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☆ Tata Consultancy Services says 100,000 of its employees are already trained on generative AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTata Consultancy Services says 100,000 of its employees are already trained on generative AIN. Ganapathy Subramaniam, chief operating officer of Tata Consultancy Services, talks about the company's plans to monetize generative artificial intelligence tools, and outlines partnerships with companies like Nvidia.

Persons: Ganapathy Subramaniam Organizations: Tata Consultancy Services, Nvidia

☆ Indian shares open marginally higher on oil pullback; IT stocks slip
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A general view of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), after Sensex surpassed the 50,000 level for the first time, in Mumbai, India, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened marginally higher on Thursday as moderating oil prices boosted sentiment, while a slide in information technology (IT) stocks after Tata Consultancy Services' earnings capped gains. The NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was up 0.11% at 19,832.70 as of 9:16 a.m. IST, and the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) rose 0.10% to 66,549.26. Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H KOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Bharath Rajeswaran, Varun Organizations: Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, REUTERS, Rights, Tata Consultancy Services, NSE, BSE, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, Bengaluru

☆ AI may force IT spending into economic decoupling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Pranav Kiran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BENGALURU, Oct 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Global CEOs are under pressure from investors to adopt generative artificial intelligence into their businesses. Outsourcers like $200 billion Accenture are sounding the alarm. Accenture sold $300 million in generative AI deals in the year to August, less than 1% of its $72 billion in total new bookings. Blackstone-backed Mphasis, a smaller firm, says one-third of its total contract value of $707 million for the quarter to the end of June was from “pure AI deals”. The full spectrum of how businesses can use generative AI is still emerging but there are obvious applications: customer support agents and coders are seeing productivity increases of 14% and 55% respectively.

Persons: ChatGPT, Julie Sweet, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Global, Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Consulting, Gartner, Blackstone, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, U.S, India

☆ Insider Today: Israel's next steps
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementIn today's big story, we're looking at the latest developments in Israel's war with Hamas, including Israel's devastating airstrikes and a potentially complicated ground invasion of Gaza. What's on deck:Markets: Market experts detail how to cash in on an ailing bond market. Market experts detail how to cash in on an ailing bond market. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Israel war is also impacting another conflict: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, senior editor and anchor, in New York City.

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☆ India's TCS reports marginal Q2 profit beat, approves $2 bln share buyback
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Sethuraman N R | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of Tata Consultanct Services logo in this illustration, July 24, 2022. The company also approved share buyback worth 170 billion Indian rupees ($2.04 billion). Net profit rose 8.7% to 113.42 billion Indian rupees ($1.36 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30 from 104.31 billion rupees a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had expected a profit of 113.17 billion rupees, according to LSEG data. TCS said its order book for the July-September period stood at $11.2 billion - higher than the $8.1 billion worth of deals it signed a year ago.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Janane Organizations: Tata Consultanct Services, REUTERS, Rights, Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: U.S, Europe, Bengaluru

