Deals

SAP Wins Indian Navy Automation Deal



SAP AG today grabbed the prestigious turnkey contract from the Indian Navy

for implementing an enterprise-wide central online financial information system

(FIS). SAP secured the contract through an open product agnostic tender

scenario. System integrator, Wipro participated in the tender and quoted SAP

software as the best-fit solution that met the Indian Navy requirements,

followed by an elaborate technical evaluation process. The project is expected

to go live by September 2011. Indian Navy will seek to unify its business

processes and automated financial information systems to lower the overall

maintenance costs, improve management decision-making and resource management,

and enhance combat readiness.

Spanco Bags IT Deals from Anna Centenary Library



Spanco has won the IT contract to create IT infrastructure and deploy advanced
library management systems at the the Anna Centenary Library (ACL) of Chennai.

The project aims to implement the most modern technology in library management

available globally. ACL is one of the landmark projects for the State of Tamil

Nadu which is being built with an estimated investment of Rs 165 crore. The

library is being built on 8 acre of land which will have a capacity of 1,250

people at a time and a separate auditorium with seating capacity of 1,280 people

in addition to a amphitheater on the terrace. Such a huge infrastructure

requires complex technology solutions which will encompass integration and

networking of the library, book management system, RFID along with security and

surveillance. The IT system being built by Spanco will cover more than 1.2 mn

books, e-journals and e-books.

HCL Techs Saudi Deal



HCL Technologies has signed a seven year IT outsourcing services agreement with
Saudi Arabias Al Majdouie Group to provide end-to-end services for a period of

seven years. As per the deal, HCL is to develop infrastructure, implement an

Oracle e-business suite with more than seventy modules, and manage the IT

infrastructure of Al Majdouie which is a transportation, freight forwarding,

logistics and distribution company. HCLs end-to-end IT services would enable

the Al Majdouie Group to streamline business processes and integrate seamlessly

across all the group companies.

Tata Comm Ties Up with German Firm



Tata Communications has been chosen by German reinsurance companyHannover Re to
deploy and run its telepresence facilities, serving the groups internal teams

in eighteen locations across sixteen countries worldwide. Under the agreement,

Tata Communications will provide Hannover Re with a solution that includes

deployment and installation of rooms, maintenance, management and concierge

service for scheduling and reservations.

Wipro Chosen by IRDA



Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has selected IT major

Wipro to develop and implement its integrated management system (IGMS). Earlier,

it had shortlisted TCS, CMC, Wipro, NSE IT and Deloitte for the project. The web

based grievance management system can capture everything happening in insurance

companies regarding policy-holder grievance management. The objective behind the

new system is to expand the scope of complaint redressal mechanism.

Genpact Ties Up with Federal-Mogul



Genpact has signed a three year contract with Federal-Mogul Corporation. Under
this contract, Genpact would provide a single-point-of-contact help desk,

supporting the markets of the North America, Europe, South America and Asia for

Federal-Mogul. The help desk would operate 24x7 and in multiple languages

including Japanese, Mandarin, German, French, Italian, Polish and Portuguese.

Federal-Mogul is a $5.3 bn leading global supplier of powertrain and safety

technologies for original equipment and aftermarket applications in the

automotive, railroad, aerospace and industrial markets.