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Over the course of its release history document management software developer KnowledgeTree (news, site) has had a habit of mirroring upgrades in the on premise version of its products with corresponding upgrades to its SaaS version.

The SaaS version is  full versioned document management systems for users who want an alternative to on premise software, providing a secure service with hosting on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and data stored on Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).

The enterprise content management provider KnowledgeTree (news, site ) released v3.6.1 on June 19, and already it has announced that it has upgraded its SaaS solution to include all the functionality of the on-site version.

Focusing on businesses that have a large dependency on documents, and consequently document management solutions, the company says the SaaS upgrade will eliminate the need for new hardware, or in-house training for the IT department.

The principal feature that is now available on KnowledgeTree Live is the Microsoft Office Add-In. In addition, the ability to integrate with Zoho Writer makes it possible for users to access and edit documents remotely without high-cost desktop software.

Online storage options are numerous and plentiful. If you want to store your files in the cloud, you have many options that are very inexpensive and highly-useful. Box.Net, an established player in the cloud-based storage market, recently released a feature to help further differentiate themselves from the competition.

With a new user interface called Web Documents, Box.net users can now create and edit documents directly on the Box.net website.

In business, you are only as strong as the network that supports you. To this end, Zoho recently updated us on the recent changes and growth in their Zoho Alliance Partner Program (or ZAPP). Since its inception a year and a half ago, the program has seen: new additions to the reseller program, added capability to the Zoho API and new strategic partner deals.

The growth surrounding the Zoho Alliance Partner Program will help strengthen Zoho's business and take the Zoho product line to the hosted SMB services market they are trying to corner. How has ZAPP changed through this rapid program growth?

Zoho, a Web-hosted Microsoft Office and Google competitor, has announced offline support for their Zoho Mail product. Zoho Mail joins Zoho Writer — the company’s word processing product — in using (ironically enough) Google Gears for offline support and access.

By comparison, Google has yet to implement any type of offline access to their Web-hosted email product, Gmail. Zoho, in choosing to utilize Google’s own offline-enabling engine, beat the search giant to the punch in an effort to remain competitive in the space.

Well they’ve gone and done it. Google has finally enabled offline access to Google Docs using their Google Gears plug-in. A little late considering Zoho did the same for Zoho Writer way back in November 2007 — also using Google Gears.

Google Docs and Zoho have always been rather handy for people on the go – you can access your documents from anywhere you can get online, you aren’t having to email yourself documents and it’s dead handy for teamwork, with users finding very useful the potential for sharing and collaboration that applications such as these provide.

Zoho certainly has the can-do spirit these days. It has launched two new web apps in the last week—an effort that is exhausting, yet exhilarating. Especially, because Zoho is focused on making things easier for People. And who doesn’t love people?!