TCS and AWS Forge Partnership, Aiming to Upskill 25,000 in GenAI and Cloud


TCS and AWS Forge Partnership, Aiming to Upskill 25,000 in GenAI and Cloud
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has revealed a long-term collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of this agreement, AWS will assist in the training of 25,000 employees from TCS, India's leading IT services provider, in cutting-edge cloud and GenAI capabilities. TCS, boasting a workforce of over 350,000 trained in AI/ML, including GenAI, asserts its readiness to cultivate one of the most extensive AI-proficient workforces globally.
TCS has been recognized as one of the early Global System Integrator Partners to attain the AWS GenAI competency. This designation is awarded to partners who demonstrate profound expertise and technical acumen in leveraging AWS technologies and adhering to best practices for integrating generative AI solutions.
These AWS Partners facilitate the seamless integration and deployment of AWS-based solutions to meet the unique needs of all customers, from startups to global enterprises. The competency is a recognition of TCS for its role in helping customers and the AWS Partner Network (APN) in the progression of services, tools, and infrastructure pivotal for the implementation of GenAI technologies such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Sagemaker Jumpstart, Amazon Q, and Amazon CodeWhisperer.
Krishna Mohan, Vice President and Deputy Head, AI.Cloud Unit, TCS said, “Achieving AWS generative competency as a launch partner is a result of TCS’ industry-leading and forward-looking investments along with our deep collaboration with AWS. Our early and holistic focus in bringing generative AI capabilities at scale for our customers including AWS generative AI practice reflects TCS’ commitment towards enabling businesses with next-generation technologies for driving enterprise agility, innovation, and growth”.
In 2023, TCS reportedly achieved a milestone by establishing the inaugural business unit exclusively dedicated to AI and cloud technologies, making it the pioneering technology company to do so. This AI. Cloud unit caters to the evolving demands of clients seeking to embrace cloud and AI solutions, facilitating enterprises in optimizing customer experiences, augmenting productivity, and refining operational efficiency. TCS purportedly offers a suite of GenAI services and solutions encompassing consultancy and advisory services, solution conceptualization and prototyping, and comprehensive training in large language models.