Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has sealed a five-year contract with TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) for end-to-end information technology (IT) infrastructure services.
In a statement yesterday, MAS said the partnership was part of MAS’ strategic IT outsourcing programme to transform the airline’s IT operations, as part of its business transformantion plan (BTP2) to deliver seamless internal customer experience.
Chief information officer Faridah Abdul Rahman said: “This is in line with BTP2 to align the role of IT to the airline’s profit and loss. One of the key initiatives is fine-tuning our IT outsourcing strategy to deliver the required business results at lower cost.”
TCS will undertake IT infrastructure management of MAS’ data centres, IT networks and IT security.
TCS will also set up an ITIL V3 compliant service management organisation under a unique build, operate and transfer methodology for MAS.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, MAS announced a final dividend of 3 sen per share.
The entitlement date for the dividend is March 30, while the payment date is April 8.
Source:http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/16/business/20100316091334&sec=business
