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insurers in accelerating their transition to cloud-based platforms
and provide end-to-end engineering with a strong European
nearshore presence. We welcome the CTC team into the Tech
Mahindra family, and we expect to achieve significant market and
service line synergies through this combination.” Through these
investments, Tech Mahindra will bolster its global leadership
and demonstrate its commitment in building differentiated
capabilities for accelerating the digital transformation in the
insurance, reinsurance, and financial services. CTC's expertise
and experience in delivering marquee solutions for customers
will complement Tech Mahindra's offering to provide end-to-
end digital engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
and DevSecOps capabilities. The acquisition will also help Tech
Mahindra to scale its European presence with over 700 highly
skilled IT professionals in contemporary technologies and
processes. Avraham Shaked, Co-Founder, Com Tec Co IT Ltd,
said, “Since our inception over 20 years ago, we have scaled
sustainably entirely through customers’ recommendations
and delivered award-winning strategic solutions for them in
the insurance and reinsurance industry. Becoming a part of a
directly reach their customers through digital channels. Surance is global entity like Tech Mahindra will give us immediate access to
an end-to-end personal cyber insurance solution that focuses on global scale and create a tremendous growth and development
vulnerability assessment, cyber protection, and cyber insurance opportunity for our people and the business.” The acquisition
coverage. Vivek Agarwal, President - BFSI, HLS, and Corporate underlines Tech Mahindra’s focus on digital growth, under the
Development, Tech Mahindra, said, “The Insurance industry is NXT.NOWTM framework, which is focused on leveraging next
currently undergoing a significant transformation which is driven generation technologies to deliver disruptive solutions today,
by new emerging business models, that are powered by disruptive and further enable digital transformation, meet the evolving and
digital technologies. In order to enable this digital transformation, dynamic needs of its customers.
we are investing in strengthening our capabilities to support

Tech Mahindra Achieves Data Analytics Specialization in Google Cloud
Partner Advantage Program

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, with the expertise and solutions they need to get the most out
consulting, and business re-engineering services & solutions, has of their cloud investments.” Tech Mahindra is a Google Cloud
announced that it has achieved the Data Analytics specialization Partner with over 1000 trained resources. The company is slated
certification in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program, to triple their Google Cloud workforce by 2023 to help customers
solidifying its expertise within the data analytics space. This is the enable digital transformation by leveraging Google Cloud with a
fourth recognition for Tech Mahindra’s partnership with Google focus on Anthos, IOT, AI/ML and digital workspaces. It has built
Cloud. As a premier partner for Google Cloud, Tech Mahindra has a dedicated Google Cloud Practice which includes consulting
been at the forefront of enabling cloud adoption for enterprises services for assessing the migration of workloads, including
globally. Suri Chawla, Global Head, Cloud.NXT, Tech Mahindra SAP, to Google Cloud; Managed Services for providing ongoing
said, “At Tech Mahindra, we are committed to continuously services and Domain Solutions based on Next-Gen technologies
develop our ability to bring the latest state of the art technology like IOT, Analytics and AI/ML. Tech Mahindra is also a Strategic
to our customers and enhance business value across various GSI partner for Google Cloud across North America, EMEA and
industries by leveraging Google Cloud. We are uniquely positioned APAC regions. Tech Mahindra believes in DigitALL philosophy for
to leverage Google Cloud Edge technology, 5G, and securely comprehensive Business Transformation. Digital technologies
manage network centric solutions with Google Cloud Anthos for catalyze the transformations – they humanize businesses by
our clients. Being accredited with Data Analytics Specialization helping them think, sense, connect, communicate, secure and
is yet another testament to our commitment towards the act better than before. As part of NXT.NOWTM framework, which
same.” Derrik Thompson, Global Head of Partner Differentiation, aims to enhance ‘Human Centric Experience’, Tech Mahindra
Google Cloud said, “We’re thrilled that Tech Mahindra has focuses on investing in emerging technologies and solutions that
achieved the Data Analytics Specialization in the Google Cloud enable digital transformation and meet the evolving needs of the
Partner Advantage Program. This specialization shows Tech customer.
Mahindra’s continued commitment to providing customers

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