☆ India's TCS to consider share buyback next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Oct 6 (Reuters) - India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) on Friday said it will consider a share buyback when its board meets next Wednesday to approve second-quarter financial results. TCS, India's largest information technology (IT) services firm, did not disclose the quantum of the buyback it was considering. It had last bought back shares worth 160 billion rupees ($1.92 billion) in 2020. The buyback comes at a time Indian IT services companies are grappling with an uncertain demand environment, especially in the U.S., a key market for the sector. ($1 = 83.1740 Indian rupees)Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Varun H KOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Chris Thomas, Savio D'Souza, Varun Organizations: India's Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, Investors, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Indian, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Cognizant appoints former Wipro finance chief Jatin Dalal as CFO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 28 (Reuters) - Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH.O) on Thursday named former Wipro (WIPR.NS) chief financial officer Jatin Dalal as its CFO, a week after his resignation from the Indian information technology (IT) major. The pace of executive churn has picked up in the Indian tech industry in recent months. Dalal became Wipro's CFO in 2015, and with CEO Thierry Delaporte steered the company through the pandemic as demand for digital services boomed. "We are pleased to welcome Jatin to Cognizant and confident he will help us achieve our goals as we continue to focus on driving revenue growth," Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S said in the statement. Cognizant projected third-quarter revenue above estimates in August as more businesses turned to the IT services provider to digitize their operations.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jatin Dalal, Ravi Kumar S, Dalal, Jan Siegmund, Rajesh Gopinathan, Mohit Joshi, Wipro's, Thierry Delaporte, Jatin, Cognizant, Jaspreet Singh, Hritam Mukherjee, Varun Organizations: REUTERS, Technology Solutions, Wipro, Cognizant, Infosys, Indian, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Accenture warns of weaker fiscal 2024 as IT spending remains under pressure
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Irish services and consulting company Accenture is seen at an temporary office during the World Economic Forum 2022 (WEF) in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 25, 2022. Accenture expects first-quarter revenue in the range of $15.85 billion to $16.45 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast $16.43 billion. The company also forecast fiscal 2024 adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $11.97 to $12.32, below estimates of $12.45. The mid-point of its revenue growth forecast of 2% to 5% in local currency also fell short of estimates. Accenture's revenue rose 4% to $16 billion in the fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, compared with estimates of $16.08 billion.

Persons: Arnd, Julie Sweet, Chavi Mehta, Shinjini Organizations: Accenture, REUTERS, U.S, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, LSEG, Thomson Locations: Davos, Switzerland, Federal, Indian, Bengaluru

☆ India's Wipro slides after CFO Dalal resigns in latest high-profile exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Shares of Wipro (WIPR.NS) slid almost 3% on Friday, a day after long-serving CFO Jatin Dalal resigned in a surprise move, the latest senior level exit at the fourth-largest Indian IT services provider. Dalal's exit follows those of Chief Operations Officer Sanjeev Singh and several senior vice presidents as Wipro wades through a years-long turnaround of its business. Wipro has already forecast revenue from IT services would remain largely flat for the current quarter as clients cut spending. Shares of the company hit a near three-week low after news of the CFO change announced Thursday. Reporting by Chris Thomas and Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jatin Dalal, Sanjeev Singh, Dalal, Aparna Iyer, Rajesh Gopinathan, Mohit Joshi, Ravi Kumar, Chris Thomas, Nallur, Nivedita Organizations: Wipro, REUTERS, Rights, Indian, Wipro wades, Kotak, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Thomson Locations: India, United States, Bengaluru

☆ The No. 1 employer for happy and fulfilled workers is a truck stop and convenience store chain
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The company where workers feel most happy, fulfilled and stress-free can be seen from any given highway coast to coast. Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, the truck stop and convenience store chain, was rated the No. 1 company for employee well-being, according to a new report from Indeed. Indeed based the awards on employee ratings focused on four aspects related to worker well-being: happiness, purpose, satisfaction and stress. While that looks a bit different at each company and in different industries, a high Work Well-being Score means employees feel appreciated, supported and generally satisfied at work."

Persons: Love's, Walt Disney Company Apple Love's, Jessee Rigney, Harris, Rigney, Priscilla Koranteng Organizations: Stores, Delta Air Lines Tata Consultancy Services Accenture IBM, Wipro Infosys Nike Vans, Cognizant Technology Solutions Hallmark Microsoft Northrop Grumman FedEx Freight Dutch, Coffee, Walt Disney Company Apple, CNBC, Employees Locations: Oklahoma City, New York, California

☆ India's Infosys signs $1.5 bln contract to leverage AI solutions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An employee walks past a signage board in the Infosys campus at the Electronics City IT district in Bangalore, February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 15 (Reuters) - India's second-largest software services exporter Infosys (INFY.NS) said it signed a $1.5 billion contract for a 15-year period with a "global company". Under the deal, Infosys will provide enhanced digital experiences and business operation services, leveraging the company's platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, it said on Thursday. Infosys did not name the company nor mention whether it is an existing client. In July, Infosys signed a $2 billion deal with an existing client to provide AI and automation services for five years.

