AdventNet, makers of the Zoho set of SaaS products, is renaming itself after its lead product
This article discusses the good and bad from having the product and company name the same – Palmolive and Perrier as examples
So far, Zoho has had a phenomenonal run. I caught up with Sridhar Vembu, CEO a couple of weeks ago, and he was marveling at the growing deal sizes Zoho is being asked to compete for.
I am seeing larger companies adopt what I call “tiering”. They realize 30 to 70% of their users do not need the “power” features of MS Office, and are willing to look at SaaS alternatives for them.
Another trend in a different segment of the market – as Netbooks take off, they are accelerating the move towards SaaS applications. Not to mention, at their $ 200 to 400 price point even the Student version of MS Office is too pricey.
