Microsoft, HCL in tie-up to make affordable ERP available in India

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 23 March 2009, 23:34 IST   |    1 Comments
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Bangalore: Global IT firm Microsoft India has announced a partnership with Indian technology enabler HCL Infosystems to further augment the availability of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Essentials (BE) - Microsoft's ERP solution for growing businesses, across India. This partnership will expedite the process of making Microsoft's affordable ERP, NAV BE more extensively available across the country. In the current economic times Microsoft Dynamics NAV BE can become a vital tool for businesses to optimize their costs and improve productivity. It would allow businesses to access a basic set of ERP functionalities including financials, distribution and sales management - without huge capital investments. NAV BE is packaged and priced specially for the growing businesses in India and priced at sub Rs 4.99 Lacs by HCL including license and implementation. Being a ready to use solution, it can be deployed in about 2-3 weeks time-frame. The association between Microsoft and HCL will enable the growing businesses in India with the critical software solutions for the success of their business. Expressing his delight at partnering with HCL, Rajeev Mittal, Group Director, Microsoft India, said, "There is a growing demand to move from basic accounting package and disparate software to a comprehensive ERP solution among growing businesses, to gain end to end visibility and drive efficiencies in their business. NAV BE is the right solution for SMEs in India and HCL with its strong Geo-footprint and IT expertise will help catalyze the ERP adoption among SMEs." "Given the recent challenging economic times, growing businesses are keen to embrace IT solutions which offer them a great ROI. Microsoft Dynamics NAV BE's easy usage, flexible business logic, localized tax settings with fast implementation is just what the growing businesses seek" added Mittal. HCL brings with it not only three decades of extensive experience in software application space but also 360 points of presence in the country making their reach within the SMB community extremely extensive.