Press Releases 2009
HCL Technologies Opens Global Development Center In Brazil To Service Growing Client Base In Latin America, North America And Europe
New Center to Serve as Strategic Gateway to Latin America, Strengthens Company’s
Expanding Global Service Delivery Network
Sunnyvale, CA; Noida, India -- Nov 19, 2009 - HCL Technologies Ltd.
(HCL), a leading global IT services provider, today announced the official opening
of a new world-class, Global IT development center in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, expanding
its global footprint. This center compliments HCL’s operations in Sao Paulo
and will offer a range of services including Enterprise Application Services, Custom
Applications Development and Maintenance, and Remote Infrastructure Management to
clients primarily in Latin America, North America and Europe. The company expects
to hire over 300 engineers to work at the center by 2012.
With this center HCL will service a growing number of HCL clients and prospects
in the Financial services, Insurance, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, Public sector and
Manufacturing industries. The plan for the development center was also influenced
by the strong, growing economy and rapidly increasing demand forecasted for IT services
in this region. According to IDC, spending in IT Services activities in Latin America
will be more than US $20B in 2009 and will grow to more than US $25B+ in 2012. Brazil
is the leading country in IT services spending in Latin America, accounting for
more than 40 percent of the overall IT spending in the region.
“Brazil offers the perfect balance of cost savings and talent base that allows
HCL to serve clients not only in this fast-growing region, but also in the U.S.
and Europe,” said Dr. Shami Khorana, president, HCL America, Inc. a wholly
owned subsidiary of HCL. “In addition there is tremendous potential in Latin
America and we view Brazil as our beachhead for the region. HCL’s operation
in Brazil is the first in a series of locations we will establish in Latin America
to help HCL provide superior service and delivery to our local and global clients
from the geography they desire.”
HCL has already started servicing several new customers in Brazil, including a leading
global pharmaceutical major, a global publishing company, a large telecom infrastructure
company and a top local retailer and has nearly 100 engineers across Brazil.
The new development center will be officially opened this evening at an inauguration
event attended by HCL employees, executives, customers, prospects and government
officials. Serving as the keynote speaker at the event is Alessandro Teixeira, president
of APEX - Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and one of the founders
and a chairman of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development - ABDI. Apex played
a key role in bringing HCL to Brazil coupled with the strong support provided by
State Government of Rio Grande do Sul, Municipality of Sao Leopoldo and Unisinos
University.
Commenting on the Inauguration, President of Apex, Alessandro Teixeira said
“HCL's start of operations in Brazil is a great milestone for our IT industry.
The presence of a company that is a world reference in IT, strengthens Brazilian
IT industry gains and makes even more solid the foundation for the ongoing growth
of a sector which is essential to technological development. Furthermore, it is
an acknowledgment of the excellence of Brazilian companies and professionals already
working in the sector.”
The company has also recently expanded its local sales teams in Sao Paulo and in
Southern Brazil. In addition, as it has done in the US with its North Carolina and
New Jersey centers, HCL will rely on local hires to lead its growth and staff client
projects, thus creating jobs for the local communities.
About HCL
HCL is a $5 billion leading global Technology and IT Enterprise that comprises two
companies listed in India - HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976,
HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups, a pioneer of modern computing,
and a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings spans Product
Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT
Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products across a wide range
of focused industry verticals. The HCL team comprises over 60,000 professionals
of diverse nationalities, who operate from 26 countries including over 500 points
of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000
firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information, please visit
www.hcl.in.
About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in
the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception
into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on ‘transformational
outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated
portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure
management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global
offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic,
multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing,
Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy
of ’Employee First’ which empowers our 54,443 transformers to create
a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had
consolidated revenues of US$ 2.3 billion (Rs. 11,270 crores), as on 30th September
2009 (on LTM basis). For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com.
For details, contact:
Kirsten Paragona
Direct Line +1-978-356-3342
Email: kparagona@hcl.in
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