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CA partners with TCS
By siliconindia staff writer
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Tuesday, 01 February 2005, 20:30 IST
BANGALORE: Computer Associates International, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), the largest IT services company in India and among the top services organisations in the world to secure its operations covering 55 centers globally by deploying CA's e Trust end-to-end security solutions.
As per the agreement, CA will implement CA eTrust, encompassing Identity & Access Management Solution, Security Command Center/SOC, Perimeter Solution for URL Filtering and content filtering across their enterprise globally. This is a part of the Enterprise Management Program-Security Stream Initiative that TCS has embarked upon as part of an overall multi vendor (of which CA is a part) defense in depth security architecture which would provide ease of compliance to various regulatory
requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, privacy requirements, etc. TCS complies with BS7799 standards and has 35 of its facilities certified for the same.
We chose CA as one of our partner because they are an end-to-end security solutions provider and are acknowledged amongst industry players as providing best-of-breed security solutions. Given the criticality of our business and global delivery, we wanted to have a partner that could provide us global support and deliver solution that is robust, integrated, and expandable and could support multiple
platforms. We look forward to a valued relationship that will help us keep our business secure and reinforce our position as a global leader, said K Ananth Krishnan, Vice President Tata Consultancy Services Limited.
CA is the single largest management software company globally to provide end-to-end security products and solutions in the Identity and Access Management Space. Globally, more and more organizations face extreme challenges in protecting their businesses from security vulnerabilities, threats and need to comply with regulatory compliance(s) such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA, and privacy requirements etc.
CA with this large security project and strategic alliance with TCS, establishes a strong partner to address the security consultancy and services needs in the Global Market Place.
TCS choice of CA was based on its comprehensive product line which covers almost every aspect of TCS requirement and multi-platform support and compatibility across the heterogeneous platforms of TCS (starting right from Mainframe to UNIX, Linux and Wireless technologies).
TCS is also helping CA in enhancing and defining some of their security products. TCS inputs would thereby help CA in positioning their security products to other large global users more effectively.
TCS has a huge experience in IT Consulting, Software Services, Systems Integration and Engineering Services and is one of the respected global IT giants. It has large customers globally, and the need to provide security at that level is paramount and critical. TCS has got appreciation worldwide not only from its customers but also industry peers for providing impeccable Service Level Agreement (SLAs). The
partnership with CA is one step in this direction. CA is proud to partner with TCS and will leverage this association to strengthen its market leadership, said Ninad Karpe Managing Director for India and SAARC, CA Computer Associates India Pvt. Ltd.