Tech Mahindra, Bosch tie-up for smart cities, home solutions

NEW DELHI: Tech Mahindra today said it will work with Bosch Software Innovations to develop an ecosystem to offer solutions for smart cities with billions of things inter-connected via the Internet.

Tech Mahindra Digital Enterprise Solutions group Head Rishi Bhatnagar will work with Bosch Software Innovations, the software and systems house of the Bosch group, to develop proof of concepts and solutions on developing connected solutions for smart cities, enterprises and smart homes.

By 2022, about 14 billion devices are expected to be connected directly or indirectly with the Internet, Tech Mahindra said in a statement.

"With Tech Mahindra's expertise in various verticals such as Telecom, Big Data, and Analytics we are confident of providing customer centric solutions for creating tomorrow's connected world," Tech Mahindra CEO and Managing Director C P Gurnani said.

Tech Mahindra's Digital Enterprise Services division offers innovative and customer-centric services and solutions integrating technology with business.

It anticipates tomorrow's needs and create future proof and future ready solutions using seven technologies namely Networks, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, Security, Social and Sensors.

"With innovative software development methodologies and flexible data models of Bosch and the innovation ecosystem of Tech Mahindra we believe we have the right skills to develop and deliver connected applications to this connected world," Bosch Software Innovations chairman of the board of management Ing Rainer Kallenbach said.