BWI: Zoho Integrates its Productivity Applications with Google Drive

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Zoho
Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:18 PM IST (06:48 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Retailers; Technology
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Zoho Integrates its Productivity Applications with Google Drive
Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet, Zoho Show now available on Google Drive

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Thursday, July 19, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- Integration lets Google Drive users create, open and edit files with Zoho Office apps
-- Integration supports collaboration with other Google users

Helping people work online, Zoho today, announced the integration of its core productivity applications, Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet and Zoho Show with Google Drive. Google Drive users can now create, open and edit files with word processor - Zoho Writer, spreadsheet - Zoho Sheet, and the presentation application - Zoho Show, while working within Google Drive's web interface.

To enable the integration, users can add 'Zoho applications' to Google Drive by using the 'Manage apps' option in the Settings menu of Google Drive. Once added the applications will appear under the "Create" option, to create new documents, spreadsheets and presentations. When users click on individual files to view or open within Google Drive, the Zoho applications will appear under the "open with" option.

When a user saves their Zoho document, spreadsheet or presentation in Google Drive, the files are stored and automatically synchronized with the user's desktop, laptop, smartphone or tablet device, if those devices are already connected to Google Drive. Files uploaded from desktop as well as native Google files can be opened using the Zoho Office applications. While editing existing documents, a copy of a document is created and saved in Zoho Office formats - .zdoc for Documents, .zsheet for Spreadsheets and .zslides for Presentations, leaving the original document untouched.

Users can also invite their Google contacts to collaborate on their Google Drive documents and edit those using Zoho editors in real time. Based on the permissions, users will be allowed to access the document for collaboration.

Commenting on the integration, Raju Vegesna, Zoho Evangelist, said, "Google is good at creating a platform for web applications. As for Zoho, we are among the top five vendors in Google's Marketplace and the WebStore. We are excited to take this relationship one step forward by offering our Office Suite to Google's users."

Pricing and availability

Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet and Zoho Show for Google Drive are available today, at no charge. Users can add the Zoho applications to Google Chrome by visiting the Chrome Web Store and clicking the "Add to Chrome" button.

About Zoho

Zoho is a division of Zoho Corporation a privately-held and profitable company, with offices in California, Austin, New Jersey, Chennai, Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing. Zoho Corporation serves the technology needs of more than 50,000 customers worldwide. Zoho offers a comprehensive suite of award-winning on-line business, productivity & collaboration products on the cloud. Customers use Zoho products to run their business processes, manage their information and be more productive while at the office or on the go. Zoho has online products - from CRM to Mail, Office Suite, Project Management, Invoicing, Web conferencing and more.

Resources

Zoho product videos: http://www.zoho.com/product_videos.html

Zoho general videos: http://www.zoho.com/videos.html

Zoho blogs: http://blogs.zoho.com

Zoho on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/zoho


CONTACT DETAILS
Aravind Natarajan, Zoho, +91 9840708418, aravind@zohocorp.com
Twinkle Xavier, 20:20 MSL, +91 9884480115, twinkle.xavier@2020msl.com

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