Tech Mahindra has been roped in by Asahi Europe & International, a subsidiary of Japanese drinks company Asahi Group, to lead an enterprise-wide IT modernization program as part of a five-year engagement.

According to the Indian IT services provider, Asahi Europe & International’s IT modernization program will be focused on rationalizing and standardizing services to its multiple business lines that cover more than 10,000 employees in 16 countries across four continents.

The digital transformation project is expected to boost the global operations of Asahi Europe & International by fully migrating its applications to the cloud, upgrading to a modern IT infrastructure, and consolidating vendors.

Vikram Nair — President of Tech Mahindra EMEA Business said: “We are happy to announce our association with Asahi Europe & International. We believe that combining our deep technology expertise with a passion for digitally empowering businesses will enable Asahi to deliver on its ambitious roadmap.

“In fact, we are confident that this long-term partnership could influence the future direction of the global food and beverage industry.”

Tech Mahindra stated that the partnership will provide cloud-first and interoperable IT infrastructure operations to Asahi Europe & International.

The Indian IT firm will provide multiple services such as infrastructure and service desk operations, software infrastructure asset management (SIAM), device-as-a-service, application modernization, and cloud migration.

The partnership will drive the modernization of the drinks company’s digital core by centralizing business processes and powering them with latest technologies for maximum efficiencies and to help optimize business growth.

Reto-Urs Sahli – Chief Information Officer of Asahi Europe & International said: “The creation of an eco-system partnership with Tech Mahindra is a key milestone in our efforts to transforming our IT landscape and our way of providing technology services to the organisation.

“We are excited to jointly unlock the opportunities in innovation, automation, and operations excellence that this partnership will bring. The cultures and values of the two companies are matching nicely and is a very promising recipe for success.”

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