Business Social Network Enhances Collaboration and Communication within Organizations
• Zoho Pulse enhances company-wide collaboration and communication
• Built-in custom application support, document management and people directory make it a powerful social intranet application
• Integrates with various Zoho applications including Zoho Creator, Discussions, Calendar, Docs, Wiki, Chat and more
• Collaborate on the go with iPhone and Android mobile applications
• View online video tour of Zoho Pulse at http://ow.ly/lub5X
PLEASANTON, Calif. — May 30, 2013 — Zoho today announced the launch of Zoho Pulse, its social network for business collaboration. With Zoho Pulse, a company can establish its own private, social network to encourage communication and collaboration among the entire organization as well as select departments and users. Zoho Pulse tightly integrates with a broad set of Zoho applications, thus enhancing productivity. Employees can stay on top of what’s going on within the organization through Zoho Pulse iPhone (http://ow.ly/lubef) and Android (http://ow.ly/lvD69) mobile applications. An online video tour of Zoho Pulse is available at http://ow.ly/lub5X.
“When it comes to communication and collaboration, one size doesn’t fit all,” said Raju Vegesna, Zoho evangelist. “Just like there is room for various communication tools like email, instant messaging, audio conferencing, video conferencing, web conferencing and more, there is also room for collaboration apps like discussion forums, blogs, wikis, etc. They all have their place in an organization. Now, Zoho Pulse expands the collaboration potential of any company with a unique but complementary tool that can serve as a virtual water-cooler and keep employees informed about company-related activities. The best part is that Zoho doesn’t offer just one tool, but offers a broad variety of these communication and collaboration tools, all integrated together.”
Inside Zoho Pulse
Zoho Pulse enables collaboration between users, groups or within the entire organization. Zoho Pulse offers three types of tools for company-wide collaboration: a company wall where employees can collaborate on various topics, a discussion forum and a blog — all enabling collaboration throughout the company. Zoho Pulse enhances group collaboration by bringing together various group collaboration tools like discussion forums and document sharing along with custom apps — all within the context of a group. At the user level, users can view other users’ profiles, activity and contact information as well as send private messages and have an option to follow fellow users to be informed about any activity.
One of the most powerful advantages of Zoho Pulse is its integration with other Zoho applications, giving users access to additional collaboration, productivity and business applications without leaving the Zoho Pulse user interface. Pulse offers custom applications, powered by Zoho Creator, that allow businesses and groups to create business/group-specific applications. Zoho Pulse also brings powerful document management functionality via Zoho Docs, people directory and more, making it a very potent social intranet solution for businesses.
Additional highlights of Zoho Pulse include:
• Activity Streams and Notification Center – The company activity stream provides a consolidated view of all the posts made to the company wall. The user’s Pulse stream provides a consolidated view of all the activity of the people they are following, the company activity stream as well as group activity from the groups in which the user is a member. The notification center provides a summary of recent Zoho Pulse activity.
• Groups – Users can bring together colleagues and associates in one or more groups to foster focused, topical collaborations. Group discussions are visible only to group members. Groups may also hold private, members-only discussions in Forums, collaborate in Docs, and use group-specific custom apps.
• Comprehensive Search – Zoho Pulse offers a comprehensive search to find individuals, groups or streams. People directory enables filtered searches of the company directory based on user name, department, location and other criteria.
Pricing and Availability
Zoho Pulse is available immediately. Along with the Free Edition, Zoho Pulse is available in the Professional Edition for $2 per user per month and the Enterprise Edition for $5 per user per month. All three editions include iPhone and Android apps. The Free Edition is available for unlimited users, but with no support for groups. The Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition include unlimited public and private groups and 500 MB of file storage per user. The Enterprise Edition also includes custom apps via Zoho Creator.
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About Zoho
Zoho is a comprehensive suite of award-winning online productivity, collaboration and business applications for businesses of all sizes. Over seven million users rely on Zoho for their Business, Productivity & Collaboration needs and actively connect via Forums, Blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Zoho has launched several online office applications such as Writer, Sheet, Show and Mail along with a host of business applications ranging from CRM to Projects, Invoice and Meeting. These applications are offered directly via Zoho.com or through hundreds of partners in the Zoho Alliance Partner Program. For more information about Zoho, please visit http://www.zoho.com/.
Zoho is a division of Zoho Corp., a privately-held and profitable company, which also provides IT Management Software (ManageEngine with over 72,000 customers) and a Network Management Suite (WebNMS with 25,000 Tier 1 carrier deployments). With headquarters in Pleasanton, CA and offices in Austin, New Jersey, Chennai, London, Tokyo and Beijing, Zoho Corp. serves the technology needs of millions of customers worldwide. For more information about Zoho Corp., please visit www.zohocorp.com.
