AI Labs Overview
The AI & Cloud Native Labs at HCLTech provide a safe, secure and collaborative space for exploration, where clients can identify areas where AI can make a real impact, catalyze transformative ideas and accelerate their journeys from innovation to production. Our Labs are designed to foster innovation, deliver tangible business value and enable enterprise-wide transformation through cutting-edge AI/GenAI and Cloud Native technologies.
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HCLTech's expertise combined with AMD's power results in optimized data centers and cloud environments, offering tailored solutions meticulously designed to address specific customer needs and challenges.
- Enhanced performance: By integrating AMD's high-performance processors into HCLTech's solutions, we deliver enhanced performance across IT infrastructure, applications and workloads. This integration leads to accelerated processing speeds, improved responsiveness and streamlined operations.
- Cost savings: By integrating AMD's cost-effective solutions into HCLTech's offerings, we deliver substantial cost savings while maintaining high-performance standards. This results in a reduced total cost of ownership for our clients' IT investments, empowering them to allocate resources more efficiently and achieve improved business outcomes.
- Scalability: The combination of HCLTech's service excellence and AMD's scalable architecture allows for customized solutions that seamlessly adapt to each client's evolving needs. This scalability ensures that their infrastructures can grow aligned with their business expansion.
HCLTech's expertise combined with AMD's power results in optimized data centers and cloud environments, offering tailored solutions meticulously designed to address specific customer needs and challenges.
- Enhanced performance: By integrating AMD's high-performance processors into HCLTech's solutions, we deliver enhanced performance across IT infrastructure, applications and workloads. This integration leads to accelerated processing speeds, improved responsiveness and streamlined operations.
- Cost savings: By integrating AMD's cost-effective solutions into HCLTech's offerings, we deliver substantial cost savings while maintaining high-performance standards. This results in a reduced total cost of ownership for our clients' IT investments, empowering them to allocate resources more efficiently and achieve improved business outcomes.
- Scalability: The combination of HCLTech's service excellence and AMD's scalable architecture allows for customized solutions that seamlessly adapt to each client's evolving needs. This scalability ensures that their infrastructures can grow aligned with their business expansion.
- 10-year partnership
- Global System Integrator (GSI)
- Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program
- ElasticOps provides end-to-end AWS Managed Services and AWS operations
- 10,000+ consultants
- Dedicated Center of Excellence
- 80+ client implementations
- Premier Consulting Partner
- SAP Competency
- Storage Competency
- Migration Competency
- DevOps Competency
- MSP Partner
- Mainframe Modernization
- 10-year partnership
- Premier Consulting Partner and Global System Integrator (GSI) with a dedicated Center of Excellence
- First Indian-HQ GSI to join AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program
- Provide full-stack, end-to-end roadmap
- Silicon Design on Cloud with rapid elasticity of compute & storage infrastructure and access to unlimited EDA licenses
- >10,000 consultants
- >80 client implementations
- Competencies include
- Migration
- DevOps
- SAP
- Storage and mainframe modernization
- Cost Consulting
- Flow Migration
- Storage and computer modernization
- 26-year partnership
- Full service and consulting portfolio
- Dedicated Cisco Ecosystem that provides
- Software-defined network transformation
- Network-as-a-service
- Digital workplace
- Multi-cloud modernization
- Hyper-automation
- Optimized application experience
- Private 5G and Telco modernization
- Recognition
- Cisco Global Digital Sustainability Award for Net-Zero Intelligent Operations (NIO)
- Global IT Service Provider of the Year for Networking Excellence
- Overall IT Service Provider of the Year for EMEA
- 14-year partnership
- 20,000+ trained and certified consultants
- 150+ successful client implementation
- Recognition
- Top Partner for Data Center Solutions
- Excellence in Expansion in North America
- Excellence in New Business Development in APJ
- Global Alliances Americas Partner of the Year
- Dedicated Google Cloud Ecosystem
- Cloud engineering
- Industry solutions
- Hybrid cloud
- Actian Avalanche on Google Cloud
- Google Cloud Native Labs
- 70+ IPs and accelerators
- 12,000+ trained consultants
- Recognition
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Premier Partner
- Google Cloud Global Breakthrough Partner of the Year
- Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year for Infrastructure
- With a partnership spanning over two decades, HCLTech and HPE have cultivated a robust and enduring collaboration, solidifying our status as trusted allies in the technology landscape.
- HPE and HCLTech partner to provide customers with solutions focused on Data Center Transformation, Workplace Transformation, Cybersecurity Transformation, Digital Scaling and Hybrid Cloud Migration through their wealth of services and consulting capabilities.
