Free Business Tools for Enterprise
By Dinh Cong Tuan
Documents: Zoho Docs
In terms of office applications, Microsoft Office has been, of course, on top but it is
not for free. Meanwhile, other application packages also have many utilities and they are
totally free, typically Zoho Docs - a sort of online office software that allows users to
share documents with each other without sending under the form of attached files.
Currently, Zoho Docs is the best choice for a free tool. Users can use up to 1GB online
data warehousing for free, un-compress almost every format of document, create documents,
spreadsheet and new presentations. Users can also organize the contents by folder as well
as add tabs to easily search or manage.
Warehousing: Box
You will always be attracted by the word "free" when looking for an online warehousing
service. But you also want that service to have a stable operation and data to be best
warehoused. Among this kind of services, Box.net is one of the best. There have been over
2 million people who use Box.net currently, each of them is provided with 1GB of free
warehousing. If you pay a small amount of money ($19.95/year), you will have more 15GB
warehousing for 5 users, which can be accessed by cell phone and you won't have to suffer
flat advertisings. Enterprise version ($15 for 50GB of storage) even has 256-bit
encryption function to protect data.
CRM: Salesforce.com
Being an online CRM application, Salesforce.com is totally free to enterprises and
individuals. This website provides tools to enable staffs to manage marketing and sales
opportunities, enable managers to easily monitor sales figures. Users can use functions
of e-mail, search and online marketing. The analyzing tools would help salesmen have an
overview of sales and marketing data.
Personnel: Zoho People
This free max-10-user tool will provide personnel manager with central information
portal to archive staff profiles which can be made to be tree diagram. Zoho People helps
manage all issues relating to human resource, from recruitment, interview, salary
proposals and automatically report to users. Free accounts can have 250MB storage, but if
you pay $19/month 10-user-account will have function of SSL encryption.
Planning: Clickbook
By enabling customers to set up online appointments as schedule on Clickbook.net, you
can save pretty much money spent for receptionists. And because it is a web-based
application, you will never miss a chance to implement any new ways of doing business.
Clickbook.net allows setting up unlimited appointments, automatically sending report via
e-mail and cell phone.
Social Network: Talkbiznow
What would you get from the combination of LinkedIn and Acrobat.com? That is exactly
the frame of Talkbiznow.com - a social network service for enterprises, which has
functions of free website and conference. In the near future, this website will have
another function of document sharing.
Dinh Cong Tuan is now working for a software company that provides IT solutions and
software development services. If you want to know more about his work, visit the website:
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