OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, announced that it has been selected by Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail transportation technology, to manage its IT infrastructure for newly commissioned data centres.

The multi-year, multi-million deal is the first that TCS has signed with a rail transportation technology provider.

As part of the contract, TCS will provide remote infrastructure management (RIM) to Bombardier Transportation's recently established data centres in Germany. The new data centres will establish a leading-edge technology platform for Bombardier, through introduction of private cloud services paired with a high level of virtualisation.

Besides standard RIM services, managing server, storage, network and security services, TCS will also operate and be responsible for all operational processes within Bombardier Transportation's data centres. TCS will also provide SAP basis support to Bombardier Transportation.

“As a world leader in rail transportation, with operations in over 60 countries, our business requires a global mindset. India is central to Bombardier's information services strategy - our relationship with TCS offers operational excellence in markets around the world.” Says Thomas Leidenbach, vice president IS infrastructure, Bombardier Transportation.

Sapthagiri Chapalapalli, head of Central Europe at TCS, said, ”This is a strategic step forward for TCS as it establishes us as a partner of choice for infrastructure services in the German market. Bombardier Transportation is executing a next-generation IT infrastructure program to drive efficiency, reliability and transparency. Our deep domain expertise and best practices will help Bombardier meet these strategic transformation objectives.”

TCS's Central Europe operations (an operating area cutting across Germany and Austria) comprise over 4,000 professionals, servicing more than 80 leading German and Austrian companies such as Commerzbank, Daimler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Borse, as well as a growing set of upper midsize companies. The TCS Proximity Solution Center in Dusseldorf for high-end projects and programs serves as a front end to the TCS Global Network Delivery Model™, offering local-delivery capabilities and flexibility to German customers.