Zoho Builds Own Cloud Infrastructure, Offers Catalyst Platform Free to Students
Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu announced that the company built its own cloud infrastructure from scratch, avoiding reliance on AWS or Google Cloud. This infrastructure supports core systems like databases and storage and is now available to developers via Catalyst, a serverless platform. Zoho plans to offer Catalyst free to students to help them build and deploy applications without infrastructure costs. The company develops its products in India and stores customer data regionally across its global data centers.
First-hand measurement across 2 sources
We measured how 2 outlets covered this story. No outlet gave this story a measurable political slant — there is no left–right reading to report. Overall sentiment is positive (67/100). Lens Score 34/100.
Outlets measured: freepressjournal, indiatoday. See how each one headlined and framed the same story in the source comparison below.
AI Analysis
Sentiment was consistent across outlets (62–72/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
indiatoday broke this story on 1 Oct, 06:09 am. Other outlets followed.