BANGALORE: Tally India Pvt. Ltd. today announced the launch of TAP (Tally Application Platform), as part of the company's foray into business applications. TAP will serve as a backbone for all Tally business solutions, delivering a complete, open and flexible architecture that allows companies to realize additional value from existing IT investments. TAP provides a technology base for Independent Software Vendors to develop specific solutions for customer needs. It enables organizations to rapidly customize horizontal applications as well as build industry specific 'vertical' solutions. According to Bharat Goenka, managing director, Tally, "TAP leverages upon the full experience of India's leading business solution provider, and the collective experience that comes from helping more than 350,000 medium and large enterprises meet their business challenges. TAP is designed to deliver benefits for Tally customers in these areas." TAP is built on the next-generation DROOT (Dynamic Recursive Object Oriented Technology). DROOT uses object-oriented technology from the application layer to the storage layer, extending it with powerful recursive capabilities.