The country's largest information technology company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), on Monday said that its profit in October-December period or third quarter of current financial year rose 4 per cent sequentially to Rs 10,846 crore as against Rs 10,431 crore in the previous quarter and up 11 per cent from Rs 9,769 crore during the same period last year. The up move in profit came on the back of strong demand for cloud computing services.