NIIT Tech patners Hitachi for cloud computing

NIIT technologies has announced partnership with Hitachi Information Systems to offer cloud computing services. Cloud computing is an emerging mega trrend which is standardized IT capability delivered via the internet in a pay per use and self service manner. With cloud computing gaining impetus, both companies will be able to offer the complete portfolio of services around the cloud infrastructure to cater to the changing IT landscape.

To begin with, Hitachi Information Systems would leverage NIIT Technologies' data centre in Bangkok and create the first hub outside Japan, networked to their existing infrastructure. Drawing on the benefits of scale,  shared infrastructure and standard applications, this partnership will drive down costs while increasing the speed and agility of deploying applications.

The operations are expected to begin by first quarter of next fiscal.