CA associates with HDFC Bank, NSE, PwC, and Wipro

25 November 1999

HDFC Bank Limited, established in 1994 has a network of 60 branches across 20 cities (20 more to be added by the end of the year) with an equally wide network of automated teller machines (ATMs) across India,. It also has telephone and Internet banking.

HDFC Bank will use Unicenter TNG to help simplify management of its technology infrastructure using leveraging the network, desktop and system management capabilities of Unicenter TNG. Unicenter TNG wsill allow HDFC Bank to automate operating procedures like conducting periodic backups, software updates as well as monitoring operating systems, databases and networks for optimum availability and capacity utilization, streamline IT operations and improve the quality of service. The implementation of Unicenter TNG will form the foundation for end-to-end monitoring and administration of HDFC Bank's heterogeneous IT environment.

"We needed a total solution to manage our vast IT infrastructure across the country and had tested a number of solutions," said C.N. Ram, head of Information Technology, HDFC Bank. "Unicenter TNG allows HDFC Bank to effectively simplify our operations across platforms. It offers superior capabilities in terms of scope, scale and function."

"In today's fast paced business environment, it is more crucial than ever before for companies to exploit technology to the fullest extent," said Venkat Subbarao, managing director, CA India. "HDFC Bank is a prime example of a company moving forward by using Unicenter TNG to improve its business performance, thereby offering its clients the best service available." Earlier on 22 November Computer Associates announced that the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India, one of the largest interactive stock exchanges in India and the world, has selected CA's Unicenter TNG to manage and monitor its highly complex IT resources and assist in disaster recovery.

NSE, located in Mumbai, was established in 1993 and lists more than 1,300 securities and conducts more than $750 million (U.S.) daily in trading with over 4,700 trading members and dealers logging in to the trading system every day for online real-time trading. NSE also displays live stock quotes at its website  (www.nse-india.com).

NSE has trading terminals spread over 290 cities in the country connected to the exchange through more than 2,300 VSATs (very small aperture terminals) and this number is expected to grow to more than 3,000 in the next year.Unicenter TNG will be used for the IT infrastructure management of NSE's systems that include hardware platforms like Stratus, Compaq, Sun, HP and Intel servers, operating systems like UNIX and Windows NT apart from more than 1,000 desktop PCs.