Reimagine Your Data Center Network Strategy
The swift adoption of disruptive digital technologies has put immense pressure on enterprise networks. Experience-based, virtual, and IoT applications with cognitive capabilities require the network to be high-performing and self-aware. However, traditional networks, limited by proprietary hardware and manual deployment, lack the flexibility for such demands, hindering data center agility. Thus, network infrastructure solutions must extend beyond traditional data centers to meet rising business needs.
HCLTech's software-defined framework covers end-to-end data center network transformation through automated policy enforcement, intelligent abstraction and hybrid interconnects across a multi-cloud and on-premise environment.
Enterprise Challenges
- Increased networking complexity due to exponential growth in data volumes, devices, users and applications
- Frequent redefining of security requirements due to the growing speed and volume of east-west traffic, particularly in multitenant scenarios
- Rigid and disjointed legacy network architectures and infrastructure compromise business agility while also increasing security risks
- The traditional method of traffic routing through edge hardware slows apps, limits growth, raises costs and adds delays
- Data centers are inherently complex, with a mix of technologies, vendors and operations teams, making it extremely costly to rip and replace them entirely.
Expectations from modern-day data centers
Security
Capability to implement zero trust data center security through network segmentation.
Automation
Comprehensive AI/ML-powered network automation, from day 0 to day 2/n.
Observability
Analytics and observability to future-proof network design and scalability.
Elasticity and resilience
Adaptive capacity management with high availability and self-healing features.
Efficiency
Alignment between DevOps, NetOps and network teams for smoother workflow and greater IT operational efficiency.
Tool sets
Customizable, purpose-built tools to ensure operational reliability and flexibility.
HCLTech Managed DC Networking
Our Framework
HCLTech's software-defined network (SDN) approach transforms data center networks with a holistic, vendor-neutral strategy. We deliver programmable, virtualized and automated networks that adapt to evolving workloads and hybrid ecosystems by emphasizing software-based control and API-driven agility. This ensures seamless alignment with complex multi-tower strategies.
Typical customer journey with HCLTech’s Managed DC networking
Programmability
NetDevOps
Build, test and release
NetOps Visibility
Analytics and observability
Business Agility
Speed, scale and flexibility
Key Differentiators
Strict SLA management for higher service availability, quicker recovery and optimized infra spend.
A vendor-neutral approach ensuring seamless integration with third-party tools via Open APIs.
Automation first approach enabling faster deployments and reduced troubleshooting time.
24x7x365 near real-time managed services for faster onboarding and business-as-usual.
Dedicated Centre of Excellence for automation, network design, and security.
State-of-the-art SDN ready lab to deploy and test SDN solutions from different vendors.
Managed Data-Center Networking FAQ’s
HCLTech’s DCN services modernize traditional data centers using software-defined networking (SDN), automation, and observability—ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure across hybrid environments.
We offer 24x7x365 operations, SLA-driven support, network transformation, SDN integration, and cloud-ready architectures—all backed by global Centers of Excellence.
Enterprises can achieve up to 40% faster provisioning, 30% reduction in Capex/Opex, and improved agility—leading to faster time-to-market and better resource utilization.
Yes. Our modular, cloud-like architecture supports scalable deployments, M&A transitions, and multi-cloud integration—ensuring long-term flexibility.
DCN addresses legacy infrastructure limitations, security silos, multi-tenant complexity, and lack of observability—enabling future-ready, efficient operations.
Modern workloads demand agility, automation, and security. Next-gen DCN enables faster provisioning, hybrid cloud integration, and zero-trust security—critical for digital-first enterprises.
HCLTech uses AI/ML-driven automation, policy-based orchestration, and self-healing networks to reduce manual effort, improve uptime, and accelerate service delivery.
AI enables predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and automated troubleshooting, helping reduce MTTR and optimize network performance across complex environments.
We serve banking, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, telecom, and more—delivering secure, agile, and compliant data center networking tailored to industry-specific needs.
Unlike legacy networks, HCLTech’s DCN offers vendor-agnostic SDN, zero-trust segmentation, cloud native integration, and automated orchestration—all under a unified framework.