Persons: Vivek Prakash, Manvi, Janane Organizations: Infosys, Electronics City IT, REUTERS, Rights, Nvidia, Reliance Industries, Tata group's Tata Consultancy Services, Thomson Locations: Bangalore, U.S, Manvi Pant, Bengaluru

☆ India's TCS expands partnership with Britain's JLR in over $1 billion deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A member of staff works on the production line at Jaguar Land Rover’s factory in Solihull, Britain, December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 6 (Reuters) - India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) and Britain's Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have expanded their partnership, valued at more than 800 million pounds ($1.00 billion) over five years, the two Tata Group companies said on Wednesday. As part of the partnership, India's top IT services exporter would deliver a range of services for the vehicle manufacturer spanning application development and maintenance to cloud migration, cybersecurity and data services. TCS had in June signed a $1.1 billion contract with British pension scheme Nest. Rivals Infosys (INFY.NS) signed three deals between June and August, while HCL Technologies (HCLT.NS) secured a $2.1 billion deal with U.S. telecom major Verizon last month.

Persons: Phil Noble, Nandan Mandayam, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, India's Tata Consultancy Services, Rover, Tata Group, JLR, TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies, U.S, Verizon, Thomson Locations: Solihull, Britain, India, States, Bengaluru

☆ India's twin growth engines face turbulent weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUMBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - India’s gross domestic product grew 7.8% in the April to June quarter, its fastest pace in a year. The print preserves the South Asian nation’s title for the fastest-growing major economy, yet the eye-popping level may not sustain. A patchy monsoon and high food costs threaten the twin engines behind the latest headline figure. Meanwhile, El Nino weather conditions mean the winter agriculture crop could be as weak as the summer yield, keeping prices high for longer. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Narendra Modi’s, Modi, Shritama Bose, Pernod Ricard, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Tata Consultancy Services, Reserve Bank, India’s, X, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, El Nino

☆ India's Cyient posts Q1 profit jump but misses estimates as costs rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Hyderabad-based company reported a 45% rise in consolidated net profit of 1.68 billion rupees ($20.53 million)for the first quarter ended June 30th 2023, compared with 1.16 billion rupees a year ago. Analysts, on average, were expecting Cyient to earn 1.73 billion rupees ($21.14 million), as per Refinitiv data. Cyient said its U.S. subsidiary incurred legal costs of 111 million rupees ($1.36 million) during the quarter, and overall expenses rose 30%. For Cyient, revenue from its biggest Digital, Engineering and Technology (DET) segment rose to 14.5 billion rupees ($177.09 million), up from 10.6 billion rupees($129.58 million)a year earlier. Consolidated revenue from operations rose 35% to 16.9 billion rupees ($206.40 million) for the quarter.

Persons: Cyient, Krishna Bodanapau, Rishika Organizations: U.S, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Engineering, Technology, Thomson Locations: HYDERABAD, Hyderabad

☆ India's Infosys shares slide after cutting full-year growth outlook
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, July 21 (Reuters) - Shares of Infosys (INFY.NS), India's second-largest software exporter, fell as much as 9% on Friday, after the company halved its full-year revenue growth outlook and posted a weaker-than-expected first-quarter profit. The company cut its revenue guidance to 1%-3.5% on a constant currency basis from the previous 4%-7%. Infosys Chief Executive Salil Parekh attributed the guidance cut to delays in decision-making by clients. Last week, market leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) warned of an uncertain demand environment, while smaller peers HCLTech (HCLT.NS) and Wipro (WIPR.NS) reported and projected muted growth. ($1 = 82.0440 Indian rupees)Reporting by Varun Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sohini GoswamiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Salil Parekh, Varun Vyas, Sohini Goswami Organizations: Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru

