The Indian IT services firm will build a new future-ready, strategic technology architecture to support JLR’s Reimagine strategy while offering a wide range of services including application development and maintenance, cloud migration, enterprise infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and data services
TCS to transform, optimise, and help manage Jaguar Land Rover's digital estate over the next five years. (Credit: Akki17690/Wikimedia Commons)
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has secured a contract worth £800m from the digital unit of automobile manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to transform, optimise, and help manage the latter’s digital estate over the next five years.
The Indian IT services firm will also build a new future-ready, strategic technology architecture to support JLR’s Reimagine strategy.
Under the new contract, TCS will offer a wide array of services including application development and maintenance, cloud migration, enterprise infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and data services.
Based in the UK, JLR is part of Indian automotive manufacturing company Tata Motors.
JLR enterprise performance and quality executive director Nigel Blenkinsop said: “Building world class partnerships and maximising the benefits of being part of the Tata Group is a key part of our Reimagine strategy. Consistent with this, we are pleased to expand our long-term relationship with TCS to accelerate our digital transformation.
”Their breadth of capabilities and deep understanding of our business will further enhance our ability to transform and simplify our Digital estate at pace, ensuring we can deliver a modern luxury experience for our clients.”
By utilising its contextual knowledge, domain expertise, proprietary platforms, partner ecosystem, and future-ready talent pool, TCS aims to improve JLR’s digital capacity and develop a new, future-ready digital core to underpin the latter’s business transformation.
The Indian company will also enable a leaner, more agile, and scalable operating model by deploying new technologies to transform core IT operations.
Beyond the scope of the contract, TCS is collaborating with JLR to help fast track its vision of a modern luxury client experience customised to different markets worldwide.
TCS manufacturing business group head Anupam Singhal said: “We are pleased to be selected by JLR as their strategic partner to help manage and transform their Digital estate and build a new, future-ready digital core that will support their Reimagine strategy and electrification plans.
”This is a truly bi-modal partnership where the efficiencies from leaner operations will help fund the new digital core, while our contextual knowledge and expertise will de-risk and accelerate that transformation.”