BP selects Tata consulting unit as a strategic information technology vendor
By APThursday, August 27, 2009
BP selects Tata as technology vendor
NEW YORK — Tata Consultancy Services, a unit of India’s Tata Group conglomerate, said Thursday it was selected as a strategic information technology vendor for BP PLC, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies.
Terms were not disclosed.
The deal is part of a year-old effort by BP to lower costs by consolidating its information technology vendors for application development and maintenance.
Tata will work on refining, manufacturing and corporate IT maintenance.
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