HCL Technologies Joins Mainframe Migration Alliance.

NEW DELHI, India -- Alliance Helps to Facilitate the Migration of Mission Critical Mainframe Systems to Microsoft Windows Server System Software

HCL Technologies, a leading global IT Services provider, today announced that it has joined the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA), founded

The Alliance provides a variety of tools, resources and materials to help organizations address the challenges posed by owning and maintaining legacy application environments. The growing business need for reducing IT costs, the shrinking pool of internal programming and management skills and the need for greater flexibility in Information Technology systems, is driving the demand for migration from mainframe systems to more agile and flexible Microsoft Windows Server System software and Microsoft .NET environments.

Commenting on the alliance, V.S. Sriram, Corporate VP, HCL Technologies, said, "HCL is excited to be a part of this new initiative. Working with Microsoft and the MMA, HCL will assist its customers to migrate seamlessly from mainframes to Microsoft server software. Having worked extensively on mainframes and the Microsoft platform for clients globally, HCL is ideally positioned to undertake such migrations thereby helping customers benefit from reduced Total Cost of Ownership offered by Microsoft platforms."

"With its experience and knowledge of mainframes, HCL is in a position to provide valuable assistance to our mutual customers that want to migrate from less-flexible technologies, like z/OS, onto the more agile and cost-effective Windows Server platform," said Spyros Sakellariadis, Mainframe Migration Alliance Director for Microsoft Corp.

About HCL Enterprise

HCL Enterprise is one of the leading Global Technology and IT enterprises with annual revenues of around $2.0 billion, with IT Products and Services contributing to revenues of $1.1 billion. The HCL Enterprise comprises of two companies listed in India, HCL Technologies (www.hcltech.com) & HCL Infosystems (www.hclinfosystems.com). The 29 year old enterprise, founded in 1976, is one of India's original IT garage start ups. Its range of offerings span Product Engineering, Technology and Application Services, BPO, Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of technology and telecom products in India. The HCL team comprises 24,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 26 offices across 15 countries including 170 offices in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including several IT and Technology majors.

HCL Technologies is one of India's leading global IT services company, providing software-led IT solutions, BPO and Infrastructure Management services. Making a foray into the services domain in 1997-98, HCL Technologies focuses on technology and R&D outsourcing, working with clients in areas at the core of their business. The company leverages an extensive offshore infrastructure and its global network to deliver solutions across select verticals including Banking, Insurance, Retail & Consumer, Aerospace, Automotive, Semiconductors, Telecom and Life Sciences. For the twelve month period ended 31st December 2004, HCL Technologies along with its subsidiaries had revenues of $ 664 million and 20,249 employees. For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com.

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