Introduction: Zo-who? Getting to Know Zoho

Never heard of Zoho? You will. Zoho has been around only since 2005, but in that time it’s launched a complete suite of business- and productivity-related applications—from Writer, its word processor and first program, to CRM, a sophisticated tool for managing customer relationships.

Zoho’s name comes from a play on SOHO, which stands for small office home office, and the SOHO market was one of the company’s first targets. As word spread, and as Zoho released more applications, small-to-medium businesses showed interest. And large enterprises weren’t far behind. In summer of 2008, Zoho’s millionth customer signed up.