TCS To Help Rolls-Royce In Digital Transformation

TCS to help Rolls Royce in digital transformation

Nishant Sharma @nishantstv

16 Nov 2017, 12:03 AM IST

An employee fits the nose cone to a Trent 700 aircraft engine on the production line at the Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc factory in Derby, U.K. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

Indian information technology major Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. today expanded its partnership with British aircraft engine maker Rolls Royce beyond engineering services and will now help the British firm accelerate its ‘Digital First’ vision.

As part of the agreement, Rolls Royce will use TCS’ connected universe platform to collect and share data, analyse insights and to create new solutions for customers. TCS will provide the Internet of Things digital platform capability across Rolls-Royce so that new products and services can be developed at pace, the company said.

“This partnership will allow us to collect and share different types of data from multiple sources, and use it to create new solutions and to help us run our operations more efficiently,” said Neil Crockett, Chief Digital Officer, Rolls Royce said in an interview to BloombergQuint. Rolls Royce is open to collaborate with new age technology companies or startups in the area of artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, Crockett added.

(From L-R) Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce, India and South Asia, Ben Story, Strategic Marketing Director, Rolls-Royce, Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO & Managing Director, TCS and Neil Crocket, Chief Digital Officer, Rolls-Royce pose for the cameras at the partnership announcement. (Source: Rolls Royce)

Besides, Rolls Royce and TCS have set up a data analytics hub in Bengaluru and is looking is looking to expand it in the next one year.

Rolls-Royce, which has customers in more than 150 countries, has been a strategic partner to the Indian Air Force since 1933. The company currently employs more than 1,700 engineers in India, 500 of whom are in Bengaluru.