BEA Systems, TCS expands partnership

MUMBAI: BEA Systems and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) today announced the expansion of the companies’ strategic partnership to develop Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions based on the BEA AquaLogic and WebLogic platforms. Under this expanded partnership, TCS Practice Areas and Centers of Excellence have agreed to create new solutions based on BEA products.

TCS Global Consulting Practice has also agreed to also work closely with BEA teams on joint SOA consulting assignments to help accelerate SOA adoption and deployment.

”Customers have told us they want to combine industry leading technologies with world-class expertise to help them accelerate adoption of SOA within their enterprises in order to realize new revenue streams or drive down SG&A expenses,” said Alfred Chuang, chairman and CEO, BEA Systems.

“BEA Systems and TCS have a successful history of working together to deliver solutions for the financial services industry, and are working to bring new SOA solutions to market. TCS has firmly established its position as one of world’s largest IT services provider, and we remain committed to delivering innovative technology and solutions that produce tangible business results for the enterprise.”

”TCS considers SOA to be a growth engine for the future. We have a strong presence in this area and are currently engaged with global customers on consulting and application development engagements. BEA has a great platform for SOA adoption. We see a tremendous opportunity in meeting customer needs with a joint ‘Go To Market’ strategy with BEA in this space,” said S Ramadorai, CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services.

TCS is considering development of a SOA based corporate services infrastructure within which it could be able to deploy a part of the BEA product stack to address the high volume requirements for its global operations.

SOA has emerged as a crucial enabler in the field of on-demand IT and business computing for enterprises. SOA is widely considered as the most effective way of overcoming IT complexities involved in businesses that require their IT systems to be flexible and adaptive enough to address ever-changing business needs.

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