☆ India's Infosys halves FY revenue growth outlook as clients cut spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sethuraman N R | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, July 20 (Reuters) - Infosys (INFY.NS), India's second-largest IT services firm by revenue, halved its full-year revenue forecast on Thursday and posted a first-quarter profit that missed estimates as clients cut back spending in a cloudy economic environment. Infosys' U.S.-listed shares fell nearly 7% in pre-market trading after the company cut its full-year revenue growth of 1%-3.5% on a constant currency basis from 4%-7% previously. There are some discretionary spending cuts from clients in the short-term and overall decision-making has slowed down, CEO Salil Parekh said in a media conference. Consolidated net profit rose 10.9% to 59.45 billion rupees ($725.5 million) in the three months to June 30, missing analysts' view of 61.41 billion rupees as per Refinitiv IBES. Businesses are cutting back spending on discretionary IT projects amid steep inflation that stoked interest rates.

Persons: Salil Parekh, Sonia Cheema Organizations: Infosys, U.S, Consolidated, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru

July 19 (Reuters) - Enterprise software provider IBM's (IBM.N) second-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, bogged down by tepid spending from businesses. Revenue growth in the U.S. and Western Europe was "muted" as the company wrapped up the cycle for its mainframe computers it launched last year, Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh said in an interview. Total revenue for the quarter ended June 30 fell 0.4% to $15.48 billion compared with analysts' average estimate of $15.58 billion, according to Refinitiv data. Analysts expect watsonx to aid the software business, which grew 7.2% to $6.6 billion during the reported quarter, thanks to enterprise digitization projects. Net income rose to $1.58 billion, or $1.72 per share, compared with $1.39 billion, or $1.53 per share, a year earlier.

Persons: James Kavanaugh, Chavi Mehta, Vinay Dwivedi Organizations: Enterprise, Accenture, India's Tata Consultancy Services, North, IBM, Thomson Locations: North America, U.S, Western Europe, Bengaluru

☆ India's Infosys signs five-year AI deal with $2 bln target spend
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, July 18 (Reuters) - India's second-largest software services exporter Infosys (INFY.NS) said on Monday it has signed a deal with an existing client to provide artificial intelligence (AI) and automation services that will span over five years, with a target spend estimated at $2 billion. AI and automation-related development, modernization and maintenance services are included in the agreement, the company said in an exchange filing. Infosys' move comes after rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) said it planned to train 25,000 engineers to get them certified on Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Azure Open AI. Other rival Wipro (WIPR.NS) has plans to invest $1 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) over the next three years. Bengaluru-based Infosys launched a platform called Infosys Topaz for generative artificial intelligence (AI) in late May.

Persons: ChatGPT, Navamya Ganesh, Nivedita Organizations: Infosys, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru

☆ A.I. will make an 'enormous impact' on the way we operate: Tata Consultancy Services
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailA.I. will make an 'enormous impact' on the way we operate: Tata Consultancy ServicesN. Ganapathy Subramaniam of the IT services firm says it has projects with its clients that are aimed at "checking out the applicability of generative A.I."

Persons: Ganapathy Subramaniam Organizations: Tata Consultancy Services

☆ India's Wipro commits $1 bln investment into AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, July 12 (Reuters) - Indian IT services provider Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS) said on Wednesday it planned to invest $1 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) over the next three years. The investments will focus on the expansion of AI, big data, and analytics solutions, as well as developing new research and development and platforms, it said in an exchange filing. This comes almost a week after rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) said it planned to train 25,000 engineers to get them certified on Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Azure Open AI. Companies across the world, from banks to big tech, have doubled down on investments in AI after ChatGPT, a generative AI chatbot by Microsoft-backed OpenAI took the world by storm in late 2022. "Especially with the emergence of generative AI, we expect a fundamental shift up ahead, for all industries," Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte said.

