TCS and AWS Partner to Propel Cloud Transformations and Offer AI Solutions

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a prominent IT services, consulting, and business solutions provider has forged a strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expedite its clients' migration to the cloud. This fresh partnership aims to empower TCS in orchestrating comprehensive digital transformations for its clientele, harnessing the potential of data and innovative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions hosted on AWS infrastructure.

In this long-term partnership, TCS aims to equip its clients with resources to build contemporary architectures, leverage cutting-edge cloud-native features for business advancement, and undertake extensive modernization efforts. The offerings encompass a well-defined roadmap for cloud modernization, access to advanced platforms and tools, specialized investment models and technology previews, as well as proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives. The program targets customers worldwide, spanning various industries such as banking and finance, life sciences, healthcare, travel, transportation, hospitality, manufacturing, automotive, and communications.

“At AWS, we are excited to expand our strategic partnership with TCS, a globally recognized leader in IT services. Together with AWS's comprehensive suite of generative AI and modernization services, along with TCS' domain expertise and global delivery capabilities, our customers will benefit from accelerating their enterprise transformation. By upskilling 25,000 TCS professionals, we are committed to addressing the evolving needs of our customers through innovative solutions to accelerate their modernization journey”, said Matt Garman, Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services, AWS.

While transitioning to cloud-based systems can grant organizations access to advanced capabilities, the process is extensive and involves converting, rewriting, or migrating legacy systems onto modern technology platforms. The joint effort between TCS and AWS aims to overcome these challenges and expedite the realization of benefits. It provides clients with a unique chance to harness AWS's state-of-the-art technologies alongside TCS's specialized expertise and capacity to develop proprietary intellectual property (IP) on AWS. TCS holds a distinctive position to spearhead large-scale, continuous modernization initiatives due to its profound understanding of client domains, backed by substantial investments in industry-specific platforms. As part of this collaboration, AWS will assist TCS in training and certifying 25,000 of its workforce members on AWS, forming a team of modernization champions equipped with specialized expertise.

“We are excited about the unique value proposition that our clients will have access to, through this agreement between TCS and AWS to take advantage of TCS' contextual knowledge.. It offers an opportunity to drive significant value by accessing innovative technologies such as generative AI and modernization at scale for our clients globally. This agreement also represents the continuing progress of our strong collaboration with AWS, including being awarded the AWS Global System Integrator (GSI) Partner of the Year - Global at AWS re: Invent 2023, and we look forward to deepening our strategic ties with the hyperscaler to bring further innovation to our clients”, said Krishna Mohan, Deputy Head, AI. Cloud Unit, TCS.  

“In Financial Services, many of the customers have embarked on the Cloud journey a few years back and established a strong Cloud foundation, and now looking to take the core systems to the cloud to drive the business value. This agreement with AWS, focused on modernization and tailor-made value propositions with the combined power of TCS and AWS, will accelerate this core modernization journey on the cloud and deliver tangible business benefits”, Susheel Vasudevan, Business Group Head, BFSI – Americas, TCS.

This initiative strengthens the strategic alliance between TCS and AWS. TCS holds the status of an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, cementing over a decade-long strategic collaboration with the hyperscale provider. Together, TCS and AWS deliver a wide array of services, encompassing cloud migration, application modernization, data analytics, and AI-driven solutions.