Microsoft partners with HCL to make affordable ERP
Microsoft India Pvt Ltd announced a partnership with HCL Infosystems to further augment the availability of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Essentials (BE) – Microsoft’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution for growing businesses, across India. HCL Infosystems, India’s leading technology enabler and IT enterprise has over 30 years of expertise in providing IT solutions to growing enterprises .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 optimise 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 lakhs by HCL including license and implementation. Being a ready to use solution, it can be deployed in about 2-3 weeks timeframe.
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. Microsoft will leverage this presence to communicate the criticality of adopting sensible technology in difficult times to businesses as well as reiterate the value proposition of NAV BE to them. George Paul, Executive Vice President, HCL Infosystems Ltd., said, “Microsoft Dynamics NAV BE is a unique proposition for businesses which are looking for state of art ERP solutions at affordable prices, and it also helps us in our endeavour to deliver unprecedented value to growing businesses in India.”
A recent IDC study on ERP states that the future of ERP market consolidations will revolve around the small to medium-sized business market segment and certain verticals such as manufacturing, retail and wholesale and distribution that are more susceptible to structural changes, including user willingness to replace legacy systems to boost competitiveness in an age of globalization. With growing businesses clearly seeking tools to make themselves more productive the need for cost effective ERP solutions can never be over emphasised. Microsoft Dynamics NAV BE clearly will fill the lacuna that has existed between the demand and supply for a while.
Source: Microsoft India