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Indian multinational technology company

HCL Technologies Limited, doing business as HCLTech (formerly Hindustan Computers Pvt. Limited), is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) consulting company headquartered in Noida. Founded by Shiv Nadar, it was spun out in 1991 when HCL entered into the software services business. The company has offices in 52 countries and over 225,944 employees.

In 1976, a group of eight engineers, all former employees of Delhi Cloth & General Mills, led by Shiv Nadar, started a company that would make personal computers. Initially floated as Microcomp Limited, Nadar and his team (which also included Arjun Malhotra, Ajai Chowdhry, D. S. Puri, Yogesh Vaidya and Subhash Arora) started selling teledigital calculators to gather capital for their main product. On 11 August 1976, the company was renamed Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL). The company originally was focused on hardware but, via HCL Technologies, software and services became a main focus. HCL Technologies began as the R&D Division of HCL Enterprise, a company which was a contributor to the development and growth of the IT and computer industry in India. HCL Enterprise developed an indigenous microcomputer in 1978, and a networking OS and client server architecture in 1983. On 12 November 1991, HCL Technologies was spun off as a separate unit to provide software services. Later subsidiaries included HCL Infosystems and HCL Healthcare. On 12 November 1991, a company called HCL Overseas Limited was incorporated as a provider of technology development services. It received the certificate of commencement of business on 10 February 1992 after which it began its operations. Two years later, in July 1994, the company name was changed to HCL Consulting Limited. On 6 October 1999, the company was renamed 'HCL Technologies Limited' for "a better reflection of its activities." During 2000, the company set up an offshore development centre in Chennai, India, for KLA Tencor Corporation. HCL TalentCare is the fourth and latest venture of HCL Corporation. In July 2018, US based Actian was acquired by HCL and Sumeru Equity Partners for $330 million. In 2019, HCL Technologies acquired a select few products of IBM. HCL took the full ownership of research and development, sales, marketing, delivery, and support for AppScan, BigFix, Commerce, Connections, Digital Experience (Portal and Content Manager), Notes Domino, and Unica. Furthermore, in 2021, the company reached $10 billion in revenue. In 2022, HCL Technologies rebranded as HCLTech.

Number Acquisition date Company Business Country References 1 format=dmy Capital Stream Inc. Business process automation United States 2 format=dmy Liberata Financial Service Business process outsourcing United Kingdom 3 format=dmy Control Point Solutions, Inc. Telecommunications service United States 4 format=dmy Axon Group Plc. SAP Consulting United Kingdom 5 format=dmy UCS Group's Enterprise Solutions SAP Practice SAP South Africa 6 format=dmy Part of Volvo IT Information technology Sweden 7 format=dmy Concept to Silicon Systems (C2SiS) Semiconductors India829 October 2015PowerObjectsCRM ConsultingUnited States92016Geometric LtdPLM & Engineering ServicesIndia1017 January 2017Butler America AerospaceEngineering & DesignUnited States1125 April 2017Urban Fulfillment Services, LLCBusiness Process OutsourcingUnited States125 September 2017ETL Factory Limited (Datawave)AutomationUnited Kingdom1327 June 2018H&D International Group IT and engineering services providerGermany149 September 2019Sankalp SemiconductorTechnology design services firmIndia1514 January 2022StarschemaData services companyHungary/United States169 May 2022Confinale AGdigital banking and wealth management consulting specialistZug Switzerland1713 July 2023ASAP Groupautomotive engineering services providerINGOLSTADT, Germany

In October 2017, IBM struck a "strategic partnership" with HCL that had the latter firm take over development of the IBM Lotus Software's Notes, Domino, Sametime and Verse collaboration tools.

HCLTech operates in 52 countries, including its headquarters in Noida, India. It has establishments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Morocco. In Europe it covers Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia and Romania Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, and United Kingdom. In the Americas, the company has offices in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and United States. Cary, North Carolina is the base for the American operation and as the Cary Global Delivery Center.

A subsidiary of HCLTech, HCL Infrastructure Services Division (ISD) is an IT services company. Headquartered in Delhi, NCR, India, HCL ISD was instituted in 1993 with the objective to address the demand for cost effective management of technology infrastructure across geographically dispersed locations. HCL ISD, also known as HCL Comnet Systems and Services Ltd. in India, diversified ito provide enterprise IT infrastructure globally in 1993 winning the first order to establish India's first floorless stock exchange

On 7 September 2005, HCLTech expanded its operations base in County Armagh and Belfast in Northern Ireland. At the 2006 UK Trade and Investment India Business Awards in New Delhi, the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the expansion, which was aimed at creating more IT and BPO jobs in the area. HCL acquired the Armagh based AnswerCall Direct earlier in 2005. HCL BPO services in Ireland are carried out through its main delivery centres in Armagh and Belfast. In November 2011, after HCL revealed an expansion plan in County Kilkenny in Ireland, its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) division in Northern Ireland won a contract for back office services from the Department of Health. It was aimed at increasing the number of jobs and other employment opportunities in the region.

HCL announced on 16 June 2020 that it had commenced operations in Sri Lanka. The company plans to create 2,000 jobs in the country within the first 18 months of operations.

HCL Enterprise's subsidiary, HCL Infosystems, was formed in 1976 to produce calculators.