TCS commissions IBM's eServer

CHENNAI: Tata Consultancy services, the global software solutions and

consulting services enterprise, have commissioned the latest zSeries eServer,

the z900-102 from IBM at its Sholinganallur facility. It is the first

organization in the ASEAN and South Asia region, to adopt the latest technology

in mainframe computing. With this Rs 25 crore investment, TCS' in-house

mainframe capacity has crossed the 1,000 MIPS mark.

The 64-bit servers in the eServer category announced by IBM last October are

the mainframe-class servers designed for high availability and aimed at

production grade e-business work. TCS has purchased a Model 102 machine, which

can process about 480 Million instructions every second. TCS has also purchased

high-performance Enterprise Storage Server disks from IBM to power the disk

storage requirements of the powerful eServer.

"TCS is used to being the largest IBM shop and a model data center in

India right from 1987," says executive vice president S Mahalingam, who was

also a prime force behind bringing IBM to TCS. "We are continuing the

tradition, with this record installation of the zSeries machines in our

premises. With this computing power at our disposal, and a 5000-strong

IBM-trained skills base, we are geared to help customers with challenging large

projects in application development, migration with a very large automation

percentage, large facilities management, and even benchmarking. This year could

see us emerge as the largest Linux installation in India, opening up very

interesting possibilities," he adds.

"The IBM TCS system integrator relationship will offer customers total

solutions. IBM's strength as the technology leader and TCS's leadership in SI

will offer the customers the best of the IT solutions for their business

needs," said, , IBM India Ltd., managing director and CEO, Abraham Thomas.

At the press conference, TCS and IBM announced their intention to jointly

address the market as business partners to provide total solutions to IBM

customers in India. As IBM's business partner providing system integration

services, TCS will take to the customer's IBM hardware, system software, and

technology.