New Delhi, 14th December,
2010 -NetApp India today announced its partnership with
HCL Infosystems, India's premiere hardware, services and ICT
Systems Integration Company, to provide flexible, scalable and
easy-to-manage secure multi-tenant storage environment for HCL
Infosystems' O'zone Cloud Services. The partnership will help
deliver IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) and provide OPEX-based options for
IT infrastructure to end-customers.
HCL Infosystems will utilise industry-leading
storage virtualization solutions from NetApp and work with NetApp
to leverage its global experience in producticising features like
SnapShot, FlexClone, Deduplication and Thin Provisioning for
innovative Cloud Services for the Indian market. With
industry-standard storage solutions from NetApp, HCL O'zone will
now be able to provide a plethora of cloud services with
multi-tenancy enablement.
"Exemplifying its commitment to the
progressive changes in technology, HCL Infosystems is dedicated
towards offering the best-in-class industry practices to the
customers. Our association with NetApp will help us build a robust
cloud infrastructure with efficient storage platform and ease of
management, well integrated with various technology partners"
said George Paul, Executive Vice-President, HCL
Infosystems
"HCL Infosystems' decision to leverage
NetApp solutions to deliver an easy-to-manage, secure and scalable
cloud solution that delivers unparalleled value to customers is the
result of our strategic investments in cloud enabling solutions and
also our continued commitment to delivering high ROI to customers.
As awareness and interest in the cloud increases among enterprises
and emerging segments, it is the responsibility of industry leaders
to be able to deliver to this requirement in a sustainable manner -
and we are convinced that HCL Infosystems' decision to partner with
NetApp will play an important role in the way customers approach
and deploy cloud solutions in India" said Mr. Rajesh
Janey, President India and SAARC, NetApp.
With this partnership, HCL O'zone will be a
more advanced platform to tackle high complexity environments with
better storage utilization. The storage efficiency of the platform
will increase significantly and play an important role in reducing
total storage requirements. This will enable HCL Infosystems to
offer higher SLAs on the O'zone Cloud offering to customers at a
lower price.
About HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems Ltd, with revenue (LTM) of US$ 2.6 billion (Rs. 12,
159 crore) is India's premier hardware, services and ICT systems
integration company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that
includes Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom, Imaging
and Retail. HCL is a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements of
an organisation. India's leading System Integration and
Infrastructure Management Services Organisation, HCL has
specialised expertise across verticals including Telecom, BFSI,
eGovernance & Power.
HCL has India's largest distribution and
retail network, taking to market a range of Digital Lifestyle
products in partnership with leading global ICT brands, including
Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Kingston, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Microsoft,
Nokia, Toshiba, and many more. HCL today has India's largest
vertically integrated computer manufacturing facility with over
three decades of electronic manufacturing experience & HCL
desktops is the largest selling brand into the enterprise
space.
With India's largest ICT services network
that reaches to every corner of India, HCL's award winning Support
Services makes it the preferred choice of enterprise and consumers,
alike. HCL Infosystems has a 100% subsidiary that addresses the
physical security technology system integration market. The
subsidiary leverages technology to build a security framework
called 'Safe State' that safe guard's life, infrastructure &
society. For more information please visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in.
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost
efficiency. Discover NetApp's passion for helping companies around
the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
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