TCS, Wipro secure major IT services projects
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TCS, Wipro secure major IT services projects
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has secured a five-year project to build and operate a State Wide Area Network (SWAN) in Andhra Pradesh. The project will be based on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) model. This is the fourth SWAN project TCS has bagged in a row. Wipro, an outsourcing firm also announced that it had won a three-year IT services contract from Aquarion Water Company, one of the largest water utilities in the U.S. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The project will enable the Andhra Pradesh government to start and run various e-governance projects and citizen services. This would bring about significant efficiencies in G2G and G2C services of the state, which will help in bringing complete transformation in the e-governance structure. The project would be rolled out in 12 months and TCS will then maintain it for five years. "We are happy to partner with Tata Consultancy Services for this project. This ambitious APSWAN project is an initiative of the state government to take a wide array of government services to the common man in the remotest corner of the state," Dr. Sameer Sharma, (IAS) IT Secretary & Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Technology Services told IndiaInfoline. TCS has however not disclosed the financial details of the contract. The IT firm is currently developing similar projects for three other regional governments in the country, it said in a statement. "This win is yet another endorsement of TCS' capabilities in the full services space. We are extremely happy to engage further with the Andhra government. For APSWAN, we will lay a statewide network of IT infrastructure and set up common service centres for citizens to take advantage of e-government services delivered at their doorstep. TCS would set up a state-of-the-art Network Operations Centre (NOC) and helpdesk for round the clock monitoring of the facility and services," said Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President and Head of government ISU.

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