In an interesting move, S Ramadori, chief executive officer and managing director of information technology major Tata Consultancy Services, recently said that TCS may provide IT services to casinos in Macau.
A report published in the South China Morning Post says the move is part of the company's gameplan to get a stronger foothold across the Greater China region.
The report further said that TCS, which in December received an $8 million order to set up a billing system for Companhia de Telecomunicaes de Macau, the largest telecommunications firm in the territory, opened its first sales office in Macau in April.
South China Morning Post quoted Ramadorai as saying that TCS will help these casinos to improve their 'management and security'.
Tata is targeting Macau after the former Portuguese enclave overtook Las Vegas to become the world's biggest gambling city with total revenue of $6.95 billion in 2006.
While Ramadori declined to disclose the casinos that Tata was talking to, the report said that the projects would definitely help boost the firm's sales in China.
TCS had earlier said that it would increase its China team to 5,000 employees within five years from about 800 at present.
According to the report Ramadori had said 95 per cent of Tata's mainland staff would be local people, though their average salary would be 50 per cent to 60 per cent higher than their Indian peers.
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