(25 January 2008 7:25 pm)

MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) has announced an agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (SPE) to develop and deploy service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions that allows Sony and its customers to better use all of its IT assets to advance their business goals.

The SOA solutions combine a set of technologies, tools, patterns and standards from Sony Pictures, TCS and BEA Systems to help enterprise organisations align business functions for greater flexibility and efficiency.

Sony Pictures and TCS have created a SOA framework that enables enterprise organisations to quickly sense and respond to changing market conditions. Centered on the deployment of reusable and network-aware applications, the SOA framework leverages key business assets within and beyond enterprise boundaries, with interoperability, independent of platforms, languages and protocols. The framework benefits enterprise organizations across various industry verticals including media and entertainment, insurance, banking, retail, financial services and manufacturing.

In addition to substantial return on Investment, the SOA approach enables enterprise organisations to streamline business processes and benefit from a reduction in development time and maintenance effort, services accessibility, an "always-on" infrastructure and improved data integrity and delivery capabilities, among others.

"TCS has been heavily involved in SOA activities for clients all over the globe and have the processes, methodologies and skills in place to help them maximize their success," said TCS executive director and COO N Chandrasekaran.