TCS named a leader in SAP cloud migration services by NelsonHall

Tata Consultancy Services’ Crystallus™ offering, industry cloud focus, tools and automation assets, and broad SAP ERP cloud migration experience highlighted as key strengths

London | Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has been positioned as a Leader in the NelsonHall NEATs for SAP Cloud Migration Services, including SAP S/4HANA Transformation Services and Legacy Migration Services1.

The report cites TCS’s Crystallus™ offering and industry cloud focus, tools and automation assets to support the full migration lifecycle, and broad SAP ERP cloud migration experience as key strengths.

“TCS has been helping enterprises embark on purpose-led transformation journeys by building a future-ready, cloud-based digital core leveraging S/4HANA and facilitating innovation through new business models and transformation,” said Akhilesh Tiwari, global head, Enterprise Application Services, TCS. “This leadership positioning by an independent, third-party research firm is a testament to our vision, strategic focus on cloud and related services, deep expertise in SAP technologies, investments in innovation and intellectual property, and the resultant market success.”

TCS combines its market-leading cloud capabilities with industry insights, its Machine First™ delivery model (MFDM™), proprietary tools and accelerators, and a contextualised client-centric approach to help customers accelerate their transformation journeys. TCS has streamlined its cloud services business into five strategic units – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, TCS’s own private cloud, and a cloud consulting arm, to help customers create and execute their cloud strategies. TCS’s comprehensive SAP cloud services portfolio covers strategy, design, migration and modernisation, implementation, business continuity and benefit realisation.

TCS Crystallus is a set of pre-configured industry and business solutions that accelerate SAP S/4HANA-enabled digital transformations, giving enterprise customers a competitive edge. The ready-to-deploy solutions include assets and accelerators that kick-start enterprises’ digital transformation journeys leveraging intelligent technologies and SAP S/4HANA as the digital core. The solutions ensure faster and superior business outcomes with reduced risks and assured business continuity during the transformation.

TCS leverages a host of automation tools across the conversion lifecycle. TCS Datasure helps migrate high volumes of master and transaction data from a legacy environment into the cloud, while an automated code remediation tool shortens the conversion timeline and enables effective tracking, and industry-specific test suites ensure accelerated and compliant deployment.

“TCS is focusing on building capabilities and offerings that align with the growing demand from clients for cloud adoption along with business transformation. Migrating SAP to the cloud requires consulting, planning and a tailored execution, specifically designed to an industry's requirements. TCS Crystallus positions it well to support clients across industry sectors as they seek to modernise their ERP landscapes,” said David McIntire, IT Services Research Director, NelsonHall.

TCS’s SAP-related services include design thinking, advisory, innovation consulting, implementation and other digital support services. TCS helps customers evaluate newer digital offerings such as SAP S/4HANA®, SAP® C/4HANA, SAP® SuccessFactors, SAP® Ariba, SAP® Cloud Platform and SAP® HANA Data Management Suite, and define their roadmap, architecture and strategy. Its innovation and demo centres in Cincinnati-US, Paris-France, Mumbai-India and Tokyo-Japan help customers gain a first-hand experience of SAP’s new products and global innovations through a digital transformation ecosystem.

1 SAP ERP Cloud Migration: Modernizing the Enterprise, David McIntire, NelsonHall, January 2021