’t making a true semiconductor, it is using the chip manufacturing process to make its nano-mechanical resonator, a component that can both filter and stabilize multiple frequencies on one piece of tiny machinery.
The Sand 9 resonator can replace several components used in making a wireless devices from a cell phone to a headset. Rather than requiring a separate device for each radio found in a communications device, each Sand 9 component can work with multiple frequencies and radios. That means fewer parts and a smaller potential form factor. It sounds like a smart bet, but the real test will be if it works.
Matt Crowley, VP of business development with Sand 9, was cagey about when the firm would have devices to sample, but did say the company should be able to get to product on the $8 million round and the $2 million seed round it raised when it formed in 2007. He added that the Series A round should last through the next two years, and will primarily be used to add engineering staff and get the product out the door.
That’s serious capital efficiency for a fabless company. Crowley said the key is using older semiconductor fabrication tools and plants to build the resonator. So while it’s hard to find a Series A for a processor startup these days, entrepreneurs turning to MEMs or older process technologies are still raking in investment dollars.
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European Mobile VoIP Startup Nimbuzz Raises $15 Million
Mike Butcher at TechCrunch UK reports:
Word has reached me that Netherlands-based Nimbuzz, the mobile VoIP and IM startup that extends into social networks, has raised $15 million in a second round led by Naspers/MIH, with Nimbuzz’s other major existing investor Mangrove Capital Partners also participating. It’s already had $10 million from Mangrove (the original Skype investor). Apparently deals with 10 major social networks and three operators are already on the table. The latter see these kinds of apps as a way of boosting data use and therefore revenues. The cash will be used to extend to Windows Mobile, iPhone and Android. They are looking at a million registered mobile users so far.
Nimbuzz offers free mobile VoIP, conference calling, IM and group chat and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including apps/widgets for Facebook and Myspace.
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Admin Console Plugins in GlassFish v3 - Imagine the Possibilities!
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Anissa has created a screencast showing how easy it is to add a plugin to the
GlassFish v3
administration console.
Check it out
here Imagine the possibilities! You can add functionality as a developer for yourself, for your team or enterprise, or, if you are an ISV now your application can smoothly integrate within the GlassFish Server. BTW, did you know about our partner program? See announcement and page. |
PS. The screencast can also be downloaded for offline-viewing from the GF Wiki.
Vodafone Buys Zyb for $49M
Finally, a wireless company makes a smart acquisition. Vodafone has acquired Danish wireless address book company Zyb, whose service I have often used to keep my growing array of mobile phones synchronized, for 31.5 million euros, or roughly $49 million. Zyb had raised around $4.7 million in VC funds, with Nordic Venture Partners the biggest investor. This deal is also another win for Morten Lund, who was an early investor not just in Zyb but in Skype.
Vodafone is making a lot of noise about using Zyb’s social networking abilities for its mobile platform, but this is utter rubbish, and distracts from what Zyb is really good for: backing up your address book — a crucial service these days, given how quickly people switch their phones.
Zyb is the smartest way to keep your contacts up-to-date; it’s even (in some cases) a decent option for syncing your calendars. This will help boost customer satisfaction, thanks to seamless switching between phones. I hope Vodafone keeps it free and doesn’t revert to the carrier philosophy of greed-before customer happiness.
While Zyb’s acquisition by Vodafone dovetails with my long-standing belief that the real social network is the address book on our mobile phones, as things currently stand, Zyb is not the answer to Vodafone’s prayers. The company has its issues: Zyb’s downtime, for example, is worse that my pre-January 2008 track record of going to a gym. The company recently bought social networking company, Imity, but how that works out remains to be seen. Sure, Zyb has some average sharing features that allow you to send messages and photos. But as I said, a great connected address book — nothing more, and nothing less.
P.S.: Does anyone else find something intriguing about two address books companies being snapped up by telcos/broadband providers, specifically Vodafone buying Zyb and Comcast snapping up Plaxo? If this is a trend, who is the next to go, and where? Let the speculation begin.
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Huddle Integrates Zoho
Huddle combines group collaboration, project management and document sharing using social networking principles. Huddle now integrated Zoho Applications for viewing and editing documents inside their application.
Huddle used our Remote API to integrate Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet. This allows Huddle users to create, view and edit documents, spreadsheets within their familiar interface respecting Huddle’s security, permissions and workflow rules.
We’d like to thank Huddle for integrating Zoho and are looking forward to more such integrations. All our API Partners are listed here.
New Sun Partner Program for GlassFish
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Today Sun is launching a new partner program for the GlassFish Server. This program is initially targeted at ISVs and hosting providers but we have also seen high interest from SIs, consultants and trainers and we will expand it in that direction in the near future - check the Program Info to apply. |
The initial companies in the program are listed below in alphabetical order. the list is growing, so check the Online Parter Showcase. Also, if you contacted us and you are not listed, please be patient and we will process your submission in the next few days.
• AdventNet
• BosTech Corporation
• CA - Wily Technology
• CGI
• Continuent
• DocDoku
• eApps Hosting
• Ericsson
• Funambol
• G2One
• MyEclipse
• GigaSpaces
• Halcyon
• Hyperic HQ
• ICEfaces
• ITAC Software
• JackBe
• JInspired
• Joyent
• jVantage
• Kaazing
• Liferay
• DaliCMS
• Manor N' Rock
• N(i)2
• NGASI
• Noemax
• Nuxeo
• Orbeon Forms
• Pentaho
• Reflexis
• SitePen (DWR)
• SpringSource
• Synchronica
• Telepo
• Terracotta
• Traffix
• XAware.ORG
• WebAppCabaret Hosting
• WebTide
• XWiki
eyeOS Integrates Zoho
Online Desktop vendor eyeOS integrated Zoho Suite into their application. Currently Zoho Writer and Sheet are integrated into eyeOS. Zoho Show will be integrated after we open up the APIs for creating presentations.
To use the Zoho Apps on eyeOS, you need to install eyeZohoSuite from eyeos-apps.org. Once you have it installed, you’ll be able to view your existing documents and spreadsheets from Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet respectively. This also lets you create new documents and spreadsheets as well. eyeOS plans to support opening Open Office documents soon with Zoho Apps going forward.
The following video gives you a quick overview of the integration.
We’d like to thank eyeOS for integrating Zoho. If you are planning to integrate Zoho into your application, please do let us know and we’ll be glad to help you. Other partners who integrated Zoho are listed here.