MUMBAI, INDIA: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services and consulting firm, announced on Tuesday that Forrester, an independent research firm, cited TCS as a leader in its April 2009 report titled 'The Forrester Wave: Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing, Q1 2009'.

Forrester reviewed 15 service providers across 31 criteria. The criteria were clustered into three categories of current offering, strategy, and market presence and TCS was positioned as a leader, said a press release.

According to the research firm, "with excellent global reach and widely distributed personnel, TCS is clearly maturing beyond the role of low-cost delivery engine. TCS has a very strong strategy for future growth that focuses on linking infrastructure and applications work in holistic solutions for clients delivered by TCS with ecosystem partners. It is also driving to even greater levels of pricing and service transparency."

"Our continued recognition by industry experts is something we pride ourselves in," said P. R. Krishnan, infrastructure services head, TCS. “Today businesses are increasingly focused on transforming the way they operate and an effective IT infrastructure is a strategic enabler.”

He said TCS's in-depth industry knowledge and technical expertise help customers harness the best out of their IT investment by creating a 'business effective' IT infrastructure that is not only reliable but also future proof.