TCS bags contract from Cardiff City Council

UK's Cardiff Council signed a 15 year deal with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), reportedly worth £150mn (Rs11.64bn). Under the deal, TCS will work alongside Cardiff’s own IT department. Cardiff Council said none of its staff will be transferred to TCS. The deal will support Cardiff’s transformational agenda in which it is attempting to improve shared services across public sector bodies in the city, alongside improvements in citizen services. It beat IBM and BT to the contract. The supplier will integrate different software platforms used by the council, including SAP, as well as focusing on workflow, automating business processes, and improving knowledge management and business intelligence. Cardiff is the first council to work with TCS, which has work in central government including a contract with the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.