3rd August 2007
HCL target Offshore Infrastructure Management with CMS Cameron McKenna deal
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, a leading international law firm, has entered into a £10m 5-year agreement for outsourcing IT infrastructure management, support and application development with Indian outsourcing vendor HCL Technologies Ltd. CMS Cameron McKenna was advised by princeOMC, a consultancy specialising in outsourcing and offshoring for legal and financial services firms.
Philip Rooke, IT Director at CMS Cameron McKenna said “This co-sourcing solution has been tailored to our very specific needs resulting in HCL taking responsibility for elements of the IT service onshore and offshore, and CMS Cameron McKenna retaining responsibility for others.”
Remote Infrastructure Management has been described as the 3rd wave of outsourcing. HCL considers the CMS Cameron McKenna deal to represent an important milestone in the development of this market.
Anant Gupta, COO, HCL Technologies Infrastructure Services Division comments ”CMS Cameron McKenna’s very demanding service environment calls for the highest levels of flexibility and responsiveness. This engagement highlights how HCL’s co-sourcing model and corporate culture facilitates this and differentiates us in this respect within this fast growing and demanding market.”
Commenting on the process that led to the agreement, Philip Rooke said “princeOMC deftly guided HCL and ourselves through a very collaborative, trust-building process where we jointly developed the best solution for the firm.”
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Ian Prince
Managing Director, princeOMC
Tel: +44 (207) 814 6707
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Email: ian.prince@princeomc.com
About CMS Cameron McKenna
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP is a major UK and international law firm advising businesses, financial institutions, public sector bodies and governments. It is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales.
Its international network of offices makes it one of the largest firms in Central & Eastern Europe. It also has an office in Hong Kong. See www.law-now.com for details.
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP and its associated offices are members of CMS, the alliance of European law firms, enabling them to provide businesses with legal and tax services across Europe and beyond.
About HCL ISD
HCL ISD is a leading IT services company (known and registered as HCL Comnet Ltd in the Indian market and a subsidiary of HCL Technologies Ltd.). A focused player in the IT services arena, HCL ISD seeks to provide simplified infrastructure solutions through delivering high-performance management services for complex, distributed infrastructure environments encompassing the Internet, Client and legacy based infrastructures. HCL ISD addresses the growing demand for the cost-effective management of technology infrastructure across geographically dispersed locations. With a mission to develop innovative solutions for enterprises worldwide, the company has developed a unique model for Remote IT infrastructure management that enables customer organizations to achieve superior infrastructure performance and significantly reduced costs through a global delivery model. For more information, please visit www.hclisd.com
About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies Ltd is one of India's leading global IT Services companies, providing software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management services and BPO. Having made a foray into the global IT landscape in 1999 after its IPO, HCL Technologies focuses on Transformational Outsourcing, working with clients in areas that impact and re-define the core of their business. The company leverages an extensive global offshore infrastructure and its global network of offices in 17 countries to deliver solutions across select verticals including Financial Services, Retail & Consumer, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Hi-Tech & Manufacturing, Telecom and Media & Entertainment (M&E). For the quarter ended 31st March 2007, HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries had last twelve months (LTM) revenue of US $ 1.27 billion (Rs. 5,675 crores) and employed 40,149 professionals. For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com
About HCL Enterprise
HCL Enterprise is a leading Global Technology and IT enterprise that comprises two companies listed in India - HCL Technologies Ltd & HCL Infosystems Ltd . The 3-decade-old enterprise, founded in 1976, is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. Its range of offerings span Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products. The HCL team comprises approximately 45,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 17 countries including 360 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.in
About princeOMC
princeOMC works with companies with challenging service environments, including the legal and financial industry sectors, to realise the benefits of outsourcing and offshoring. Its clients have a high requirement for service flexibility and responsiveness, high service visibility to the business, and complex service and application portfolios.
The consultancy differentiates itself through a highly customised and collaborative approach to outsourcing that stresses confidence building and strong post-contract relationships rather than heavy procurement processes or governance that is largely dependent on SLAs. It aims to deliver better solutions, lower cost of entry, lower risk, and faster benefits realisation through this approach.
Customers advised for IT, Business Process and Knowledge Process Outsourcing/Offshoring including Remote Infrastructure Management, the 3rd wave of outsourcing.
For more information visit www.princeomc.com