British Airways has been working with
Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) new UK Innovation Lab in
Peterborough, which officially opened on 26 April.
The IT services firm said that its new lab offers users a
multi-supplier IT environment where they can develop, incubate and
pilot IT projects, using the latest technologies.
Mike Croucher, head of IT delivery at British Airways said,
“The term innovation is used very loosely in the IT business, but
innovation that provides a real competitive advantage, or benefits
customers is invaluable.
"By taking a collaborative approach and working closely with us
at the Innovation Lab,
TCS has helped to support and enhance
BA's IT systems, enabling us to improve our service and
continue to reduce costs."
Core technologies the lab will focus on are mobile
communications; enterprise search; Enterprise 2.0 (including
SOA, Web 2.0,
SaaS);
utility computing; and
RFID.
The investment is the first of its kind by an Indian company,
and connects to 18 other
Tata Innovation Labs across the world.
AS Lakshminarayanan, vice-president and country manager, UK
& Ireland at TCS, said, “The focus of the UK Innovation Lab
will go beyond technology innovation and develop solutions that
result in higher productivity and business innovation for our
customers.
This lab provides customers with a unique opportunity to
experience a high degree of certainty before committing to
big-budget implementations.”
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