Synonymous for business accounting software Tally Solutions is now diversifying into the enterprise solutions market after being in the software solutions segment for nearly two decades. Founded in 1986, the company for a long time targeted the SME enterprises with homegrown products. Tally started by Shyam Sunder Goenka and Bharat Goenka, the father–son duo has now evolved into a complete solutions provider for accounting.

The earlier straightjacketed line of functioning meant the company had only its star product called ‘Tally 7.2’–an accounting software package geared to handle financial accounting, inventory management, sales, purchase orders, invoicing, statutory reporting and MIS, to do all the speaking. In spite of this many at Tally were all fired up by the prospect of working in an Indian product company. Vikash Agarwal, 29, Technology Architect (R&D) who has spent six years at Tally says, “This is one of the few companies in India that is into mass marketing of products a la Microsoft of India. It’s exciting to be part of this product story.”

When there are multinationals operating in India making enterprise level products why would a techie join Tally? “To be a big fish in a small pond,” says Shriram Dharbha, Head Corporate–HR & OD, Tally Solutions. With the company growing at a tremendous pace, now is the time to join Tally and grow with it. “Bharat Goenka a brilliant coder himself, and is also a brand to reckon with,” adds Dharbha.

Efforts are on to turn Tally into a global company. “Being a part of the global brigade would essentially mean having products that are on par with global standards,” says Missy Devlin, Head–Marketing and Corporate Communications, Tally Solutions. Accordingly the company has established offices in London, Singapore and recently in Dubai. With 1.5 million customers worldwide, active in 88 markets, Tally has a foothold worldwide with India bringing the larger pie of the revenue closely followed by, the Middle East and ASEAN.

Tally is amidst a surge in customer demand with half of India’s 100 largest companies listed in Economic Times 500 such as Reliance, Ranbaxy, Maruti Udyog, Infosys and Wipro to name a few, and MNCs like General Motors, Gautier, Honeywell, Morgan Stanley, Intel and Pfizer deploying Tally solutions