Zoho, a leading global cloud provider, has announced plans\nto extend its footprints in the region to help African businesses in their\nDigital Transformation journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The announcement was made at its first African user\nconference, Zoholics: South Africa that was hosted in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have noticed a signi\ufb01cant rise in the number of\ncustomers in South Africa and other African countries,\u201d said Hyther Nizam,\nPresident MEA, Zoho Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are also expanding our presence by conducting and participating\nin more events.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Operating System for Business Zoho\u2019s product portfolio\nconsists of more than 45 apps in nearly every major business category,\nincluding sales, marketing, customer experience and support, \ufb01nance and back\no\ufb03ce operations, and an array of productivity and collaboration tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its most revolutionary o\ufb00ering is Zoho One, a single platform\ncomprising more than 45 products built on one technology stack that can run an\nentire business in the cloud, making it the operating system for business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSouth Africa is quite high on cloud literacy,\u201d said Ali\nShabdar, Business Development Director, MEA, Zoho Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnlike some of the other markets facing challenges with\nmoving away from legacy systems and adopting cloud, South African businesses\nare already taking advantage of the cloud technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven as the other parts of the world are inching away from multiple\nbest-of-the-breed software towards pre-integrated suite of products, local\nbusinesses here are already choosing suites, thereby signi\ufb01cantly lowering\ntheir IT costs and minimising integration problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is why Zoho One, which goes one step further by creating\na platform for running the whole business, is seeing rapid adoption in the\ncountry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Customer Statement Gilt edge, an award-winning travel\ncompany based out of Cape Town, has been using Zoho since 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Julien Perreard, Head of Digital at Giltedge, said:\n\u201cEarlier, we had no consistent, standardised way to collect and handle travel\ninquiries and we struggled with our large database of clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe also faced the problem of blending data from di\ufb00erent\nsources to build a cohesive report. We initially started using Zoho CRM, and\nthen Zoho Analytics. We noticed that data extraction was signi\ufb01cantly faster,\nhelping our management quickly make sense of the business metrics and act on\nthem. We also liked Zoho’s integration, customisation and the ability to\nstreamline all our work\ufb02ow processes. We started using more Zoho products, eventually\nmoving to Zoho One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cZoho has allowed us to centralise our CRM, social media\nscheduling and data analysis activities under one roof. It meets the needs of\nour digital marketing and travel advisor team, is easy to use, nicely designed,\nand requires very little training.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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