HCL Enterprise
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | IT Services |
| Founded | 11 August 1976 |
| Headquarters | Noida, India |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Shiv Nadar (Founder & Chairman) |
| Revenue |  US$ 6.2 billion (2011) |
| Employees | 90,000 |
| Subsidiaries | HCL Technologies HCL Infosystems |
| Website | www.hcl.com |
HCL is a global technology and IT Enterprise company based in Noida, India. The company comprises 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.
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[edit] 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 set up 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. HCL was also ranked as the 29th most trusted brand in India by The Brand Trust Report in 2011.[1][2]
[edit] HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies Limited (BSE: 532281, NSE: HCLTECH) is a leading global IT services company headquartered in Noida, India. It is primarily engaged in providing a range of software services, business process outsourcing and infrastructure services. HCL Technologies is fourth largest IT company in India and is ranked 48 in the global list of IT services providers.[3] HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues of US$3.7 billion, as on 30 Sept 2011 (on LTM basis), and employs more than 80,520 people of diverse nationalities. HCL Technologies has global network of offices in 26 countries.
[edit] HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems Ltd., a listed subsidiary of HCL, is an India-based hardware and systems integrator with a focus on emerging markets. It has a presence in 170 cities and 505 points of presence reaching 4000 towns throughout India and operations in emerging markets including South Asia, Middle East & Africa. It has a strong distribution network of 93,000 outlets in over 9,000 towns in India. Its manufacturing facilities are based in Chennai, Pondicherry and Uttarakhand. It is headquartered at Noida.
History
With its origins in 1976, HCL Infosystems Ltd is one of the pioneers in the Indian IT market. 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 Pondicherry, in 2007, . It has grown and team of domain experts working in it.
Timeline
1976: Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) is born.
1977: Forms distribution alliance with Toshiba for copiers and notebooks.
1978: HCL successfully ships in-house designed Micro-computer at the same time as Apple.
1980: HCL introduces bit sliced, 16-bit processor based micro-computer.
1983: Indigenously develops an RDBMS, a Networking OS and a client server architecture, at the same time as global peers.
1986: HCL becomes the largest IT company in India.
1988: HCL introduces fine grained multi-processor Unix 3 years ahead of "Sun" and "HP".
1990: DataQuest marks HCL No.1 among top ten computer giants.
1991: HCL-Hewlett Packard JV develops multi-processor Unix for HP and heralds HCL's entry into contract R&D.
1994: Forges distribution alliances with Ericsson Switches and Nokia cellphones.
1997: HCL's R&D spun-off as HCL Technologies - marks advent into software services.
1999: Initial Public Offering made by HCL Technologies Ltd. Formation of Global Board of Directors.
2000: Large contracts won from Bankers Trust, KLA Tencor, Cisco, GTech, NEC among others.
2001: JV with Deutsche Bank. Acquires British Telecom's Apollo Contact Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2002: Strong pursuit of nonlinear strategy to widen services portfolio;several JVs and alliances formed; Software businesses of HCL Infosystems and HCL technologies merged.
2003: HCL becomes the first company to cross the 100,000 unit milestone in the Indian Desktop PC market.
2004: HCL Infosystems continues to be the largest manufacturer of PCs in India.
2005: JV with NEC, Japan; HCL sets up first Power PC architecture design centre outside IBM; HCL Infosystems launches sub Rs.10,000 PC
2006: HCL Infosystems tied up with Apple for iPod distribution.
2007: HCL as an enterprise crosses the $4bn watermark; HCL commences production in its ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2000 certified second manufacturing facility in Rudrapur, Uttaranchal
2008: HCL unveils the future of personal computing unveils the next generation, ultra portable, sub Rs.14,000/- laptops for the first time in India.
2009: Nokia Corporation announce to set up a joint venture with HCL to sell mobile value added services directly ton consumers in India.
HCL-BSNL to work on National Broadband Penetration program.
2011: Ajai Chowdary conferred with prestigious Padma Bhushan.
Segments
The company operates under three primary segments namely Computer Systems and related products and services, Telecommunication & Office Automation and Internet and related services.[4]
- Computer Systems and related products and services: The segment operations comprise of manufacturing of computer hardware systems, providing comprehensive Systems Integration, Roll out and Infrastructure Management solutions in different industry verticals, providing IT services including maintenance & facility management and ICT training. The subsidiary HCL Insys Pte Limited, Singapore and its step down subsidiary HCL Infosystems MEA, Dubai along with its subsidiaries form part of the Computer Systems segment.
- Telecommunication & Office Automation: The segment operations comprise of distribution of telecommunication and other digital lifestyle products, office automation products and related comprehensive maintenance and allied services. The subsidiary HCL security Limited and HCL Investment Pte Limited, with its joint venture Techmart Telecom Distribution FZCO, Dubai, form part of Telecommunication & Office Automation segment.
- Internet and Related Services: The segment provides Internet related services through the company's wholly owned subsidiary HCL Infinet Limited to business enterprises. The offerings include Internet access services, virtual private network and other connectivity services.
Awards
HCL Infosystems is ranked #1 in IDC-DataQuest Customer Satisfaction Survey 2011, third year in a row. DQ-IDC ranks the company #2 Domestic ICT company. It has been selected as Business Superbrands of India by the Super Brands Council. The company regained the second spot for the Greenest companies as per the Greenpeace Survey - Guide to Greener Electronics, November 2011. HCL Learning was awarded eIndia Jury Choice Award for its Xcelerate program in the Best Open and Distance Learning Practices in Higher Education category. The company has been awarded with the CMMi (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Maturity Level 5 certification for its Jaipur Development centre in 2011. The company’s Pondicherry plant won an award in the large scale category at the FICCI Quality System Excellence Awards 2011
[edit] 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.[5]
[edit] Awards & Recognition
The Brand Trust Report, an Indian Study, in 2011 ranked HCL as the 29th most trusted brand in India.[6]
[edit] References
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- ^ "The amazing story of the birth of HCL". Rediff. 2001=06=09. http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jun/09bspec1.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-indias-it-based-services-providers-boom/20110512.htm
- ^ http://www.hclinfosystems.in/HCL%20INFOSYSTEM%20AR%202010-11_LRP.pdf
- ^ "Which companies are phasing out PVC and BFRs". Greenpeace International. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/which-companies-really-sell-gr/. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ "India's 50 most trusted brands". rediff.com. 2011-01-20. http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-indias-50-most-trusted-brands/20110120.htm.
