Here’s a list of cloud applications and services we’ve stumbled upon.
If you can suggest any additional cloud-based applications or services to add, please email us.
OFFICE / PRODUCTIVITY
Google Apps
Google Apps offers a “custom email address, tools for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, a shared calendaring system and access to a flexible intranet system”.
Zoho
Integrated online word processing, spreadsheets, presentation tool, note taker, planner, organiser.
ThinkFree My Office
Online word processing, spreadsheet and presentation. Document synchronisation, online and off line working.
CREATIVITY, MULTIMEDIA
Photoshop Express
An ‘express’ version of photoshop. Online.
Aviary
“Aviary is a suite of web-based applications (RIAs) for people who create. From image editing to typography to music to 3D to video, we have a tool for artists of all genres.” Pre-beta stage development.
Picnik
“Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.”
BACKUP & STORAGE
Egnyte
Store company data; share files easily; and backup all computers.
Mozy
Automated online backup. Software client managed backup/restore processes automatically. Daily or more frequent backups possible.
Jungle Disk
Cross-platform online storage. Mountable like a local drive for drag and drop copying. Automated backups also possible. Built on Amazon’s S3 cloud data storage platform (see below).
CrashPlan
Automated online backup. Also allows secure, automated backups onto another computer you own, or a friends/colleages computer.
Drop Box
Cross-platform data synchronisation. Not strictly backup, more about dynamic synchronisation across multiple computers. Can also ‘roll-back’ to previous versions of a file. In beta-development at this time.
Amazon S3
“Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.”
CRM
Salesforce
“Easy-to-use Web-based CRM solution for sales, service, marketing, and call center operations that streamlines customer relationship management and boosts customer satisfaction.”
Zoho
On-demand CRM solution. Sales & marketing, customer support and service, inventory management, reporting.
Highrise
Track contacts, leads, customers, vendors, and others with Highrise.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Basecamp
Online, project management, collaboration. “Basecamp is the smarter, easier, more elegant way to collaborate on your internal and client projects.”
Zoho Project Management
“Plan, Track, Collaborate and Manage your Projects Online.”
COLLABORATIVE WORKING
Campfire
Online, chat, collaboration. “Campfire is like instant messaging, but designed exclusively for groups.”
BT Workspace
“Share information and work together. Space to store your documents, discussion boards, and functionality to help track sales and opportunities all backed up automatically.”
ThinkFree Workspace
Document group work making and managing. Collaborative document publishing and feedback.
ORGANISING, PLANNING, TIME MANAGEMENT
Zoho Planner
“Add to-dos, notes, and images. Share it with your friends. Get things done - it’s simple & free.”
Evernote
A cross-platform notes taking application.
Blist
“With the drag-and-drop simplicity of blist, you’ll be able to organize the information that’s important to you, from making a personal to-do list to building a sophisticated business database.”
EMAIL MARKETING
Campaign monitor
A design focussed email marketing platform for sending HTML emails. Full campaign reporting and tracking.
Pure 360
Standard and bespoke, fully-integrated email marketing platform.
Note
Business Link does not recommend or endorse any of the products and services listed in this directory. It is provided for information only, to illustrate the wide variety of applications and services available in the cloud. Your decision to use applications or services listed in this directory should be based on your own judgement. For further guidance please contact us. Business Link is not responsible for the content of external websites.