Tata becomes SAP's first Asian global partner
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     Thursday, 01 June 2006, 19:30 IST                                                   
                                                                                              
                                                                                          
                                                                                             
    
                                       
               
  
      
  
    
          
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services has become software giant SAP's first Asian global partner for services, the two companies said at SAP's Sapphire customer event in Paris.
Tata joins 12 other international consultancies including Accenture, Capgemini and HP Consulting as a global services partner of the German software company.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will develop software applications to run on top of SAP platforms as well as being a preferred implementer of SAP systems.
TCS currently employs more than 2,200 staff worldwide working on SAP services. In total, it has 62,000 IT consultants in 35 countries.