IIT Delhi delivers key services with Ingres Open Source

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IIT Delhi delivers key services with Ingres Open Source

Institute benefits with efficient support of campus-wide administrative functions

Thursday, October 09, 2008

REDWOOD CITY, USA: Administrators at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) are running the campus with confidence thanks to Ingres Corp., a leading provider of open source database management software and support services. IIT Delhi, one of seven leading institutes of technology in India, adopted Ingres Database to support critical administration functions such as grading, finance, human resources, procurement, and hospital administration.

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the seven institutes of technology created as centers of excellence for higher training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India. More than 10,000 students and 2,000 staff make up the bustling campus. IIT Delhi needs reliable systems to support its consistent growth. Ingres has enabled IIT Delhi to build and manage mission critical applications. After Ingres became open-source, IIT Delhi has been upgrading its applications to the current version.

"Since Ingres based applications and databases are easy to maintain, we are already seeing significant savings in technical resource deployment," said Ashvin K. Gosain, professor and head, Administrative Computerization Support Services at IIT Delhi. "The Ingres open source database addresses and exceeds our requirement for mission critical applications, " he added.

"We expect nothing less than smart applications built on Ingres Database from a leading institution of learning like IIT Delhi," said Vivek Bhatnagar, country director and global alliances lead for Ingres in India. "ITT Delhi appreciates the importance of adopting an open source solution and the benefits it receives from a lower cost of ownership in both the absence of license fees as well as the savings related to flexible support and service options. More and more educational institutions are turning to open source for these very same reasons."

In addition, IIT Delhi subscribes to Ingres Enterprise Support Services, which is committed to helping customers realize the full potential of their Ingres solutions. Ingres Enterprise Support Services helps IIT Delhi maximize the availability of their systems, minimize disruption caused from change management, optimize performance, ensure stability and security, and fix problems fast and effectively.

"Ingres support has helped us significantly both onsite from Ingres Corporation's local India offices, as well as from its global support centers," said Gosain.

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