Guidewire Software Inc. announced that Tata Consultancy Services has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect™ as a Consulting partner at the Select level. This partnership will help joint TCS/Guidewire customers around the globe accelerate their digital transformation journey by combining Guidewire’s proven product capabilities with TCS’ deep industry expertise and vast experience in implementing packaged P&C products. Over the past seven years, TCS has strategically invested in its Guidewire practice to offer insurers end-to-end Guidewire implementation services, maintenance and upgrade capabilities across Guidewire InsurancePlatform™. TCS aims to ensure on-time, high quality Guidewire implementation while reducing the overall total cost of ownership by: Leveraging its Transformation Delivery Methodology (TDM) spanning transformation strategy definition and execution based on Design Thinking principles. Utilizing a global pool of Guidewire talent across North America, EMEA and APAC managed centrally through a dedicated Guidewire center of excellence. Creating assets that encapsulate best practices in architecture definition, configuration, integration, rollout strategy, user experience design and organizational change management. Developing accelerators that help automate rules extraction, rating validation, data mapping and data migration validation.