TCS to provide software for Ferrari's F1 cars
The Hindu — June 27, 2007

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday said it had entered into an agreement with Scuderia Ferrari to provide entire software for the Italian automaker's Formula One (F1) cars.

"We will provide the whole range of software requirement for the F1 cars of Ferrari. This is a prestigious feat for us since the precision is very high," TCS chief executive officer S Ramadorai said.

From car electronics to safety, aerodynamics to trouble-shooting, TCS would work with the F1 team to provide IT-based solutions before, during and between races, he added.

The two companies had in 2004 entered into an agreement, under which it would provide IT and engineering services and assist the development of F1 racing cars and Ferrari sports cars.

Ramadorai said the company had already put in place a specialist team of 40 professionals to continuously monitor the project in Italy.

"Auto and aerospace form an important vertical in the company's engineering software division," Ramadorai said.

He said the engineering software division contributed almost six per cent of its total revenue and almost 18 per cent of that comes from the aerospace sector.