TCS Cited as a Leader in SAP Services Providers Report By Independent Research Firm

TCS recognized for its strong client satisfaction rating and strategy

Mumbai, India, May 16, 2011: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 523540, NSE: TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, today announced that Forrester Research, Inc., an independent research firm, cited TCS as a Leader in its April 20, 2011 report titled “The Forrester Wave™: SAP Services Providers, Q2 2011”.

Forrester evaluated 19 SAP implementation providers based on 65 criteria. The criteria were broken down into three categories: current offering, strategy and market presence.

According to the report, “TCS was the first Indian provider to become a global SAP services partner and continues to be a leading offshore firm in the SAP services market. TCS has continued to invest in strategy consulting, making it a candidate for large, complex, transformational projects — as well as its global footprint — allowing it to serve clients across all of the major geographies. Key areas of industry focus include manufacturing, retail and utilities.”

TCS’ comprehensive portfolio of offerings span the complete lifecycle of SAP enterprise solutions — enabling enterprises to transform, enhance and optimize. These offerings include advisory services, implementation and post-implementation support. In addition, TCS has created industry-specific solutions including dealer business management and legal management solutions.

“In addition to offering SAP services for more than 15 years, TCS is one of the largest and fastest growing global partners of SAP,” said Raman Venkatraman, Global Head, SAP Practice, Tata Consultancy Services. “We leverage our strategic partnership with SAP to help customers across industries integrate processes, streamline operations and simplify the business and technology landscape.”

Read the report: The Forrester Wave™: SAP Services Providers, Q2 2011

This is the second report in 2011 in which TCS has been featured as an industry leader. TCS was named a leader in the March 2011 report titled “The Forrester Wave™: Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing, Q1 2011”.

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPS, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™,recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 285,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $11.6 billion for year ended March 31, 2013 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.