HCL Tech wins global contract from Novartis

New Delhi: India's fourth largest IT services firm, HCL Technologies said it has won a global  contract from pharmaceuticals major Novartis to provide infrastructure management services.  Under the deal, HCL will provide remote infrastructure  management services to the Switzerland-based pharma company  across its entire data centre landscape, covering more than 70  countries across six continents.

"The deal marks an important infrastructure outsourcing  contract in HCL's DACH region (Germany, Austria and  Switzerland) and strengthens the company's global expertise in  infrastructure management within the pharmaceutical sector,"  HCL Technologies said in a statement. 

HCL is now managing the infrastructure environment  of four of the top seven pharmaceutical companies worldwide,  it added.  "Our outcome-based business models, best practices and  tools deliver proven value and cost savings that help our  clients to be more competitive and responsive to changing  market dynamics," HCL Technologies Executive VP and Head of  Infrastructure Services (EMEA) Ashish Gupta said.  Shares of HCL Technologies were trading nearly 3 per cent  higher at Rs 1431.05 apiece in late-afternoon trade on the  BSE.