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New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) IT firm Mphasis on Tuesday said it has signed a multi-year deal with Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
Mphasis will work with RBS to deliver advanced transformation to testing services through its Testing Centre for Excellence (TCoE), a statement said.
The collaboration will see Mphasis co-invest and co-create speed to market solutions, it added.
No financial details of the deal were disclosed.
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As part of the new agreement, Mphasis will leverage its proprietary transformation capabilities, including accelerated microservices development, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and DevOps integration, to provide User Interface (UI) enhancements, continuous improvement, environment management and automation-led efficiency gains.
**** TCS expands partnership with Tryg * IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday said it has expanded its decade-long partnership with Tryg, one of the largest non-life insurance companies in the Nordic region.
The partnership will help Tryg adopt a future-ready technology stack and IT operating model that will accelerate its digital transformation journey, a statement said.
As part of the expanded partnership, TCS will provide mainframe hosting and operations, and implement a future-proof hybrid cloud architecture, it added.
Additionally, TCS will help Tryg transform its IT operations, enabling newer ways of working, it added.
**** Myntra partners with Movado Group to launch MVMT watches in India * Fashion e-tailer Myntra on Tuesday said it has entered into a strategic partnership with Movado Group International to launch MVMT watches on its platform.
Founded in Los Angeles, MVMT's target group are people aged 18-35 years. Its price range begins at Rs 7,800 for men's watches and the launch collection includes the global best-sellers from the Revolver, Black Top and Classic Chrono series of watches, a statement said.
The price range for the women's collection begins at Rs 7,990 and the launch includes India Voyager, Boulevard and Signature collections, it added. PTI SR SHW SHW 07072105 NNNNon all surfaces into an art form.
Not so for those who came to clay later in life.
Monica Puig, the 2016 Olympic champion from Puerto Rico, laughed when asked whether sliding came easily.
“No. Not at all,” she said. “I remember falling all over the place.” “My first few coaches, we worked on it — even how not to get hurt when you're sliding,” Puig said, knocking on a table.
James Blake, a retired American player who reached No. 4 in the rankings, said he never felt comfortable with the kind of movement required for clay.
During a practice session in Rome in 2004, Blake tried sliding to reach a ball but his foot got caught and he slammed head-first into the net post, breaking his neck.
“I don't think,” Blake said, “that would have happened on another surface.” As for the proper technique, Blake said: “It's the sliding and the recovery. It's one thing to slide into it and execute that shot; it's getting back for the next ball for me was the most difficult. You watch Rafa and you watch Novak, and even Roger, and they do it so gracefully and so easily.”
One issue for Puig when she moved to clay courts: the wrong shoes.
Those for clay use a full herringbone pattern on the sole to stop the dirt from piling up, allowing for more traction — described by former top-10 member Roberto Bautista Agut as “a little more stick” — and smoother sliding.
Hard-court shoes usually have only partial herringbone treads and more cushioning, while grass-court shoes are entirely different, with cleat-like pimples on the bottom.
Today's pros use all three types of footwear.
The days of the surface specialists are over.
“Twenty, 30 years ago, the players played just on one surface. The Spanish guys never played on grass,” said Pablo Carreño Busta, a former top-10 player from Barcelona who has reached the U.S. Open semifinals and the French Open quarterfinals.
“Maybe one or two players hate to play on these courts,” he said in Paris last year, “but I think everybody knows how to do it. ... If you don't know how to do it, of course, it's worse.” AP
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