HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies Ltd
Public company
Traded as BSE: 532281
NSE: HCLTECH
Industry IT services, IT consulting
Founded 11 August 1976 (1976-08-11)[1]
Founder Shiv Nadar
Headquarters Noida, India
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Shiv Nadar (Chairman & CSO)[2]
C Vijayakumar (President & CEO)[3][4]
Services IT, business consulting, and outsourcing services[2]
Revenue Increase US$6.1 billion (FY'15)[5]
Increase US$1.324 billion (FY'15)[5]
Profit Increase US$1.164 billion (FY'15)[5]
Number of employees
 109,795 (September 2016)[2]
Parent HCL Enterprise
Website HCLTech.com

HCL Technologies Limited is an Indian multinational IT services company, headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a subsidiary of HCL Enterprise. Originally a research and development division of HCL, it emerged as an independent company in 1991 when HCL ventured into the software services business.[6] HCL Technologies (an acronym for Hindustan Computers Limited)[7] offers services including IT consulting, enterprise transformation, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D, and business process outsourcing (BPO).[8]

The company has offices in 34 countries including the United States, European countries like France and Germany, and Northern Ireland[9] in the United Kingdom. It operates across a number of sectors including aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer electronics, energy and utilities, financial services, government, industrial manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, media and entertainment, mining and natural resources, public services, retail and consumer, semiconductor, server and storage, telecom, and travel, transportation, logistics, and hospitality.[10][11]

HCL Technologies is on the Forbes Global 2000 list.[12] It is among the top 20 largest publicly traded companies in India with a market capitalisation of $22.1 billion as of May 2015.[13] As of August 2015, the company, along with its subsidiaries, had a consolidated revenue of $6.0 billion.[5]

History

Formation and early years

In the summer of 1976, a group of six engineers, all former employees of Delhi Cloth & General Mills, led by Shiv Nadar, started a company that would make personal computers. Initially floated as Microcomp Limited, Nadar and his team started selling teledigital calculators to gather capital for their main product. On 11 August 1976, the company was renamed to HCL.[14]

On 12 November 1991, a company called HCL Overseas Limited was incorporated as a provider of technology development services. It received the certificate of commencement of business on 10 February 1992 after which it began its operations. Two years later, in July 1994, the company name was changed to HCL Consulting Limited and eventually to HCL Technologies Limited in October 1999. HCL is an acronym for Hindustan Computers Limited.

HCL Technologies is one of the four companies under HCL Corporation, the second company being HCL Infosystems. In February 2014 HCL launched HCL Healthcare.[15] HCL TalentCare is the fourth and latest venture of HCL Corporation.[16]

HCL Technologies began as the R&D Division of HCL Enterprise,[17] a company which was a contributor to the development and growth of the IT and computer industry in India. HCL Enterprise developed an indigenous microcomputer in 1978,[18] and a networking OS and client-server architecture in 1983.[19] On 12 November 1991, HCL Technologies was spun off as a separate unit to provide software services.

HCL Technologies was originally incorporated as HCL Overseas Limited.[20] The name was changed to HCL Consulting Limited on 14 July 1994.[21] On 6 October 1999, the company was renamed 'HCL Technologies Limited' for a better reflection of its activities.[20] Between 1991 and 1999, the company expanded its software development capacities to the US, European and APAC markets.[20]

IPO and subsequent expansion

Following the rebranding as 'HCL Technologies Limited', the company went public on 10 November 1999, with an issue of 14.2 million shares, valued at ₹4 each.[22] During 2000, the company set up an offshore development centre in Chennai, India, for KLA-Tencor Corporation.[22] In 2002, it acquired Gulf Computers Inc.[22]

Acquisitions

Number Acquisition date Company Business Country References
1 20 February 2008 Capital Stream Inc. Automation solutions United States [23]
2 16 July 2008 Liberata Financial Service Business process outsourcing United Kingdom [24]
3 25 August 2008 Control Point Solutions, Inc. Telecom solutions United States [25]
4 15 December 2008 Axon Group Plc. SAP Consulting United Kingdom [26]
5 16 July 2009 UCS Group's Enterprise Solutions SAP Practice SAP SA [27]
6 1 April 2016 Part of Volvo IT Information technology Sweden [28]
7 19 October 2015 Concept to Silicon Systems (C2SiS) Semi-Conductors India [29]
8 29 October 2015 PowerObjects CRM Consulting United States [30]
9 2016 Geometric Ltd PLM & Engineering Services India [31]

On 23 July 2015,CSC (NYSE: CSC) and HCL Technologies (BSE: HCLTECH) announced a joint venture agreement to form a banking software and services company, Celeriti FinTech.[32][33]

Operations

A world-map showing the countries where HCL Technologies has operations.

Most HCL Technologies offices are not in the USA, but it does operate in 34 countries,[34] including its headquarters in Noida in India. It has establishments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In Europe it covers Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,[35] Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the Americas, the company has offices in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States.

Business lines

  1. Applications Services[36]
  2. BPO/Business Services: This division has "delivery centers" in India, the Philippines, Latin America, USA, HCL BPO Northern Ireland, and Europe.[9][37][38][39]
  3. Engineering and R&D Services (ERS)[40][41]
  4. Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)

HCL in United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

On 7 September 2005, HCL Technologies expanded its operations base in the counties of Armagh and Belfast in Northern Ireland. At the 2006 UK Trade and Investment India Business Awards in New Delhi, the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the expansion, which is aimed at creating more IT and BPO jobs in the area. HCL Armagh and HCL Northern Ireland acquired the Armagh-based Answerall Direct earlier in 2005.[42] HCL BPO services in Ireland are carried out through its main delivery centres in Armagh and Belfast.[43] In November 2011, after HCL revealed an expansion plan in the Irish Republic county of Kilkenny, its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) division in Northern Ireland won a contract for back-office services from the Department of Health. It was aimed at increasing the number of jobs and other employment opportunities in the region.[44]

Corporate social responsibility

Community initiatives

Power of One is an employee-driven, management supported initiative that focuses on transforming social projects and activities.[45] As a part of this initiative, the company has undertaken:

Additionally, since 2006, the company conducts monthly and biennial concerts to provide a platform for upcoming young Indian classical artists to showcase their talent.[49]

Environment initiatives

HCL runs a multi-layered program Go Green as a part of its continued sustainability initiatives.[50]

In addition, it is also:

Honours

Awards

Recognition

See also

References

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  15. ↑ "HCL enters healthcare business with Rs 1,000 crore". The Times of India. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "HCL launches TalentCare to bridge supply gap in IT, Healthcare, Banking". The Economic Times. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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  18. ↑ "About HCL Enterprise". HCL Technologies. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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  34. ↑ "HCL Technologies Wins Five-Year IT Managed Services Contract With SAI Global". CSO. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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