Huawei, Tech Mahindra sign global pact for enterprise biz

IT company Tech Mahindra will market enterprise products and services of Chinese telecom company Huawei across 44 countries, including India, under an agreement signed between the two companies today.
"Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering and Huawei Enterprise Business Group (EBG) have signed a global partnership agreement. Basis this agreement, Tech Mahindra will market Huawei's enterprise products and services across 44 countries including India," the firms said in a joint statement.
The alliance would also involve launching a joint go-to-market strategy by leveraging each other's core strengths.
"Huawei and Tech Mahindra complement each other well, and, more importantly, we work towards the same goals. As specialists in our respective domain, we now work together to present competitive solutions for the global enterprise market," Huawei India, President, Enterprise Business Group Derek Hao said.

Under this partnership, Tech Mahindra would take Huawei's enterprise products and services and build solutions around various platforms and solutions of the Indian firm.
The platforms and solutions are in areas of Internet of Things (IoTs) such as connect care, connected car, connected factories and fleet management solutions, and solutions in areas of utilities such as smart cities, smart metering and smart grids, the statement said.
"This partnership enables us to implement our unique solutions along with Huawei's innovations and latest ICT infrastructure to bring faster ROI (return on investment) for our customers," Tech Mahindra President - Enterprise Business Manoj Chugh said.

The partnership will help Tech Mahindra gain access to newer enterprise markets in geographies like Europe, Latin America, Africa, India, Middle East and South East Asia while enabling it to provide maximum value to the clients, the statement added.