Zoho today announced that Zoho CRM, the company’s online customer relationship management software, was selected as one of the 2012-2013 Awesome Applications by The Sleeter Group, a company dedicated to researching the marketplace and finding the best technology solutions to help small business work smarter, faster and more efficiently.

With thousands of programs on the market for small businesses, the Awesome Applications award signifies that Zoho CRM is among the most productive and effective technologies and that it meets the highest standards of design, ease-of-use and conformance with appropriate accounting standards.

With Zoho CRM, the online customer management application, businesses can focus on what they do best while letting the software keep track of their most valued customer relationships, follow-up on leads throughout the process so nothing falls through the cracks.

As the largest network of small business technology consultants, The Sleeter Group has members throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. The awards were formally announced today at the 2012 Accounting Solutions Conference in Anaheim, CA. The annual event draws hundreds of accountants, bookkeepers, consultants and IT professionals, providing them with educational opportunities presented by industry experts, thought leaders and technology developers.

“The Awesome Application award validates our continued effort to create a powerful yet easy-to-use CRM application,” said Raju Vegesna, Zoho evangelist. “The award is particularly rewarding given the accounting professionals The Sleeter Group represents. These users have high expectations, and our software has to deliver on many aspects to win their endorsement.”

“Zoho CRM earned the Awesome Applications award because it provides great features and seamless integration with standard small business management systems that many users need,” said Doug Sleeter, the founder and president of The Sleeter Group. “By enhancing business programs like QuickBooks with the addition of these capabilities, small and mid-sized companies are able to increase efficiency and productivity.”

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About The Sleeter Group

The Sleeter Group (www.sleeter.com) is the largest network of small business accounting technology and business process design consultants in the country, serving over 300,000 small businesses. The company provides accounting software training resources to users and consultants including textbooks, reference books, expert level Webinars, the annual Accounting Solutions Conference, a consultant membership network, practice management tools, teaching systems and a free online newsletter.

About Zoho

Zoho is a comprehensive suite of award-winning online productivity, collaboration and business applications for businesses of all sizes. Over six million users rely on Zoho for their Business, Productivity & Collaboration needs and actively connect via Forums, Blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Zoho has launched several online office applications such as Writer, Sheet, Show and Mail along with a host of business applications ranging from CRM to Projects, Invoice and Meeting. These applications are offered directly via Zoho.com or through hundreds of partners in the Zoho Alliance Partner Program. For more information about Zoho, please visit www.zoho.com.

Zoho is a division of Zoho Corp., a privately-held and profitable company, which also provides IT Management Software (ManageEngine with over 65,000 customers) and a Network Management Suite (WebNMS with 25,000 Tier 1 carrier deployments). With headquarters in Pleasanton, CA and offices in Austin, New Jersey, Chennai, London, Tokyo and Beijing, Zoho Corp. serves the technology needs of millions of customers worldwide. For more information about Zoho Corp., please visit www.zohocorp.com.

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