ZoooS Previews “OpenOffice.org 3.0 in a Browser”

Web-based Office Suite Woos Enterprise Users with Blend of SaaS, Desktop Advantages
Office 2.0 Conference 2008

ZoooS LLC today previewed ZoooS Office, a web-based office suite that puts OpenOffice.org 3.0 in a browser, targeting enterprise, SMB, and individual users alike with a blend of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and desktop advantages.

ZoooS revealed its suite at this week’s Office 2.0 Conference 2008 Launchpad event, demonstrating that ZoooS Office offers the anywhere, any device access, collaboration, and zero-maintenance benefits of SaaS combined with the security, offline support, look and feel, and application performance of a desktop suite. The Office 2.0 Conference runs September 3-5, at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco.

“ZoooS Office looks exactly like OpenOffice.org 3.0, using the same icons, dialogs, and help text — everything to eliminate the learning curve,” said Hisham El-Emam, CEO of ZoooS LLC. “Many companies want to access their files from any location and any device, but they don’t want to store confidential files in the cloud. Companies can run ZoooS Office locally to maintain complete control over their files while still providing local and remote access from PCs, laptops, mobile devices, and even game consoles.”

Inside the ZoooS Office

ZoooS Office comprises ZoooS Write, ZoooS Spreadsheet, ZoooS Presentation, ZoooS Draw, and the ZoooS database. For each application, ZoooS provides a feature set that matches 80 percent of the application’s OpenOffice.org 3.0 counterpart to effectively compete with desktop office suites — OpenOffice.org as well as Star Office and Microsoft Office.

Later this year, the public version of ZoooS Office will be available online at zooos.com or from an intranet server deployed locally at the customer’s site. Users will also be able to install the applications on their client machines via Firefox plug-in, Opera or Mac widget, or Vista gadget; all of which can either run standalone, accessing files on the client machine, or run networked to access documents on the intranet server or zooos.com.

Other key ZoooS Office implementations will include Mozilla XULRunner; Firefox, Opera, Safari as well as the new Google Chrome web browser; social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Second Life; and Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation. Regardless of implementation, ZoooS applications run entirely on the client machine, performing all file operations locally to reduce network traffic, improve application performance, and support offline access.

Meanwhile, ZoooS documents, spreadsheets, and other application files may be stored on zooos.com servers or, for companies desiring greater file security and control, on local intranet servers and client machines. Files stored on client machines can be synchronized with files stored on zooos.com or local servers. ZoooS Office handles all the popular document formats, including Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, to simplify file sharing and collaboration.

El-Emam continued, “ZoooS is taking online applications to another level, leading the way to a whole new generation of applications that offer full-blown desktop functionality in a web browser. And combined with green computing, BIOS-based browsers, and other eco-friendly industry trends, ZoooS Office plays a role in a computing model that promises to benefit not only individuals and organizations, but the environment as a whole.”

Availability

Public availability of ZoooS Office is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008. Initially, ZoooS will deliver the Mozilla XULRunner version, a Firefox plug-in, an Opera widget, and an intranet server. ZoooS will follow up with a Vista gadget and Internet Explorer support in the first half of 2009.

For more information on ZoooS, please visit www.zooos.com.

About ZoooS

ZoooS LLC develops and distributes thin client software that runs on any standard web browser, regardless of the operating system. Founded by Hisham El-Emam and Georg Wuestefeld, ZoooS is focused on a business-to-business model with one of the products’ greatest assets being the ease with which it can be integrated into other web sites. For more information on ZoooS, please visit www.zooos.com.

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Contacts

ZoooS LLC
Hisham El-Emam, 650-248-4412
he {at} zooos(.)com