Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has agreed a five-year deal with Penneys to overhaul the retailer’s IT systems to accelerate new store openings in Europe and the US.
TCS has worked with Penneys, which trades as Primark outside of Ireland, since 2016, overseeing business-critical integration programmes and stabilising core platforms for the company.
TCS has also enhanced Penneys’ cybersecurity capabilities and improved the stability and reliability of its processes and systems.
As part of the new partnership, TCS will aim to make Penneys’ technology operating environment more resilient and efficient, helping to reduce time-to-market for the company.
TCS will also assist Penneys in adopting a more agile and product-based operating model by enabling automation through intelligent automation and DevOps technologies.
The company said the new operating model would integrate and optimise application development, testing and maintenance processes.
“To help support our ambitious growth plans we’re expanding our partnership with TCS to build a robust, resilient, and reliable IT operating environment to become …