HyperOffice, Tata Communications to Offer Collaboration Tool Worldwide

HyperOffice, a provider of online collaboration and messaging software, and communications services provider Tata Communications, forged a partnership to offer HyperOffice (News - Alert) collaboration suite to business subscribers in India and 200 other countries around the world.

 

Tata Communications (News - Alert) offers Internet services in India under the Tata Indicom brand. The service includes online backup, security, Web conferencing, business email, hosting, high speed broadband, dial-up Internet, net telephony and wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi.

 

Tata plans to deploy a private-labeled version of HyperOffice with its high-speed data and voice tools to its subscribers in the third quarter of 2009.

 

“This online collaboration software will not just help our subscribers enhance their productivity but will also help them control IT costs,” said Mukul Sood, vice president at Tata Communications, in a statement. “We look forward to promoting HyperOffice with our high-speed Internet voice and data tools and giving our subscribers a rich experience.”

 

According to Farzin Arsanjani (News - Alert), president of HyperOffice, this agreement enables customers, suppliers, remote workers and business partners using Tata Communications service to collaborate and compete around the world.

 

By partnering with Tata Communications, HyperOffice hopes to expand its international footprint that began last year with delivery of the Spanish edition of HyperOffice, smartphone and iPhone support, and new marketing channels, Arsanjani added.

 

Officials believe that Tata Communications will put HyperOffice cloud computing tools to business users in dynamic and fast-growing markets in the world. India, being the third-largest telecoms market and the second-largest wireless market in the world, is the most prospective market among them.

 

HyperOffice enables users to collaborate, communicate, manage projects, share documents, schedule meetings, and manage information, anytime, from work, from home, while traveling, using any Internet connection.

 

Delivered as software-as-a-service, HyperOffice operates as an integrated Microsoft (News - Alert) Exchange alternative and SharePoint alternative.

 

In related news, TMCnet recently reported that HyperOffice previewed a new version of HyperOffice Site Publisher that seamlessly integrates into IBM (News - Alert) Bluehouse, the suite of hosted online business services that enables employees, business partners and other users to share documents, collaborate on team projects, host online meetings, and build social-networking communities.