[June 04, 2013] Zoho Unveils Private Social Network for Businesses Tweet Jun 04, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Zoho announced the launch of Zoho Pulse, its social network for business collaboration. According to a release, 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 and Android mobile applications. "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." Zoho Pulse, the company noted, aims to enable 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. The company said another advantage 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 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 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. Zoho Pulse is currently available. Zoho is a suite of online productivity, collaboration and business applications for businesses. Zoho is a division of Zoho Corp., a privately-held and profitable company, which also provides IT Management Software and a Network Management Suite. More information: www.zoho.com www.zohocorp.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]