COMPANY INFORMATION: Tata Consultancy Services

                 

COMPANY INFORMATION: Tata Consultancy Services

•      It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services in India

•      TCS is a Member of TATA Group

FOUNDED:

1968

CHAIRMAN:

Ratan Tata

HEAD QUARTERS:

Mumbai

WORLDWIDE OFFICE PRESENCE:

Over 42 countries with more than 142 branches across the globe

EMPLOYEES:

Over

2,02,039(2 Lacs 2 thousand and thirty nine)

REVENUE:

8.2 Billion Dollars (as on March 31, 2011)

SOFTWARE PRODUCTS:

TCS Bancs, Digital Certification Products., Healthcare Management Systems

CLIENTS:

Some of the popular clients are AVIVA,

British Airways, Philips Semiconductors,

Cisco,  Sony

Electronic

Arts, ING Group,

Motorola,

Microsoft,

TCS - HISTORY:

1. History it began as the "Tata Computer Centre", for the company Tata Group whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies.

2.  F C Kohli was the first general manager. J. R. D. Tata was the first chairman

3.      TCS's first international order came from Burroughs, one of the first business computer manufacturers

4.      TCS bag its first onsite project - the Institutional Group & Information Company (IGIC) 5. During 2005, TCS ventured into a new area for IT services – Bioinformatics

TCS - ACHIEVEMENTS:

1.      TCS is “the second-largest employer” after Coal India Limited.

2.      It bagged the “country's first software project”, the Inter-Branch Reconciliation System (IBRS) for the Central Bank of India.

3. It is the “largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of  BPO (business process outsourcing)” services in India

4.      In 1981, TCS set up “India's first software research and development centre”, the Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC) in Pune. 

5.      TCS is the “76th Most Trusted Brand” according to The Brand Trust Report, 2011

6.      TCS has one of the “lowest attrition rates” in the Indian IT industry

7.      In 2008, the TCS developed a product called mKrishi; it won the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award in the Wireless category. (mKrishi is a service that would enable India's farmers to receive useful data on an inexpensive mobile device)

TCS - RECENT NEWS: 

1. TCS is planning to hire 50000 associates in 2012 

2.          TCS has got contract from “Credit Union Australia”  

3.          (TCS) has received a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to provide application support, maintenance and development services from US-based “Air Liquide”