Zoho has announced Zoho CloudSQL, a middleware service that uses the familiar SQL (Structured Query Language) to connect business data stored in Zoho with traditional, on-premises applications as well as other SaaS offerings. Zoho Reports, the company’s online reporting and business intelligence service previously known as Zoho DB & Reports, is the first to support Zoho CloudSQL. Zoho Reports also added an HTTP-based API that lets users interact with their data programmatically. Customers can use this new technology to seamlessly blend the data and applications they have on-site with the data and applications they have in the cloud.

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