The company says also the introduction of the console makes it easier to deploy users and manage licensing.

Zoho pictures that suite as providing "Big data in a small app", according to president Raj Sabhlok. Sabhlok also termed finance applications the "company's second fastest-growing business." Zoho also calls its products the "Operating System for Business".

None of the modules in the suite are new. Depending on the module, they have been on the market from one to five years. The company does anticipated launching Zoho Checkout in a few weeks. Business can also choose to use QuickBooks Online instead of the Zoho Books accounting application.

The console enables businesses to grant roles and privileges to users. The system also enables them to connect with online market places, Sabhlok says.

Besides the accounting application, the suite includes Zoho Invoice, Expense, Subscriptions and Inventory. The suite is priced at $99 per month. 

Zoho offers a partner program, which was introduced less than a year ago and now has about 1,000 members. Members get discounted seats for clients.

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Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind