HCL tech bags deal from News Corp Arm

To manage and transform data centre.

Information technology major HCL Technologies has entered into a multi-million pound, five-year technology infrastructure management and transformation engagement with News International, a British subsidiary of News Corporation.

HCL will manage and transform News International’s datacentre and network environments by migrating operating systems. This will involve transformation projects such as migrating operating systems to lower cost industry standard solutions, business continuity improvements and virtualisation, consolidation and standardisation of storage and servers.

HCL Technologies is already working with other News Corporation companies for their technology infrastructure management requirements.

The IT company is also offering services to more than 40 media and entertainment companies worldwide and recently announced engagements with Reader’s Digest Association (RDA) and Viacom. With RDA, HCL had signed a $350 million (Rs 1,610 crore) contract. The media, publishing and entertainment (MPE) vertical contributes 6.8 per cent to HCL’s total revenues and grew by 52.8 per cent compared with last year.

The company is scouting for more acquisitions in the MPE segment to enable it to grow its pre-press, ad production and editorial services to print, online and other mediums, as Business Standard had reported earlier.

HCL Technologies’ stock closed at Rs 348.9, up 0.84 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex.