I am sitting in a session with the same title run by Hyther from ZOHO ( SaaS delivered Office Application)...Some points from the discussion

• Collaboration is the key in Web 2.0 World


• Enterprise Applications are wrong ...thier premise is everything is private. (Interesting thought)


• Enterprise Applications - Lack in sharing knowledge (Not clear)


• REST API's - Key to making things open ...Mashups etc


• 57% of Amazons revenue comes from the long tail of Books (Books that are not carried by retailers - Barnes & Noble)


• All tunes on ITUNES have been purchased atleast once


• Enterprise & Enterprise Users have situated / specific unique needs .....Addressed by non developer - remove dependency on developer


• New web applications = Do it yourself Web Applications

SAP+ZOHO Demo

• Muse can consume non SAP Apps data sources


• Idea ? - mySAP + Zoho Integrated - Single Interface, Single source for documents + sheets + other personal applications


• Zoho Creator - Truly interative development (excellent for prototypes - just get it done)


• Deluge - Compares it with Salesforces web programming environment


• Deluge - Write in Deluge / Revise in Java


• ZOHO Creator - Focussed on Long tail of application - Situated Apps.

I have been an admirer of Zoho for a long time now, i have multiple times used thier writer to collaborate on documents. I am really proud that there is such a cool/fantastic company blossoming from Chennai / India. Keep up the great work guys.

On the session - Guys it was a good demo of Zoho product, but i think it would be better if your demo focussed/highlight more the SAP+ZOHO integration ...may be even pick a business process (even the Shai Aggasi routine of leave approval / rejection) - particularly since you are highlighting duet type integration and also show how seemlessly the data can move between them.Basically highlighting the capabilities / facilities provided by SAP to support for a lack of better work Mashups.

Prashanth Rai