Persons: OpenAI, Thierry Delaporte, Navamya Ganesh, Rashmi Organizations: Indian IT, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Companies, Microsoft, Wipro ai360, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Indian, Bengaluru

☆ India's TCS to upskill 25,000 engineers on Microsoft's Azure Open AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BENGALURU, July 6 (Reuters) - Indian information technology (IT) company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) on Thursday said it plans to train 25,000 engineers to get them certified on Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Azure Open AI. The company also launched its new Generative AI Enterprise adoption offering for clients, making a bet on the rapidly growing artificial intelligence space. Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Navamya Ganesh, Janane Organizations: Tata Consultancy Services, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru

☆ Accenture's revenue forecast disappoints as IT spending weakness persists
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 22 (Reuters) - IT consulting firm Accenture forecast fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Thursday on worries that rising economic uncertainty will keep IT budgets tight and prevent businesses from signing fresh contracts. Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH.O) last month said it faced pressure in signing smaller contracts due to softer discretionary spending. Accenture forecast current-quarter revenue in the range of $15.75 billion to $16.35 billion. Accenture's new bookings, or deals in the pipeline, grew 2% to $17.2 billion in the third quarter. Revenue for the quarter ended May 31 was $16.56 billion, in line with estimates.

Persons: Jerome, Julie Sweet, Chavi Mehta, Pooja Desai Organizations: Accenture, Wall, U.S, Federal, Technology Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services, Revenue, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

Indian citizens are by far the most active users of the U.S. H-1B program and made up 73% of the nearly 442,000 H-1B workers in fiscal year 2022. Plans for a pilot program were first reported by Bloomberg Law in February. Each year, the U.S. government makes 65,000 H-1B visas available to companies seeking skilled foreign workers, along with an additional 20,000 visas for workers with advanced degrees. The pilot program would also include some workers with L-1 visas, which are available to people transferring within a company to a position in the U.S., one of the sources said. India has long had concerns with the difficulty its citizens face in receiving visas to live in the United States, including technology industry workers.

Persons: Biden, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Trevor Hunnicutt, Ted Hesson, Heather Timmons, Lincoln Organizations: State Department, Bloomberg Law, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Labor Department, Washington, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S, India, Washington, China . U.S

☆ India's TCS signs $1.1 bln contract with UK's Nest
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, June 21 (Reuters) - India's top IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) said on Wednesday that it has signed a new contract worth 840 million pounds ($1.1 billion) with British pension scheme Nest for an initial tenure of 10 years. The contract, to help Nest transform its administration services, if extended to the entirety of its 18-year tenure would be worth 1.5 billion pounds, TCS said in a statement. The deal comes at a time when Indian IT services companies are facing demand challenges in their key markets, the United States and Europe, where clients have cut spends amid worries about recession. TCS and Nest have been working together since 2011. Last week, TCS mutually terminated a $2 billion contract with insurance provider Transamerica, citing reasons that include a challenging macro environment.

Persons: Shailesh Organizations: Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, Indian, Investors, Sethuraman NR, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, United States, Europe, Bengaluru

☆ India's TCS, Transamerica end $2 bln contract due to macro environment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, June 16 (Reuters) - Indian information technology (IT) company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) said on Friday it has mutually agreed with insurance provider Transamerica to end a $2 billion contract, citing reasons including a challenging macro environment. The 10-year contract, signed in early 2018, involved TCS working with U.S.-based Transameria to enable the digitization of more than 10 million policies into a single integrated platform. Administration of those policies, including life insurance and retirement and investment solutions, will be moved to a new servicing model, which will take about 30 months, TCS said. "It's more of a sentimental negative rather than a big impact on the financials of TCS," said Siddhartha Khemka, head of retail research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services. "We don't see a big impact because of this.

Persons: Siddhartha Khemka, Khemka, Navamya Ganesh, Rashmi Aich, Sonia Cheema Organizations: Tata Consultancy Services, U.S, Administration, TCS, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Indian, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, United States, Europe, Bengaluru

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