HCL Enterprise

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HCL

Type

Private

Industry

IT Services

Founded

August 11, 1976

Founder(s)

Shiv Nadar

Headquarters

Noida, India

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Shiv Nadar (Chairman & CSO)

Revenue

US$ 6.1 billion (2011)

Employees

85,000 (2011)

Subsidiaries

HCL Technologies HCL Infosystems

Website

[1]

HCLis a global Electronics, Computing and IT company based in Noida, India. The company comprises of two publicly listed companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems.

HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some activity in the global market. On termination of the joint venture with HP in 1996, HCL became an enterprise which comprises HCL Technologies (to address the global IT services market) and HCL Infosystems (to address the Indian and APAC IT hardware market). HCL has since then operated as a holding company.

Contents

1 History Of HCL 2 HCL Technologies 3 HCL Infosystems Ltd 4 Environmental record 5 References 6 External links

History Of HCL
In 1976, Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Subhash Arora, Badam Kishore Kumar, T.V Bharadwaj,& Arun Kumar H started Microcomp Limited. The focus of the company was design and manufacturing of scientific calculators. The venture provided its founders money to start a company that focused on manufacturing computers. The company name "HCL" used to stand for "Hindustan Computer Limited" but now HCL is the only one name that the company goes by. HCL received support from the Uttar Pradesh government to setup manufacturing in Noida In 1981, NIIT was to cater to the increasing demand in computer education. By early 2000s, Nadar divested his stake in this venture.[1][2]

HCL Technologies
Focuses on the global and domestic market. Services provided- Product Engineering & R&D, Enterprise & Custom Applications,Enterprise Transformation Services Infrastructure Management, and BPO Services. It has operations spanning 31 countries with delivery facilities in USA, UK, Finland, Poland, Puerto Rico,Brazil, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Czech Republic, and India to support in-shore and out-shore customers. Main article: HCL Technologies

HCL Infosystems Ltd

HCL Infosystems Ltd., a listed subsidiary of HCL, is an India-based hardware and systems integrator. It has a presence in 170 locations and 300 service centres throughout India. Its manufacturing facilities are based inChennai, Pondicherry and Uttarakhand. It is headquartered at Noida. HCL Peripherals (a unit of HCL Infosystems Ltd.), founded in the year 1983, is a manufacturer of computer peripherals in India of Display Products, Thin Client solutions, Information and Interactive Kiosks and a range of Networking products & Solutions. HCL Peripherals has two Manufacturing facilities, one in Pondicherry (Electronics) and the other in Chennai (Mechanical). The company has been given ISO:27001 certifications. HCL ERC(Enterprise Response Center) was started to give outstanding support to its customers, at Puducherry, in 2007, . It has grown and team of domain experts working in it. Main article: HCL Infosystems

Environmental record
According to environmental organisation Greenpeace 29% of HCL products are currently free of toxic vinyl plastic (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). In March 2010, HCL launched its first notebook entirely free of PVC and BFRs. [3]

References
1. ^ "Shiv Nadar completes 25 years of success". Rediff. 2001=08=09. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 2. ^ "The amazing story of the birth of HCL". Rediff. 2001=06=09. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 3. ^ "Which companies are phasing out PVC and BFRs". Greenpeace International. Retrieved 2010-0817.

External links

HCL Enterprise HCL Technologies HCL Infosystems HCL BPO HCL Peripherals HCL Infinet HCL Axon

HCL Security HCL ISD- Infrastructure Service Division Enterprise Response Center

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