NOIDA, India and NEW YORK, July 26, 2023: HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to provide high-performance computing (HPC) solutions for clients in various industries. The clients will benefit from HCLTech's expertise in advanced engineering services and Microsoft's Azure cloud HPC technologies. The collaboration will focus on providing clients access to HPC resources, including core infrastructure, advanced analytics, machine learning and simulations, enabling them to make better-informed decisions, optimize operations and drive innovation.
The HCLTech and Microsoft collaboration incubates early-stage research and development initiatives to progress opportunities toward HPC solutions for customers in various industries. HCLTech plans to train 3,000 professionals over three years and create a dedicated lab-cum-center of excellence (CoE) with Microsoft.
"We are glad to be working with Microsoft to bring HPC solutions to our customers," said Ajit Moodliar, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Microsoft Ecosystem Business Unit, HCLTech. "By combining Microsoft’s expertise with HCLTech’s CloudSMART, we will offer customers a powerful combination of advanced engineering services and cloud technologies to help them manage complex hybrid infrastructure.”
"High-performance computing is widely used in many industries and is becoming increasingly important as organizations look to gain insights from vast amounts of data and drive innovation to become more efficient. Adoption of HPC on Microsoft Azure is growing due to the flexibility, scalability and breadth of options we provide," said Nidhi Chappell, GM, Azure HPC AI, Microsoft. "We are pleased to be working with HCLTech to help customers take advantage of the power of the Azure HPC to drive their digital transformations.”
The collaboration will include the development of new solutions that will help customers to leverage existing infrastructure investments while gaining the flexibility of cloud-based services, enabling scalability, security and agility.
About HCLTech
HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2023 totaled $12.8 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for you, visit hcltech.com.
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