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31 May 2008

Online Office Suites : Google Docs vs MS Office Live Workspace

Online Office is the future of Office. The current leaders are Google Docs, Zoho, MS Office Live Workspace, Thinkfree, Adobe Buzzword.

All apps are going online. We are not very far away from the day when BROWSER WILL BE THE OS!

I recently came across a very good post on Read Write Web by Sarah Perez comparing Google Docs and Office Live Workspace. All the features have been compared.

Google Docs is free for use by one and all whereas one needs MS Office Suite as a pre-requisite for Office Live. That could be a factor in the overall popularity. Microsoft’s position is very tricky as MS Office is its rich cash cow.

Online Office has several advantages and it is a paradigm shift.

How about Online Office Suite for Indian Languages only?

The State of Office 2.0 and Its Future

Adobe’s Online Empire

Comparison Of Office Suites on Wiki

Ten Must Have Online Apps

30 May 2008

Top 5 Customers!

Hoover’s May Newsletter had an interesting Sales Tip by Miller Heiman:

In virtually all companies, 5 percent of the customers bring in more than 50 percent of the business.

Quite true and very similar to the classical 80:20 Principle!

So why work on rest on the customers ?

A. Emerging Stars : Today’s small customers can become tomorrow’s Top 5 Customer

B. Derisk : If any of today’s Top 5 Customer move away, then company suffers substantially

C. Innovation, Ideas : Many small customers challenge the supplier on price, technology and other areas leading to new ideas and innovations

D. Margins : Smaller customers can provide better margins as well.

20 May 2008

WordPhil

Dr Tushar Shah, Ahmedabad has launched an unique endeavor on improving English-speaking skills of Gujaratis. He has created a group called Wordphil wherein every member gets an SMS of an English word, its meaning and usage in a contemporary context. It functions daily (no holidays) for an hour from 8 am—the service is free. Anyone keen to join him can send him a request SMS on 09825034142, giving him your name and mobile number. There are no forms to be filled up.

Cheers to a good cause.

Cheers to Dr Tushar!

17 May 2008

SQB : Success!

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather to become a man of value. He who is considered successful in our day gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.”

: Albert Einstein