- Holding the prestigious Global Service Provider Tier 1 status, our partnership is not just symbolic but substantiated by impactful joint solutions such as DRaaS (RecoverNXT powered by Zerto), HPE GreenLake for SAP, and initiatives in HPC and AI.
- Our commitment to strong relationships and exemplary execution has resulted in our being named HPE North America Systems Integrator of the Year twice and Hybrid Cloud Partner of the Year in 2024. We are also among HPE's fastest-growing partners
- Premier Global System Integrator (GSI) and IBM Platinum Partner
- 20-year partnership
- One platform for Cloud Pak environment
- Modernized digital application
- Integrated application-infrastructure autonomics and orchestration
- Mainframe modernization
- 20,000+ consultants and subject matter experts
- 200+ successful client implementations
- Titanium Partner – Intel Partner Alliance
- Winners Circle – Platinum Partner / Edge, Network
- Intel Market Ready Solutions Partner
- Cloud Solutions Alliance Partner
- Solutions / Vertical and Horizontal
- Cloud Workload Advisory
- Benchmarking of Cloud Instances against Workloads > Tools
- Joint FINOPS Engagement leveraging TOOLS of Intel
- Joint Investment in Cloud Native Labs – to deliver reference architectures, solutions
- India / Noida
- UK / London
- US / Dallas
- Joint Investment in Edge Labs – Next Gen Solutions around Edge, AI
- US / Dallas
- UK / London
- Joint Investment in 5G / Network Solutions & Labs
- US / Dallas
- UK / London
- India / Chennai, Bangalore
- Centre of Excellence for Hybrid & Digital Workplace Solutions
- UK / London
- Solutions Portfolio (Partial)
- Network – SRv6, vEPC, vBNG, vRAN, Private Networks
- Cloud – Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Vertical Solutions for BFSI, Mfg etc.
- Software – OpenVINO, SmartEdge, Granulate etc.
- Joint Entity to address global “As a Service” Business
- Ref Austin GIS
- 10 + Year Engagement across all aspects of Engineering across Network, AI, Cloud / DC, and Client Computing.
- Leverage advanced hardware and software technologies from Intel and high-end Engineering R&D Services capabilities from HCLTech
- Collaboration includes technical discovery, technical disclosures, and technical support.
- 1600 Engineers + across all geographies
- Labs & Centre of Excellence, Delivery Units across the world
HCLTech strategically partners with Microsoft to accelerate joint customer priorities with industry leading innovation and transformation on Microsoft Cloud
- 30+ years of partnership
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Microsoft Cloud
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Infrastructure (Azure)
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data &AI (Azure)
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Digital &App Innovation (Azure)
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Business Application
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security
- Azure Expert MSP
- Member of Microsoft Intelligent Security Association(MISA)
- Skilled resources
- 75,000+ Microsoft trained professionals
- 20,000+ certifications in Microsoft Technology
- Launch Partner for
- Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
- Microsoft Cloud for Retail
- Microsoft Cloud for Digital Contact Center Platform
- Microsoft Partner Awards
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for Healthcare and Life Sciences (Global winner) (2022)
- Microsoft United Kingdom Partner of the Year (2022)
- Microsoft US Partner Winner – Power Apps (2022)
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist – Internet of Things Award (2022)
- Microsoft Security Excellence Awards Finalist – Security Services Innovator (2022)
- HCLTech has been a NVIDIA Global systems integrator partner since 2018 and together, we bring industry-specific AI solutions for customers pursuing digital transformation.
- The NVIDIA AI stack is part of the HCLTech Cloud Native & AI Labs and the HCLTech Center of Excellence. This integration seamlessly incorporates NVIDIA's advanced GPU and AI capabilities into HCLTech's innovative solutions.
- This partnership addresses customers' unique business and technology needs in the BFSI, Manufacturing, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Telecom industries.
- Our partnership includes planning, designing, implementing and project managing solutions that include NVIDIA products and solutions to address our mutual enterprise customers' business and technology needs. This comprehensive approach solidifies the partnership's commitment to delivering holistic AI solutions.
- The partnership grants enterprises access to NVIDIA's advanced generative AI solutions, facilitating development and deploying state-of-the-art models for diverse applications. This ensures adaptability and scalability across various environments.
- HCLTech has been a NVIDIA Global systems integrator partner since 2018 and together, we bring industry-specific AI solutions for customers pursuing digital transformation.
