Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become the first Asian consulting company that SAP AG considers a global partner for services. Together, the two corporations will help businesses shift to SAP’s web-based applications.
“Tata is an important partner for many reasons; the company has a strong footprint in India and other Asia markets where SAP aims to grow, and it has a huge global IT infrastructure,” said SAP spokesman Bill Wohl. TCS is based in Mumbai, and employs about 2,200 people with “significant SAP expertise.” The company offers systems integration and application services worldwide.
According to SAP AG Chief Executive Officer Henning Kagermann, TCS is exploring ways to increase its market position in India and China. To this end, it will assist in the distribution of SAP Business One to small subsidiaries of larger corporations.
“Tata Consultancy Services sees tremendous opportunity to help customers in the adoption of enterprise SOA for growth,” said N. Chandrasekaran, head of Global Sales and Operations at TCS. “We are also pleased to announce that we are now a member of the Enterprise Services Community and already have some of our assets in government and manufacturing verticals on the SAP NetWeaver platform.”
At least one “outside” company seems pleased about the collaboration, as well. “Philips is investing heavily in SAP with TCS as our key partner,” said Jan Boll, CEO of Philips Business Application Systems. “The global partnership between SAP and TCS will help us extract the maximum value from our investments as the two companies continue to work closely together.”
According to SAP, the company’s new service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides “improved speed, innovation, and flexibility.” If SAP and TCS have their way, these upgrades will be used throughout Asia in the near future.
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