IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Microsoft Corporation on Wednesday entered into a global services partnership, under which the two would jointly help in enhancing value of their IT investments.
Under the deal, TCS would combine its global delivery model and software quality assurance with Microsoft's platform innovation, besides extending the alliance to several other initiatives, TCS chairman and managing director S Ramadorai said in a release in Mumbai.
The announcement was made after a meeting between Microsoft chief executive officer Steven A Ballmer and Ramadorai, as part of the former's three-day visit to India.
The deal would also help TCS in reinforcing its position as a global leader in the software and systems integration business, it added.
At present, TCS is also engaged in numerous joint initiatives with Microsoft, covering industry domains as well as broad technology areas that comprehensively address customer needs across all aspects of IT process, application, infrastructure and security, it said.