- The NVIDIA AI stack is part of the HCLTech Cloud Native & AI Labs and the HCLTech Center of Excellence. This integration seamlessly incorporates NVIDIA's advanced GPU and AI capabilities into HCLTech's innovative solutions.
- This partnership addresses customers' unique business and technology needs in the BFSI, Manufacturing, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Telecom industries.
- Our partnership includes planning, designing, implementing and project managing solutions that include NVIDIA products and solutions to address our mutual enterprise customers' business and technology needs. This comprehensive approach solidifies the partnership's commitment to delivering holistic AI solutions.
- The partnership grants enterprises access to NVIDIA's advanced generative AI solutions, facilitating development and deploying state-of-the-art models for diverse applications. This ensures adaptability and scalability across various environments.
- Red Hat Global Advance Partner
- IBM Premier Global System Integrator (GSI)
- IBM Platinum Partner
- Application Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services combines Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with next-generation IT transformation and operations capabilities
- Cloud Native Labs in US, UK and India
- Certified HCLTech Workload Automation
- Recognition
- Managed Services Partner of the Year in the North America commercial sector (2020)
- Over 20-year partnership
- Global Strategic Services Partner
- Dedicated SAP Cloud Native Lab
- Support enterprises migrating their workloads securely to the cloud
- Full-stack offering, including
- SAP licenses
- Cloud services
- Application transformation
- Application maintenance
- 10,500+ SAP certified professionals
- 650+ successful client implementations
- Recognition
- Leaders Category in a recent IDC MarketScape report
- Over 20-year partnership
- Global Strategic Services Partner
- Dedicated SAP Cloud Native Lab
- Support enterprises migrating their workloads securely to the cloud
- Full-stack offering, including
- SAP licenses
- Cloud services
- Application transformation
- Application maintenance
- 10,500+ SAP certified professionals
- 650+ successful client implementations
- Recognition
- Leaders Category in a recent IDC MarketScape report
- Over 14-year partnership
- Three VMware Centers of Excellence
- Multi-cloud and app modernization solutions
- Accelerate enterprise cloud transformation
- Scale cloud-native platform operations
- 8,000+ trained professionals
- 50+ successful client implementations
- Recognition
- VMware Global Partner Value Award (2022)
FAQs – HCLTech AI Labs
HCLTech’s AI Labs are designed to accelerate enterprise innovation by offering secure, collaborative environments where clients can explore, prototype and deploy AI solutions. The labs help organizations identify high-impact opportunities and translate them into scalable, production-ready applications that deliver measurable business outcomes.
Agentic AI is a growing frontier in enterprise AI. Our labs help clients explore and implement systems that demonstrate autonomous decision-making, goal-driven behaviour and contextual adaptability. We provide the infrastructure, governance models and technical expertise needed to responsibly prototype and deploy Agentic AI solutions that operate with minimal human intervention while staying aligned with organizational objectives.
Clients can develop various solutions, including generative AI applications, predictive analytics, intelligent automation, conversational AI and industry-specific models. The labs emphasize rapid prototyping and iterative testing to accelerate time-to-value and reduce risk.
Leveraging agile methodologies and cloud-native infrastructure, our labs enable clients to move from ideation to production in weeks. Continuous testing and iterative development ensure speed without compromising quality, security or compliance.
Yes. Our labs foster collaboration with hyperscalers, tech OEMs, ISVs and academic institutions. This partner-powered approach accelerates innovation and gives clients access to cutting-edge platforms, tools and best practices.
The labs guide clients through every stage of AI adoption—from strategy and ideation to MVP development and deployment with expert advisory, hands-on workshops and proven frameworks. We ensure that AI initiatives are aligned with business goals, scalable across the enterprise and built with security and governance in mind.
The labs offer three core streams:
- AI Strategy and Consulting: Helping clients define and refine AI strategies that align with business priorities.
- Business Innovation: Co-creating breakthrough ideas through sandbox experiences and MVP engineering.
- Ecosystem Innovation: Collaborating with partners to build bespoke AI solutions using best-of-breed technologies.
We support clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, telecom and other sectors. Our domain-specific expertise ensures that every solution is tailored to industry needs and delivers tangible impact.
Generative AI is a central focus area. We help clients explore use cases such as content creation, process automation and knowledge management. Our labs ensure that GenAI solutions are secure, scalable and integrated seamlessly into business workflows.
HCLTech’s AI and Cloud Native Labs are in Santa Clara, New Jersey, London, Munich, Noida and Singapore. These global hubs offer clients local access to innovation while maintaining a consistent, enterprise-grade experience.