Case Study - Infrastructure Management Services
The Client
India Infoline is one of India's leading providers of financial
services, research and analysis, highly reputed for its
personalized services, quality of financial advise and
expertise, and the cutting edge technology it uses to
provide users with unparalleled online trading experience.
Industry
Security & Stock Trading/ Brokerage
Objective
l Optimum utilization and streamlining of existing IT
infrastructure
l Centralized management of application/ computing
environments & multi-platform networks
Challenges
l Scale and streamline existing IT infrastructure to
ensure it is being optimally utilized
l Automate and integrate all IT environments for
centralized management of applications and
networks
l Achieve the infrastructural streamlining and
automation with zero downtime due to the mission
critical and dynamic nature of India Infoline's
business
Solution
Netmagic implemented a state of the art turnkey IT
operations service to manage physical infrastructure as
well are virtual environments and applications for India
Infoline.
With online trading being an uptime-intensive
application as it is, it was crucial that our partner in this
venture had the capabilities of managing such an
elaborate solution turnkey. Netmagic met our most
stringent expectations and demands, and have
completely justified our decision to outsource.
Nirmal Jain, CEO & Founder, India Infoline
Key Benefits
l India Infoline can now focus valuable human capital
on core businesses, application development and
innovation
l All key client applications now virtualized and
centralized leading to efficient management
l Streamlining current IT infrastructure lead to optimum
utilization of resources and enables India Infoline to
plan future infrastructural requirements better
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Netmagic Solutions' Turnkey IT Operations Services
streamlines India Infoline's existing IT infrastructure; provides
complete automation of applications and infrastructure,
seamlessly.
Business Scenario
Founded in 1995, India Infoline provided research reports in print to national
and international giants like Ernst & Young, Citibank, Compaq and Hindustan
Lever. It started providing its services online in 1999. Its services range from
Equity Research and Trading, Mutual Funds, Life Insurance, Portfolio
Management, Fixed Deposits and savings instruments, Investment Banking
and Loan products. In mid-2000, it launched www.5paisa.com, an online
trading site offering technical analysis, real time stock quotes and market
news. After a hugely successful IPO in 2005 and in the face of growing
business load, India Infoline felt the need to streamline its IT infrastructure. It
also wanted to redirect the focus of precious human capital towards its core
business, instead of the running, maintaining and upgrading of its IT
operations.
Netmagic's Unique Proposition
As India Infoline evaluated its options, it turned to its reliable long time IT
services partner, Netmagic Solutions, to develop a custom made services
plan in response to the issues they faced. Netmagic's reputed end-to-end IT
services provided streamlining of the existing IT resources that India Infoline
had with them. It also provided a turnkey solution for the automated
centralization of all of India Infoline's key client applications. This included
Database, Network, Operating Systems, Trading, Project and Vendor
Management.
Key Takeaways
Netmagic Solutions lived up to its reputation of being a dependable IT partner
when it provided India Infoline with a turnkey IT services plan that took care of
all its IT infrastructural and automation needs. With the effective scaling and
streamlining of India Infoline's existing IT infrastructure, Netmagic Solutions
was able to bring down physical server requirement to a mere 30%.
Understanding their need for continuous uptime and keeping the mission
critical and dynamic nature of the client's business in mind, Netmagic
seamlessly automated all of India Infoline's IT environment, thanks to its
superior back up and monitoring services. The virtualization and
centralization of all key client application not only meant that management
would be easier and more efficient, but by handling all of its IT operations
through its turnkey solution Netmagic was able to free up valuable human
capital for India Infoline to focus and utilize towards core business functions.