Zoho Show 2.0 Launches Today

June 25, 2008

Zoho, everybody’s favorite cloud software developer, released a new 2.0 version of Zoho Show today. It’s presentation software that includes slide making features as well as chatting, remote sharing, and desktop sharing, making it a little more powerful than your typical Powerpoint or Keynote, insofar as features goes. That’s one of the tricks with Zoho. They’ve built such a suite of apps that they can mix and match.

Some of the changes in 2.0 target ease of use, and this is probably where I’ve complained a bit about certain Zoho apps in the past. I’ll tell you that I used it while on a conference call to doodle out what you see below, and it worked super easy and intuitively.

Zoho also allows you to embed the presentation on another site after you publish it (like SlideShare), and has about a dozen features that I didn’t cover here. If you’re in the world of presentations, this might be worth considering as a free, flexible offering. The closest similar product online is Google Docs and their presentation software, but I tell you, Zoho’s product works, looks, and feels better.

Good job, Zoho.

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Comments

Comment by Steve Lubetkin on June 25, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

Hey, Chris. This is very good news indeed. I’ve been using Zoho’s very robust CRM system with Outlook integration, and I’ve been very pleased with my ability to manage a “pipeline” of client work through various stages, while keeping track of conversations and emails automatically.

Bravo to Zoho. SaaS is the next new killer app…

Comment by Hanifa on June 25, 2008 @ 11:13 pm

i don’t use presentations. but i am personally glad you write this post cus i hate html. when i tried mail opt-in on my website, zoho creator is simply plug and play.

Comment by jacob morgan on June 26, 2008 @ 3:02 am

hey chris,

i use several of the zoho tools already and i am definitely a big fan of their products, especially their crm solution. i will be sure to check out zoho show. do you use any other of their products?

Jacob

Comment by Luke Harvey-Palmer on June 26, 2008 @ 5:58 am

Zoho is really starting to get back on the radar again! I believe their product management and productivity tools are some of the best available online!

Comment by Aravind on June 26, 2008 @ 11:33 pm

Thanks for the nice post, Chris! And thanks to Steve, Hanifa, Jacob, & Luke for the appreciation :-) Keep using Zoho.

Comment by Donna on June 27, 2008 @ 12:40 am

What is CRM and what do you use it for? Otherwise, I don’t get this; it looks like juvenile powerpoint on steroids (or on webex)…