HCL signs deal with Xerox, Microsoft

NEW DELHI: HCL Technologies Ltd (HCL), an IT services provider, today announced that it has entered into a six-year, multi-regional data center services and transformation engagement with Xerox Corporation.

The contract would span mid-range services, business continuity and disaster recovery for Xerox’s information management operations.

HCL would manage data center hosting and migration, virtualization, consolidation and storage architecture services across North America and Europe, said a press release.

In addition, HCL would provide architecture and consulting services for new technology and system design, adoption and lifecycle improvement. HCL would use its Business Service Management process to centralize and standardize Xerox’s data centers’ infrastructure.

The engagement would also leverage HCL’s “zero-business” disruption based transition framework to ensure an accelerated risk-free transition across distributed regional data centers.

“Data center environments are the heart of our business operations and we look to partner with companies that can manage our centers and take them to the next level,” said John McDermott, chief information officer, Xerox.

He added that HCL has demonstrated their leadership position in delivering global, transformational infrastructure services.

Shami Khorana, senior corp VP and president, HCL America Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL), said, “Our engagement with Xerox is a testament to HCL’s competencies and capabilities which continue to help the customer in its IT transformation by providing innovative IT services scalable to their needs.”

R Srikrishna, senior vice president, North America, HCL Technologies ISD, said, “HCL has a unique approach to IT Infrastructure Management and Transformation that offers our customers enhanced value in the short-term as well as over the life of the relationship. This engagement is a significant milestone for HCL and further enhances our credibility for managing complex, multi-regional data centers.”

Five-year deal from Microsoft

Meanwhile, another report said that HCL Technologies has bagged a five-year IT services contract worth about $170 million from software giant Microsoft Corp.

Under the transaction, HCL will provide technology services for Microsoft's online service business, The Economic Times reported on Monday.

HCL is likely to deploy 600 employees on the Microsoft contract, with about 250 of them already working on the project, the report added.