Overview:
Zoho Corporation is an Indian multinational technology company that makes computer software and web-based business tools.[3] It is best known for the online office suite offering Zoho Office Suite. The company was founded in 1996[4] by Sridhar Vembu and Tony Thomas and has a presence in seven locations with global headquarters in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and corporate headquarters outside of Austin in Del Valle, Texas.[5][6] Radha Vembu, Sridhar Vembu's sister, owns a majority stake in the company.[7]
From 1996 to 2011, the company was known as AdventNet, Inc. and initially provided network management software.[8][9]
AdventNet expanded operations into Japan in 2001 and shifted focus to small and medium businesses (SMBs).[9]
Zoho CRM was released in 2005, along with Zoho Writer, the company's first Office suite product.[9] Zoho Projects, Creator, Sheet, and Show were released in 2006.[9] Zoho expanded into the collaboration space with the release of Zoho Docs and Zoho Meeting in 2007. In 2008, the company added invoicing and mail applications, reaching one million users by August of that year.[10]
In 2009, the company was renamed Zoho Corporation after its online office suite.[11] The company remains privately owned.[12]
In 2017, Zoho launched Zoho One, a comprehensive suite of over forty applications.[13] As of October 2021, Zoho One has been expanded to 50 applications.[14] The following year, in November 2022, Zoho worked with more than 50,000 organizations in more than 160 countries.[15][16]
Zoho reached more than 50 million customers in January 2020.[17] In July 2022, the company announced it had more than 80 million users.[18][19]
Zoholics India is the name of the company's annual user conference.[15]
Other products include Zoho Books, an accounting application, Zoho Workplace, an enterprise collaboration platform, Zoho Survey, a customer experience management tool, and Zoho People, an HR management platform.[15]
In March of 2023, Zoho collaborated with Payoneer, a financial technology company that assists with businesses to make transactions easier.[20] In April, Zoho also announced a new collaboration platform called Trident that helps users communicate across different channels via email, messages, audio/video calls, etc.[21][22]
In November 2023, Zoho announced partnership with StartupSouth to empower startups. [23]
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