TCS inks 5 yr deal with Malaysia Airlines

Mumbai: TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) have signed a five year contract for IT infrastructure services. The partnership is the part of MAS' strategic IT outsourcing programme to transform the airline's IT operations, as part of MAS' Business Transformation Plan (BTP2) to deliver internal customer experience.

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MAS Chief Information Officer, Faridah Abdul Rahman said, "One of the key initiatives include fine-tuning our IT ousourcing strategy to deliver the required business results at lower cost. At the same time, we will continue to work with our key vendors to maximize service delivery and to proactively address other business requirements." She added, "TCS offers innovative value proposition to enable us to meet our requirements." However, the size of the deal was not disclosed.

TCS will undertake IT infrastructure management of MAS' data centers, IT networks and IT security. TCS will also set up an ITIL V3 compliant service management organization under a unique 'Build, Operate and Transfer' methodology for MAS.

Vish Iyer, TCS Head of TCS Asia Pacific said, "We are delighted to partner with Malaysia Airlines and will leverage our expertise and best practices to help them achieve their strategic business transformation objectives, enabling them to capture the growth in the global aviation market."