Industry Addendum
Tata Consultancy and Rolls Royce set up Bangalore analytics hub
December 1st 2017
Information technology and business solutions firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and propulsion manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, announced last month that they will expand their partnership “to exploit future data innovation opportunities” and accelerate their “Digital First” vision. Read More »
The long-term collaborators said they will build a world class analytics and agile applications facility in India’s Silicon Valley – Bangalore. Rolls-Royce’s Digital First strategy will be supported by TCS’s Connected Universe Platform intended to produce applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). The consultancy is a subsidiary of Indian listed conglomerate, Tata Group, and employs 389,000 consultants in 46 countries.
TCS will provide IoT digital platform capability that will allow data to be captured, shared and analysed to enable the manufacturer to more quickly develop and introduce new products to the market. TCS will set up a customer delivery centre in Rolls-Royce’s home city of Derby in the UK that will be dedicated to servicing Rolls-Royce at its sites across the world.
Rolls-Royce chief digital officer, Neil Crockett, said: “This is an example of how we intend to unleash data innovation through collaboration. It will allow us to take advantage of fast-paced data innovation, including the acceleration of our application of industrial artificial intelligence and a range of other cutting edge breakthrough opportunities.”
TCS CEO and managing director, Rajesh Gopinathan, said: “Organisations are building on a digital foundation to transform their businesses. TCS continues to be the global technology partner of choice for navigating and taking advantage of the opportunities in the new Business 4.0 era.”
