Tally to enhance developer ecosystem

Priya Padmanabhan

BANGALORE: Accounting software major Tally

Solutions is hoping to bank on the Tally developer community to increase Tally's

adoption in the market.

Recently, the company opened up its source code and is encouraging the

developer ecosystem to build solutions around the Tally platform using the Tally

Definition Language (TDL).

TDL is an editing and compiling tool that allows developers to build

customized solutions to suit a business segment's need. “This is our first

step towards making Tally a platform of choice for application developers. We

are building an ecosystem to support the growing number of customers and their

specific requirements,” said D Kalyanaraman, president and global head, Value

Services business, Tally (India) Pvt. Ltd.

The tool would be targeted at potential developers with ISVs, entrepreneurs,

students and Tally partners. Kalyanaraman is hoping to build initial traction

through TDL certified professionals, which is currently estimated at 500-600.

The company is planning to hold events in colleges and rural areas to promote

the initiative. Some developers have already used TDL to build solutions for the

jewellery segment, chit funds segment and the Agarbathi industry.

The company is also planning to broaden the developer ecosystem outside India

in the Middle-East, Singapore, SAARC region, North Africa, Malaysia and

Indonesia.

Tally is looking for partners with domain expertise in verticals such as

automotive, healthcare and building construction. While services around Tally

are offered mostly by the company's partners, it plans to increase its

services share of the business to 20-30 per cent of revenues in the coming year.

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