OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organisation, today announced that it has been recognised with the FY13 Certified Implementation Specialist Leader award by Oracle PartnerNetwork for its commitment to customer enablement by achieving Oracle product certifications. The award signifies TCS's commitment to implementing Oracle solutions on a large scale and recognises TCS for certifying the largest number of new implementation specialists, more than 500, in Oracle's high-value growth products during fiscal year 2013 (June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013).

TCS has a long-standing relationship with Oracle, dating back to 1987. Today, the company is a Diamond level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork. With more than 15,000 Oracle-certified specialists across a variety of different product and speciality areas, TCS's specialists are equipped with the tools they need to develop and implement end-to-end solutions (such as Oracle on Oracle) for their customers. These trained specialists are supported by TCS's Centers of Excellence - 11 dedicated to Oracle technologies alone - which serve joint TCS Oracle customers in Asia Pacific, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and North America.

“We are committed to delivering comprehensive, industry-leading services to our customers and we consider our relationship with Oracle and our own consultant certification programme to be key components of that strategy,” said Sridhar Bakshi, global head, Oracle Practice, TCS. “We are proud to say that we are leaders in product certification. This demonstrates our commitment to being a valued partner for Oracle and ensures that our customers around the world are equipped with the Oracle solutions they need to support business growth.”

“The partner enablement and certification process provides Oracle customers the reassurance that their consultants have met and passed stringent testing requirements in specific products,” said Andy Bailey, senior vice president, strategic alliances, Oracle. “TCS is committed to ensuring their consultants are certified in Oracle's product suite, including our newest technologies, as they continue to expand their global Oracle delivery capabilities with a constant focus on delivering significant results to customers.”