OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, announced that it had fully integrated the ICT infrastructure of Royal Haskoning and DHV in a record time of six months. Royal Haskoning and DHV merged in 2012 under the new name Royal HaskoningDHV and are recognised as one of the world's leading consulting engineering firms. Due to the swift and successful integration, TCS has been upgraded to strategic partner for Royal HaskoningDHV.

Eric Overvoorde, CIO of Royal HaskoningDHV, remarked: “TCS has constantly raised the bar with its strong expertise and has helped Royal Haskoning in the past to expand its global footprint. This ICT integration in a record time of six months is a great milestone. We are confident with TCS as a strategic partner, we will deliver value-added services to our clients and further widen our global reach.”

On December 12, 2013, TCS received a Tommie award for “The Most Innovative Sourcing Vendor 2013” for its efforts for IT integration post the merger. In the same ceremony, Mr Overvoorde was rated as the “Most Inspirational Sourcing leader 2013”. The awards recognise projects and people that gain business success and demonstrate the power of strategic sourcing.

Amit Kapur, regional director and head of Benelux at TCS, said: “As strategic partner to Royal HaskoningDHV, we remain highly focused on enabling their future objectives. The rapid integration and the accompanying market recognition in the Netherlands with the Tommie award is testament to our ability to get things done with the speed needed to succeed in today's fast-paced world.”