TCS and Cloudera Join Forces to Deliver Big Data and Analytics Services Globally

Partnership Helps Customers Fully Harness Big Data by Implementing Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub

NEW YORK | MUMBAI, August 25, 2014: Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NYSE: TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced a partnership with Cloudera, a leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™, certifying TCS’ global team of Big Data experts through the Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP) program. TCS’ products are also validated through the Cloudera Certified Technology Program (CCTP), which was created to simplify technology buyers’ adoption of Apache Hadoop platforms and applications that have been tested, validated and certified to work with a Cloudera enterprise data hub.

"In our client engagements and market research, we find that Big Data is playing a central role in helping enterprises reimagine their businesses. Hadoop is fast becoming the platform of choice for Big Data analytics. We have seen Cloudera's pioneering contributions to the Hadoop ecosystem right from 2008 and have been partnering with them in several client engagements across several industries in the last few years,” said Dr. Satya Ramaswamy, Global Head for TCS Digital Enterprise. “We are excited about our partnership with Cloudera in bringing cost effective Big Data analytics to our customers around the world by combining TCS' deep domain knowledge, Big Data products and engineering strength with Cloudera's Hadoop distribution, innovation and expertise."

TCS enables its customers to fully leverage Cloudera Enterprise data hubs through its extensive range of Big Data solutions, including strategy definition, use case identification, infrastructure setup and management, application development and maintenance, testing, advanced analytics, and predictive modeling. Moreover, TCS’ Global Network Delivery Model (GNDM™) leverages diverse technical, language and domain-specific capabilities to deliver the highest quality, timely solutions.

"TCS has invested in Cloudera by forming the world’s largest group of Cloudera Certified Professionals, while also developing capabilities on Cloudera Enterprise,” said Tom Reilly, chief executive officer of Cloudera. “Together, we have a strong track record of delivering results to customers on their Big Data journey. By working with TCS, customers can be confident that they have the right foundation and capabilities to reach success. We are proud to be partners with TCS and continue our combined growth in the years ahead.“

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.

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About Cloudera

Cloudera is revolutionizing enterprise data management by offering the first unified Platform for Big Data, an enterprise data hub built on Apache Hadoop™. Cloudera offers enterprises one place to store, process and analyze all their data, empowering them to extend the value of existing investments while enabling fundamental new ways to derive value from their data. Only Cloudera offers everything needed on a journey to an enterprise data hub, including software for business critical data challenges such as storage, access, management, analysis, security and search. As the leading educator of Hadoop professionals, Cloudera has trained over 22,000 individuals worldwide. Over 1,000 partners and a seasoned professional services team help deliver greater time to value. Finally, only Cloudera provides proactive and predictive support to run an enterprise data hub with confidence. Leading organizations in every industry plus top public sector organizations globally run Cloudera in production.

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