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Nirav Kamdar

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Nirav Kamdar

IT Officer

IDA Trading Foundation

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Insight of My Company and its IT Strategies

IDA Trading Foundation is 7 years
old company. We are running Exchange for mailing solution. Our servers
are virtualized now, planning for desktop Visualizing. We are running
Microsoft Dynamic Navision CRM.

Views on new technologies

We have implemented VMWARE for server Virtualization. We are looking for oracle / HP /other brand for Thin Clint.

Resources to Keep Updated with Latest Technologies

I like to read IT Magazine, Meet
different people from IT Background. Understand their scenario and
discuses the alternatives.This makes me updated with new things.

Biggest Pain Point

Desktop spares, server crash, high Latency / internet downtime, Travel cost, High printing cost.

Technology to Address Pain Points

Desktop spares - He have kept few additional desktop as a standby, but planning to implement ThinClient.
Server crash - We have virtualized our server through VMWARE.
High Latency / internet downtime - We chose the Best ISP Tata Communication.
Travel cost - As our head office is
in Netherland & the only big branch in Mumbai, there was frequent
travel. – We have used Tandberg & Polycom Video conference system at both the end.
High printing cost – We are using recycled cartridge for rough use/ single use printing.

Challenges Faced

Biggest challenge is Data leakage from users.

Adoption of Cloud Policy

We have virtualized our server through VMWARE.

Role of Cloud

We believe cloud is good wherever security of data is concerned.

Expenses on IT Systems

The annual IT budget that we spent on IT systems 65 Lacs.

IT Leader – Manager First or Technologist First

IT leader has to be Technologist first.

ROI on the Technology

R.O.I is 500 – 900% in most of the cases.