HCL will deliver services across 36 countries handling the end to end monitoring and management of Statoil’s entire IT infrastructure across all global locations including offshore production sites. The engagement includes managing Compute, Storage, Database and Telecom (network & security) environments alongwith desktop support.

“This engagement underscores HCL’s leadership in global IT & Infrastructure management services for Global 100 Corporations. For large global enterprises, HCL is increasingly seen as a strategic IT partner with the ability to scale globally distributed IT operations in a non linear fashion while gaining flexibility and operational rigor.” said Mr. Anant Gupta, President, Infrastructure Services & Senior Corp Vice President, HCL Technologies. “We are delighted to partner with Statoil and are committed to leveraging our global expertise, local understanding of business and mature integrated service delivery model to optimize Statoil’s IT investments.”

In the Energy & Utilities industry, HCL works with global 500 companies to optimize their upstream, midstream and downstream operations using innovative IT solutions. Europe has been one of the fastest growing regions for HCL Technologies with presence in 20 Plus countries and global business centers in Dublin, Ireland, Helsinki, Finland and Krakow, Poland serving over 50 customers. For more information, visit: /  

HCL ISD is a leading IT services company and a subsidiary of HCL Technologies Ltd. (also known as HCL Comnet in the domestic market). A focused player in the IT services arena, HCL ISD seeks to provide simplified infrastructure solutions through delivering high-performance management services for complex, distributed infrastructure environments encompassing the Internet, Client and legacy based infrastructures. HCL ISD addresses the growing demand for the cost-effective management of technology infrastructure across geographically dispersed locations. With a mission to develop innovative solutions for enterprises worldwide, the company has developed a unique model for Remote IT infrastructure management that enables customer organizations to achieve superior infrastructure performance and significantly reduced costs through a global delivery model.

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 31 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare & Life sciences. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of ‘Employee First, Customer Second’ which empowers our 83,076 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, has reported consolidated revenues of US$ 3.9 billion ( Rs 18,334 crores), as on 31 December 2011 (on LTM basis). For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com

HCL is a $6 billion leading global technology and IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 85,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 31 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has partnerships with several leading global 1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.com

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