Integration between Zoho & External Apps: Part I

As you may know, we have been focusing a lot on integration between Zoho applications. For a end user, it is important that Zoho

applications fit well into his workflow and integrate well with third party applications/services as well. Apart from integrating Zoho

applications, we have also integrated Zoho with many third-party

applications. Infact, we have too many such integrations. So I'll split

this into multiple posts and expand on some of our integrations with non-zoho applications


Integration with Google/Yahoo


Let

us start with login. We don't mandate you create an account with Zoho

to try our apps. If you are reading this, you probably have a Yahoo

or a Google account, right? So we figured, we'll just let you login to Zoho with you existing accounts. This way, you don't have an

additional username/password pair to remember.




EchoSign Integration in Zoho Writer


If you are working on an agreement or any other document and you need to get it signed/approved, EchoSign is a great service to use for electronic signatures/approvals. To

make the process seamless, we integrated EchoSign into Zoho Writer. So you work on a document and with a click or two, you can send

the document for approval. You'll find EchoSign integrated as 'DigiSign' option under the 'Share' MenuTab in Zoho Writer.




Flickr & Picasa Integration in Zoho Show


When you try to insert an image in Zoho Show, apart from uploading the

photos, you'll notice two options - Flickr & Picasa. If you already

have your images uploaded in other sites, why re-upload them to Zoho.

So we integrated Flickr & Picasa into Zoho Show to let your embed

those images into your presentations.




Paypal, Google Checkout & Authorize.net integration with Zoho Invoice


Sending out invoices is just one part of the story. If you want to

receive payments, your invoicing system needs to have multiple options

for your customer to choose. Zoho Invoice integrated multiple payment

gateways to receive payments - Paypal, Google Checkout and

Authorize.Net




Integration with multiple IM Networks in Zoho Chat


With Zoho Chat 2.0, we added multi-protocol chat support. This lets you

chat with users from other IM Networks including Yahoo!, Google, MSN,

AIM, ICQ or any network that supports the Jabber protocol. As Zoho Chat is integrated across mutliple Zoho Apps, you'll be able to chat with members from other IM Networks no matter which Zoho App you are in.




There are just a few examples of external services integrated into Zoho

Apps. I'll talk about other integrations in follow-up posts. Meanwhile,

if are there any third-party integrations you wish to see in Zoho,

please let us know.

Comments

24 Replies to Integration between Zoho & External Apps: Part I

  1. @tycos155Could you please let us know specifically, on what kind of integration you expect between Zoho Invoice and Creator?
    This will help us to understand your requirements better and plan our subsequent upgrades accordingly.Thanks,
    Arun Madhavan
    Developer-Zoho Invoice

  2. @tycos155Could you please let us know specifically, on what kind of integration you expect between Zoho Invoice and Creator?
    This will help us to understand your requirements better and plan our subsequent upgrades accordingly.Thanks,
    Arun Madhavan
    Developer-Zoho Invoice

  3. Hi Raju,What if I want to use digital signatures but don't want to register with EchoSign? Sometimes its so terrible registering here and there for something. Can Zoho provide the digital signature without the need of registering on EchoSign?

  4. Hi Raju,What if I want to use digital signatures but don't want to register with EchoSign? Sometimes its so terrible registering here and there for something. Can Zoho provide the digital signature without the need of registering on EchoSign?

  5. @rccolnaghiWe are working on several integrations including some of these you mentioned. While I cannot talk about timelines yet, we will keep announcing these integrations whenever we are ready.

  6. @rccolnaghiWe are working on several integrations including some of these you mentioned. While I cannot talk about timelines yet, we will keep announcing these integrations whenever we are ready.

  7. I would like to integrate QuickBooks Enterprise 9 to ZohoCRM. The Enterprise version of QB is a Database Client/Server App. We have the Tunnel that allows us to read the QB Database using a SQL driver. I have tried it and it works when I used MS access to see if I can read the data.Also I read from your web site the limit is 250 emails per day. Is that per user or per company file?
    Do you have any app that will allow us to send more emails?
    Can we use our MS Exchange 2007 to send emails?Thanks
    Nidal Kerdiya

  8. I would like to integrate QuickBooks Enterprise 9 to ZohoCRM. The Enterprise version of QB is a Database Client/Server App. We have the Tunnel that allows us to read the QB Database using a SQL driver. I have tried it and it works when I used MS access to see if I can read the data.Also I read from your web site the limit is 250 emails per day. Is that per user or per company file?
    Do you have any app that will allow us to send more emails?
    Can we use our MS Exchange 2007 to send emails?Thanks
    Nidal Kerdiya

  9. Gary -I think we've come a long way with the new Zoho Projects 2.0, but agree we can still (and will!) take this further.What you mention regarding tasks is something many people are asking for, so it's in our roadmap. The second thing - about publishing a Z Project calendar - what do you mean a feedback loop to your e-mail client? Are you referring to having like an iCal feed?Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming!Rodrigo

  10. Gary -I think we've come a long way with the new Zoho Projects 2.0, but agree we can still (and will!) take this further.What you mention regarding tasks is something many people are asking for, so it's in our roadmap. The second thing - about publishing a Z Project calendar - what do you mean a feedback loop to your e-mail client? Are you referring to having like an iCal feed?Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming!Rodrigo

  11. It would greatly improve Zoho Project's usability if I could create a task by forwarding an email to Zoho. Special markup in the title or body could specify project, milestone, tasklist, etc.Secondly, being able to publish my Zoho Project calendar (with task due dates and time sheet info) would provide the return feedback loop to my email client.

  12. It would greatly improve Zoho Project's usability if I could create a task by forwarding an email to Zoho. Special markup in the title or body could specify project, milestone, tasklist, etc.Secondly, being able to publish my Zoho Project calendar (with task due dates and time sheet info) would provide the return feedback loop to my email client.

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