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: company that vows by technology for its operational efficiency. Imtiaz, manager-IT, MK Retail says, “We have already implemented ERP software. 80% of the deployment has been completed, and only the financial module is pending. We are now in the process of upgrading the inventory control software. There is no hosted application as such that we use at present.” Some of the areas that most of the wholesale/retail companies are focusing on are desktops, notebooks, network software and Windows servers.

The BFSI sector has been very keen on the adoption of IT—with high investments going into building a robust IT infrastructure and ensuring its safeguard. The survey respondents in this sector spent on an average Rs 83.7 lakh on IT in 2007-08.

Kotak Wealth Management comes across as a good example of a well integrated IT infrastructure. The company has around 400 employees with an IT team of about 10 people. The company has deployed about 15 servers that run on different platforms depending on the applications running on them.

In terms of security, the company has in place almost all the security solutions from Trend Micro. “We rank security very high on our IT priority list,” says Nagraj Poojari, manager-IT, Kotak Wealth Management. The company follows a strict security policy. According to its terms and conditions, employees cannot access personal email accounts, certain websites are also blocked, and there is limited access to USB drives.

Poojari reveals, “We are now planning to invest about Rs 25 lakh on a NAS server for our growing database and about Rs 1 crore to switch from a large number of desktops to notebooks for marketing people who are constantly on the move.