Zoho founder and former CEO Sridhar Vembu has openly thrown a challenge at Microsoft, asserting that his homegrown software company now provides a wider and more advanced range of products.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), the tech billionaire urged users to take a closer look at Zoho&rsquo;s offerings. 
He declared that the Chennai-based firm is &ldquo;the only company in the world that can take on Microsoft in terms of both breadth and depth of product suite.&rdquo;
Vembu&rsquo;s post also featured a visual charting the rise of Zoho and its IT arm, ManageEngine, from 2002 to the present. 
He further emphasized that the company is investing heavily in research and development across cloud infrastructure, platforms, AI, and applications &mdash; promising even faster innovation in the coming years.

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September 27, 2025 | 16:18 IST