Noida, India and SUNNYVALE, CA – 16th August 2016 – HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global IT services company, announced today that it has been recognized as a Leader for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, North America by Gartner for the 6th consecutive year.
According to Gartner*, this Magic Quadrant focuses on management services for mainframe, centralized servers, public cloud brokering, SAP hosting and Oracle hosting environments. It evaluates the abilities of 19 top service providers to deliver data center managed services across North America — including data center outsourcing (DCO) and infrastructure utility services (IUS), which are often enabled by remote infrastructure management (RIM) services and increasingly based on managed virtual private cloud services. HCL was evaluated in its Magic quadrant report “Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, North America” by David Edward Ackerman, William Maurer, Christine Tenneson, 07 July 2016.
“HCL has been a pioneer in introducing leading edge technologies and innovative engagement models to deliver superior business value to clients and stay ahead of the curve. We believe the recognition as a leader for the 6th year in a row is a rousing endorsement of our 21st Century Enterprise strategy” said Kalyan Kumar, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, HCL Technologies.
HCL’s 21st Century Enterprise strategy is a blueprint for re–aligning IT consumption formats to outcome–based, service–oriented, ecosystem–enabled, experience–centric and lean solutions. The vision enables enterprises to be ‘agile as a startup’ while delivering like a ‘lean enterprise’.
“HCL has invested in a wide range of capabilities around next–generation IT and operations, as they relate to data–centres and cloud, with a focus on enterprise–grade hybrid cloud services and A.I.–enabled automation and orchestration. Cutting edge tools and frameworks such as DryICETM Autonomics and Orchestration, MyCloud, CART, HCL Gold Blue Print and MTaaSTM, as well as other IPs around PaaS, data analytics, enterprise applications and disaster recovery, have strengthened HCL’s leadership position in the global data center and cloud infrastructure market,” added Kalyan Kumar.
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About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company working with clients to impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its emergence on the global landscape after its IPO in 1999 and listing in 2000, HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, today operates out of 32 countries and has consolidated revenues of US$ 6.4 billion, for 12 Months ended 30th June, 2016. For the 21st Century Enterprise, HCL focuses on business model transformation, underlined by innovation and value creation, offering an integrated portfolio of services including BEYONDigital, IoT WoRKS, Engineering Services Outsourcing and Next–Generation ITO that focuses on integrated infrastructure services, applications services and business services. HCL leverages DryICETM , its third generation autonomics and orchestration platform, global network of integrated innovation labs, and global delivery capabilities to provide holistic multi–service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Media, Publishing & Entertainment, Retail & CPG, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Energy & Utilities, Travel, Transportation & Logistics and Government. With 107,968 professionals from diverse nationalities, HCL Technologies focuses on creating real value for customers by taking 'Relationships Beyond the Contract'. For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com.
Forward–looking Statements
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For details contact
Meenakshi Benjwal
HCL Technologies Ltd
Meenakshi.benjwal@hcl.com
Sumit Aggarwal
HCL Technologies Ltd
Sumit.aggarwal@hcl.com