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Posted on Jul 25, 2008 01:00:15 PM | Ani Gadre

Joining the Etelos Marketplace

It’s been about a month since I first wrote announced that eTouch SamePage would be joining the Etelos Marketplace^TM after a fortuitous meeting at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.

As a one-stop location for businesses to compile a suite of solutions that address challenges they may face, Etelos enables us to widen our reach to potential customers.  There is an exploding interest by businesses of all sizes in Web 2.0 products. Etelos is helping us drive that by introducing our dynamic solutions to a broader audience.
 

Integration onto the Etelos Marketplace was quick and easy. We made our application available for use and procurement through the Etelos Marketplace; and added marketing collateral like white papers and training videos to help educate users of SamePage's numerous capabilities. For eTouch SamePage customers who purchase through Etelos, the process is seamless. Etelos even handles the billing, but support is provided directly through us. That way, we can insure all users have access to our top-quality support.

 

To anyone finding us today through the Etelos Marketplace, welcome. We look forward to getting to know you better.

 

Ani

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Posted on Jul 22, 2008 09:57:41 AM | Ani Gadre

Empowering document imaging discussions

Earlier this week, we announced that we’re created a wiki for eCopy™, Inc., a provider of document imaging solutions that integrate paper documents into business software applications.  We’re excited about this wiki because it goes in a different direction from the majority of enterprise wikis. It reinforces the idea that wikis foster a more collaborative environment and enable knowledge management, whether it be for internal corporate users or helping to move an industry forward.

 

The document imaging wiki is an open forum in which anyone can participate. It provides IT managers and office professionals a centralized resource for research on document scanning topics specific to their industry, and allows people to collaborate using discussion boards. Utilizing a SamePage wiki enabled eCopy to create a scalable and simple format where users can collaborate and share information on topics that include document imaging hardware, software, paperless office strategies and a wide range of industry resources.

 

eCopy’s goals with this wiki include creating a new medium for communication and collaboration within their industry. It also reinforces eCopy’s position as an industry thought leader.

 

The company chose our wiki for a number of reasons, including the dynamic features of the SamePage interface and the ease of use.  The target audience is wide, and eCopy wanted a system that would allow participants to quickly get up to speed and contribute.

 

We think utilizing a wiki as part of an aggressive external marketing program is good use of this kind of software. We’ll be keeping a close eye on it and suggesting this kind of approach to other customers looking to be a trend-setter in their area of business.

 

Ani

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Posted on Jun 23, 2008 06:13:26 PM | Ani Gadre

Cautious adoption of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

CDW recently published the results of a survey they conducted on adoption of Web 2.0 in the Workplace.

As a premier player in the Web 2.0 space we experience first-hand the excitement as well as the apprehension that characterizes the attitudes of technology decision  makers. While eager to adopt such tools, they worry about the ramifications of usage on security of data and on employee productivity.

This dichotomy is a tad perplexing. We feel a lot of the apprehensions are borne out of lack of a complete understanding of the advantages that Web 2.0 tools offer. Web 2.0 tools have emerged to reduce reliance on inefficient tools like Email and even Web 1.0 technologies -- both of which did at best a mediocre job in fostering a creative and lively environment for efficient collaboration. Web 2.0 tools have overcome these shortcomings and have greatly enhanced collaboration initiatives across verticals and geographies.

Web 2.0 will definitely improve worker morale and productivity, which in turn will result in greater retention for knowledge workers globally. Vendors like us will have to do a good job in convincing customers of the advantages inherent in using tools like Wikis and blogs. The market is at the low point of the classical 'J-curve' and is now poised for an explosive 'to the right, and to the top' move as corporations aside from the early adopters rapidly embrace these tools.

We spend significant time, through our collateral and demos to educate customers on the numerous advantages of adopting Web 2.0 tools. Similar to the survey we have found that identifying a champion and helping them seed projects and content is an invaluable catalyst towards engendering a more widespread adoption.
We are confident that with time the increased education about these technologies, as well as growing success stories amongst companies, will result in significantly higher adoption rates and levels of satisfaction.

Cheers

Ani

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Posted on Jun 16, 2008 10:48:16 AM | Ani Gadre

Partnering for success

This spring has been a busy season for us -- SamePage's popularity, further bolstered by the full support for international languages, has resulted in numerous firms approaching us. We've signed up many partners in the last few months:

1. Etelos (http://www.etelos.com):  We met Etelos at the Web 2.0 conference and started partnerships talks right at our booth. SamePage will now be available to Etelos users for trial and procurement. We are now working for a tighter integration with Etelos authentication mechanisms to ensure a more seamless experience for the end user.

2. Ominplex: (http://www.omniplex.co.uk/): OmniPlex will resell SamePage in the U.K, thereby helping us to address the growing demand for Web 2.0 product and services in that region.

3. Szinergia (http://www.szinergia.hu):  Szinergia will help resell SamePage in Hungary -- once gain helping us increase our global footprint in a geography where we don't have physical presence.

