INCAT opens new offices in Coventry

Mumbai:The move is helping to create a number of new engineering and IT job opportunities in the area, especially as the firm has landed a new contract to help Jaguar Land Rover – now owned by Tata – to reconfigure its IT systems following its disposal by Ford.

Jaguar Land Rover has appointed to help with the process of transferring IT applications from Ford to the new standalone company. The contract, which runs until 2013, will see INCAT help with the transition of more than 1,000 IT applications from Ford to the new company.

The complex programming work will involve a team of up to 100 INCAT staff, including project managers, functional analysts and technical experts working alongside JLR and Ford IT staff to complete the transfer, which is expected to take up to 18 months. The INCAT team will be based at Land Rover’s Lode Lane site in Solihull for the duration of the work.

The contract has a second part which will see INCAT provide ongoing technical support for the transitioned applications for the next five years. This will involve a team of approximately 250 INCAT staff, located both in the Coventry area and offshore at INCAT’s delivery centre in Pune, and will leverage support from its parent, Tata ConsultancyServices (TCS).

The INCAT team will gain expertise of the applications from the current support providers at Ford, and then manage the ongoing provision of support to equivalent service levels. Both activities reinforce INCAT’s expansion of facilities and resources in the British Midlands.

Commenting on this priority for the Indian companies, Mrs Chandrika Shah, Country Representative, British Midlands said, “This is a great outcome for both INCAT and Jaguar Land Rover, as well as for All Indian companies looking to invest in the British Midlands as it will help with the all IT related Engineering and Development and can provide technical experts as well as analytical help within the area of expertise. INCAT offers the most robust and complete set of service provisions to meet our needs with the least risk. Recognising that INCAT is also owned by Tata, we have been particularly sensitive to the need to treat them as we would any other vendor.”

She further added, “No advantageous insight has been available to the INCAT team, who worked with us in a very professional manner throughout the research phase.”