ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), a global energy company with a growing asset base of over AED90 billion, has awarded a large 5-year contract to Wipro Ltd., a leading provider of IT and business transformation services to set up a dedicated offshore development center.
TAQA's strategic intent is to build and operate a geographically diverse global portfolio of energy businesses. To improve its focus on core competencies and to bring in efficiencies in its IT operations, TAQA will be outsourcing its infrastructure operations and application management to Wipro. As part of this engagement, Wipro will set up a dedicated offshore development center for TAQA at Wipro's newly developed state-of-the-art facility in Chennai, India. The offshore development center can house up to 185 concurrent resources and will scale over the next five years.
Speaking on the occasion, Yasser El Zein, GVP Technology (Abu Dhabi National Energy Company) said, "Wipro is TAQA's partner of choice. TAQA would like to leverage the strengths of a strategic and reliable IT partner like Wipro, with matured processes and proven expertise in supporting similar large global customers in the areas of infrastructure and application management."
Peter Barker Homek, CEO of TAQA said that TAQA, like all energy companies, was facing new challenges in the already complex sector. TAQA is constantly trying to improve its value chain by having access to accurate and efficient data storage and management capabilities. With high capital investment involved across the value chain process, effective risk management and increased operational excellence are our major priorities. Wipro will help TAQA deliver on greater efficiency and reliability."