HCL Technologies Launches Dedicated Cisco Ecosystem Unit

HCL Technologies (HCL) has launched a dedicated HCL Cisco Ecosystem Unit focused on creating solutions to accelerate clients’ digital journeys. HCL and Cisco have a long and successful 360-degree partnership that has enabled enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation journeys by helping them to invent and innovate – leveraging advanced technologies from Cisco and transformative services capabilities from HCL.

HCL’s Cisco Ecosystem Unit will create leading-edge competencies, solutions and business outcome models by leveraging Cisco technologies. It will aim to ensure the success of complex transformation programs around software-defined network transformation, network-as-a-service, digital workplace, multi-cloud modernization, hyper-automation, security, optimized application experience, private 5G and telco modernization.

The HCL Cisco Ecosystem Unit will align with the #HCLCloudSmart strategy as a key pillar of its ecosystem operating model to help customers make intelligent choices for building a resilient and sustainable digital foundation that leverages Cisco’s multiple platforms and solutions and HCL’s transformational services consumable in a XaaS (anything-as-a-service) model.

Oliver Tuszik, Senior Vice President, Global Partner Sales for Cisco Systems, said, “As organizations increase their post-pandemic application, network and cloud investments, they will need a strategy to deliver integrated secure cloud experiences to their customers with flexible consumption models. The HCL Cisco Ecosystem Unit – anchored by HCL’s industry cloud consulting and managed services with Cisco’s cross-architecture solutions – is able to help organizations connect, secure and automate to accelerate their digital agility in a cloud-first world.”

Kalyan Kumar, Chief Technology Officer and Head, Ecosystems, HCL Technologies, said, “We are pleased to announce the launch of our Cisco Ecosystem Unit, in line with our strategy of ecosystem-based innovation and growth. Together, we will invest in creating joint solutions and IPs to enable our clients to derive the benefits of digitization faster and easier in a secure way. The unit will further boost the #HCLCloudSmart strategy by providing industry-specific, full-stack offerings that help enterprises adapt to the demands of today’s dynamic business environment.”