TCS sets integrated platform for Australian firm

BANGALORE, INDIA: Leading IT services and consulting firm Tata Consultancy Services Limited announced today that it has been chosen as prime systems integrator for a new core administration platform at Superpartners, the largest retirement fund administrator in Australia.

The delivery is expected to be completed in less than 15 months.

In the deal TCS would manage end-to-end systems integration such as configuration work, complex integration with various business critical applications and execution of complex testing scenarios to ensure that the system meets the business objective of Superpartners for their business transformation program, said a press release.

The company’s clients would get integrated on to the new system by the end of January 2010, it said.

It serves over 6 million member accounts, 700,000 employers and has over $75 billion in funds under administration. Superpartner employs over 1500 people across Australia, it added.

Greg Camm, CEO, Superpartners said, “In a fiercely competitive market we needed to undertake the current business transformation program to remain cost competitive. However for an implementation that is delivered on time, working with an expert, who has proven global delivery capability and expertise was critical.”

He added that after an aggressive due diligence process they have concluded that TCS emerged on top as the best system integrator for the administration platform.

Girija Pande, EVP and head, TCS, Asia Pacific said, “We are excited to work with Superpartners because of the scale and complexity of this implementation coupled with the tight timeframe.”

Girija added that it underscores TCS’s extensive domain and delivery capabilities that bring certainty to its projects and quantum benefits to the clients.