Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS) and
Felda Prodata Systems announced the signing of an agreement to jointly develop
and deliver strategic Information Technology services and solutions to the
Malaysian market. Both organisations will jointly identify opportunities as
part of their -go-to-market’ efforts to provide IT services and participate in
tenders from government agencies.
Witnessing this
milestone agreement was the Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Mohd Najib
Tun Abdul Razak whose vision of taking Felda companies to the global market is
in synch with this agreement.
The collaboration is
the first between the two organisations to pool their expertise. This is
expected to impact positively the IT industry both in the Malaysian and
regional markets. Under this agreement, both organisations will jointly take
forward their key IT initiatives in a timely, efficient and effective manner to
service customers.
They will also
jointly develop and market IT solutions and services to local companies,
Malaysian government-linked companies (GLCs) and global companies within
Malaysia.
The full potential
of this relationship is to combine the global experiences of Tata Consultancy
Services with the in-country knowledge and capabilities of PRODATA for the benefit of Malaysian Customers,” said Vish
Iyer, president TCS Asia Pacific.
We believe the two
organizations have complementary capabilities and we are very excited at the
power of combining these to create a full service portfolio leveraging a larger
pool of local talents,” Iyer added.
This collaboration
marks an exciting chapter for Prodata. It injects TCS’ global experience and
strength into our service portfolios and capabilities in offering
differentiated IT solutions and services to our customers. This glocal”
relationship creates strong synergies in both business and talent development.
It will help to accelerate PRODATA’s vision to become the national IT company
in Malaysia,” said Fauzi Ghani, CEO of PRODATA.
TCSand PRODATA will share their technology expertise in
areas including but not limited to Open Source Solutions, SAP-ERP Application,
Application Development and Maintenance, Shared Services / Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO), Infrastructure Services and Business Intelligence &
Performance Management (BIPM).
The collaboration
between TCS and PRODATA is to serve as a conduit of technical expertise and IT
skill development into the companies’ respective workforces in Malaysia,
thereby building a centre of excellence leveraging on global experience and
local market requirements.
Tata Consultancy
Services recently announced that Westpac Life (Westpac) has selected TCS BaNCS Insurance to assist the financial
institution to upgrade and transform its Life Insurance software
platform.
By Telecomlead.com Team
