IBM India and TCS to support marketing of Tivoli products

BANGALORE: IBM India Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under which IBM and TCS will

support the marketing of Tivoli's products, solutions and services in India. The

MoU was signed by IBM India Ltd. managing director and chief executive officer

Ranjit Limaye and TCS chief executive officer S. Ramadorai.

IBM India will support TCS's efforts to offer Tivoli-based

products, solutions and services, by providing TCS with requisite training on

the Tivoli technology platform and working closely with TCS in customer accounts

where both TCS and Tivoli would together bring in value. As per a company press

release, TCS will architect, implement, support and consult for the Tivoli

Management Environment, and other Tivoli products like Tivoli Service Desk,

Global Enterprise Manager, Tivoli Manager for SAP and Tivoli Cross Site for

e-business frameworks and environment, which is the only offering of its kind in

its category. TCS will also get its products like ISBS, a total branch

automation software application, and EX, an accounting package, 'Tivoli Ready'

to enable them to operate in the Tivoli environment. IBM and TCS believe this

initiative will help Indian customers get access to the latest cross-platform

technology management solutions from Tivoli.

Tivoli modules have been installed at TCS's Excellence

Centers in Chennai and Pune. TCS will work on these modules to develop core

expertise on the Tivoli framework technology and train its engineers. TCS also

plans to use these facilities for Proof of Concept and customer demonstrations.

The press release claims, Tivoli Systems provides the industry's leading open,

highly scaleable and cross-platform technology management solutions that span

networks, systems, applications and business-to-business e-commerce.