India, Nov. 13 -- A Microsoft outage on Thursday disrupted access to services such as Outlook, drawing a reaction from Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Calling it an "unexpected opportunity" for Indian software company Zoho, she said the disruption could be a chance for the company, founded by Sridhar Vembu, to emerge as an alternative for Indian businesses.

In a post on X, Mazumdar-Shaw tagged Zoho and wrote, "This is an unexpected opportunity for @Zoho to be an alternate backup MIS for India Inc given such unforeseen events."

Mazumdar-Shaw's post called for Indian companies to have domestic backup options for essential software and systems, instead of relying entirely on global technology providers.

Founded by Sridhar Vembu, Zoho ...