HCL opens Enterprise Mobility Lab in Singapore

BANGALORE, INDIA: Indian IT major HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL) today unveiled its Global Enterprise Mobility laboratory in Singapore.

The laboratory, which will spearhead HCL’s global research and development efforts towards enterprise mobile solutions, was inaugurated by HCL’s vice-chairman and CEO, Vineet Nayar in the presence of Dr T.C.A. Raghavan, High Commissioner of India to Singapore and Jayson Goh, director of Infocomms and Media, of Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB), said a press release.

The MERLIN (Mobility Experiences Ready to Lead Business Innovation) Lab, will leverage HCL’s globally acknowledged product engineering DNA. It will also cross-reference HCL’s experience in micro-verticals like Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Media and Entertainment, Banking etc to ensure superior consumer experience oriented IPs, applications and solutions.

“Enterprise mobility as a technology is transforming the world in many unique ways and we at HCL have the capabilities and expertise to be a market and thought leader in this space. The anchoring of this campaign in the form of our Mobility Lab in Singapore reflects the strategic importance of the Singapore market in HCL’s growth strategy and reiterates our focus on the rapidly growing APAC region. We are very excited to be here and are committed to a long term investment in this country”, said Vineet Nayar, vice chairman and CEO, HCL Technologies

The 35,000-square-feet Jurong facility is designed to exploit the advantages of being in Singapore — Asia’s business hub to build and nurture a robust mobile ecosystem. HCL, which already has over 1,000 engineers based out of the facility, will work closely with the government of Singapore to ensure the lab is a milestone in the Infocomm authority’s vision of building a vibrant infocomm ecosystem in Singapore.

“To excel in the mobile application world requires leadership in product engineering, laser focus on consumer experience and an entrepreneurial ecosystem of clients, partners and developers that sustains the innovation momentum. Our Mobility Lab in Singapore will be the nerve center for further augmenting HCL’s capabilities in all these areas”, said Virender Aggarwal, president and head of Rest of World region for HCL.

He added that that Singapore’s infrastructure, high quality of talent, and excellent support from the government made this the ideal choice of the Mobility Lab. The Lab will have a very strong local staffing as they embark on immediate recruitment of at least 25 developers from Singapore based polytechnics and universities on full time or part time basis.

“HCL’s decision to establish its global enterprise mobility lab here is a vote of confidence for Singapore as a leading location for innovation and talent. It affirms Singapore’s unique proposition for companies to capitalise on emerging opportunities in Asia and beyond, create new value and grow their businesses,” said Dr. Beh Swan Gin, managing director, EDB.