If you are interested in a partnership, or reselling opportunities, please email us at sales@etouch.net

Cheers,

Ani

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Posted on May 01, 2008 11:43:29 AM | Ani Gadre

Ruminations on the Web 2 Expo

The SamePage team is generally pleased by what we saw and heard at the Web 2 Expo. Our 'big splash' was of course the announcement of the internationalized version of SamePage, and it did attract many inquisitive attendees to our booth. We of course got the usual stream of managers and decision makers from numerous corporations keen to embrace the Web 2.0 expo.

Equally interesting was surveying the landscape of other exhibitors -- infrastructure (read colo/managed services providers), Social Networking firms (including the 'first-mover' Friendster), our competitors, sponsors(Webex, Etelos) and more. Since the event has become a proxy for defining the technorati in the Web 2.0 ecosystem, it was intriguing to hear, see and experience the buzz in the room.

It does seem like there is a trend towards a widget-based, cloud-supported, SaaS-delivered and Ajax-display movement. Lots of interesting technologies and firms that seem to touch upon one or more of these offerings. It will be interesting to see which of these will cross the chasm to become world-class Web 2.0 players.

Namaste,

Ani

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Posted on Apr 22, 2008 08:07:12 AM | Ani Gadre

SamePage 3.5 enhances our global signature

We're proud to announce the availibility of SamePage in many international languages. The globalization of the user interface along with other enhancements like team blogging are the highlights of our latest release, SamePage 3.5 : http://support.etouch.net/cm/wiki/?id=51460

These are exciting times at eTouch. Our lengthening global footprint gives us better street cred and opens up numerous opportunities overseas especially in Europe and Asia. We stand to gain from the strong demand for powerful Wikis with foreign language interfaces --something that some of our current customers have asked for, and something we believe will resonate well with future leads, customers and partners.

Do contact us at sales@etouch.net with questions.

Till next time,

Ani

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Posted on Apr 09, 2008 03:56:45 PM | Ani Gadre

SamePage going global

It's official -- SamePage will soon be available in tons of languages!

Catering to the needs of some of our existing customers, as well as addressing what we consider to be a large international market, we are now in the final stages of releasing a fully internationalized version of SamePage. This exciting development will mean that end-users will now be able to customize their SamePage interface, menus, etc in the language of their preference.

Here is a more detailed explanation of this feature, as well as other features in SamePage 3.5.

Kudos to our engineering team for making this possible as well as to partners that have come forward to help us with certain translations.


Sayonara

Ani

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Posted on Mar 19, 2008 01:04:13 PM | Ani Gadre

It's Conference and Announcements time

A few of us have emailed us inquiring about why things are 'quiet' at SamePage.

Well, we have been working assiduously on some cool new features that are now in 'QA stage'. We will be announcing them (with some fanfare) close to, or at, a couple of conferences this spring:

1. The Web 2.0 Expo at Moscone Center in San Francisco
2. The Java One Conference -- same location

If you are planning to attend make sure to come by our booth to check out these exciting new developments here. For those not planning to, here's another reason to visit SF!

Cheers,

SamePage Team

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Posted on Feb 14, 2008 05:24:09 PM | Ani Gadre

A tete-a-tete with CMSWire

Hot on the heels of announcing the WebEx Connect partnership, we accepted an invitation to talk to CMSWire.

The article elegantly articulates our thoughts on SamePage and Connect, namely:

• Wikis, Blogs and other mashup tools are going to form the core of the next generation of Internet activity
• Rich WYSIWYG editors and a dedicated support team are extremely important for partners and end-users when selecing a Wiki
• As Wiki deployments grow larger in size, eTouch's robust and scalable CMS platform will prove to be a great asset to Enteprises adopting SamePage
• Wikis and similar Web 2.0 tools are fast moving out of their 'geeky' image and are rapidly being adopted by mainstream businesses across verticals and geographies

Let us know your thoughts. Better, check us out at http://samepage.spwiki.com

Cheers,

Ani

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Posted on Feb 04, 2008 12:19:55 AM | Ani Gadre

Connecting with WebEx

As many of you might know, we recently announced a partnership with WebEx Connect. Here are a couple of links to articles that appeared in the media:

CMS Wire
Computer World

We are very excited about this partnership as it truly represents a defining moment for SamePage. Wikis like SamePage are going to be an integral part of tools used by knowledge workers in the Internet/Web 2.0 ecosystem, as they have the potentially to substantially increases productivity and to make information more relevant and timely. Most importantly, Wikis enable the creation, editing and dissemination for such information through and engaging and social environment, thereby reducing frictions that oppose their adoptions amongst corporations.

Our relationship with Webex will enable end-users of the Connect platform to use SamePage seamlessly from within the existing Connect framework to collaborate effectively with their colleagues. They can use the Wikis to create projects and pages, to search through content and to interact through mechanisms like discussion boards.

Stay tuned for more!

Ani

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