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IBM and Tally join hands for ERP solutions for SMBs
By siliconindia
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Monday, 03 August 2009, 22:30 IST |
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Bangalore: IBM and Tally announced a first-time agreement to deliver Tally's enterprise resource planning (ERP) 9 Gold on IBM's smart business platform. The solution is aimed at offering an affordable and scalable ERP platform to small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India.
Tally ERP 9 provides accounting, finance, inventory management, remote access, statutory compliance capabilities, integrated support centre and security management. Tally also provides customization and extensions on the platform, thereby allowing customers to tailor the product to their specific business requirements. Bharat Goenka, CEO, Tally said, "Tally ERP on the IBM smart business platform is a perfect fit for small and medium businesses and an important step to bring business intelligence and powerful solutions at an affordable price. By teaming with IBM, we will be providing a seamless solution that provides the capabilities our clients' need, without the additional IT cost."
The IBM and Tally solution is likely to offer an open, simplified IT experience that reduces the complexity of managing IT and drastically reduces the key cost and time expense for small and medium businesses. Both the companies said that the combined solution would be 10 times more cost effective for the customer. Customers who choose Tally ERP 9 on smart business are likely to enjoy major benefits over traditional platforms including faster implementation, simplified administration, automatic problem reporting and updates. In addition, IBM will stand behind the total solution providing a single point of contact to resolve any technical issues.
"IBM is excited to add this market leading solution to our smart business portfolio. This could be a significant driver of IBM's mid-market solutions business," said Shankar Annaswamy, Regional General Manager, IBM-South Asia.
