HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on 'transformational outsourcing', underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 19 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Retail & CPG, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Travel, Transportation & Logistics, Automotive, Government and Energies & Utilities. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of 'Employee First' which empowers our 52,714 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues of US$ 2.0 billion (Rs. 8300 crores), as on 30th September 2008.
HCL Enterprise is a $5 billion leading Global Technology and IT Enterprise that comprises two companies listed in India - HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. The 3-decade-old enterprise, founded in 1976, is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. Its range of offerings spans Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products. The HCL team comprises over 58,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 20 countries including 360 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms.
Research is the hallmark of any organization that wants to develop thought leaders, analyze and stay ahead of futuristic trends, and make significant contributions in critical domains. In this section, we wish to showcase some of our key research initiatives from across HCL in various categories, including whitepapers, technical research, high impact case studies, and reports on emerging trends. Innovation and profitability are two sides of the same coin for companies that wish to stay competitive in the market place. In fact, innovation is the mainstay of companies that aspire to lead in their area of expertise, irrespective of whether they are offering products and/or services.
Today's generation is spawned in the digital age and is extremely comfortable with the concept of collaboration. Using the Web as a platform to facilitate that collaboration fits rather well with the Web 2.0 approach. This paper takes the reader through a brief description of Web 2.0 and its components and explains how Web 2.0 has thrown open new opportunity areas for business in domains such as pharma, retail, travel, mobile, tourism, and entertainment to mention only a few.
