Smart IT keeps 22,500 cars off the highway Plus it also turns into 300,000 trees planted, 133,140,990 lbs reduction in carbon emissions, and a whopping annual energy cost savings of $10 million at HCL.

RIM route to effective biz The advent of remote network operations centre (NOC) services had heralded the arrival of Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) in India during the year 2000. Though it had been a slow starter, the adoption of RIM has picked up by enterprises during the past two years. This may be attributed to the rise in demand with companies such as HCL Comnet ushering in a new RIM that held within itself globally benchmarked solutions and processes.

Economic recovery: A mirage Experts deliberate on the topic and conclude that it is time companies analyzed their strengths, remained alert about the opportunities and cautious about the uncertainties in the future.

Assurance on the cloud Windows Azure is being accepted by Indian businesses for the fact that it is not only a reliable and scalable platform for customers to access online services, but also for enabling creation of feature-rich applications for different devices and a large set of users without worrying about IT infrastructure.

Evolving Sourcing Dynamics Benefits of outsourcing are not limited to saving pockets. With the changing business dynamics, the competitive benefits of outsourcing have also grown — from cost savings to value creation for customers.

The Placebo Effect Virtualization is a sure panacea in hiding the IT asset complexities and creating a highly flexible information infrastructure.

Service Delivery and Industrialization Introducing the best of ITT practices where Saas/Cloud computing model provides impetus to HCL MTaaS model.

IT Strategy: Remote Infrastructure Management RIM vendors, the current slowdown is the icing on the cake, as companies all around the world are looking to consolidate their IT infrastructure and experienced yet cheap labor.

Industrialization of IT Industrialization of IT is characterized by increasing standardization of components and processes, including best practices, selling outcome rather than content and continual process improvement.

HCL Invests in Green Datacenter in US HCLT extends its Datacenter Transformation Services to New Jersey. Green Datacenter Enables End-to-End Services Including Near-shore Co-Location Solutions, Business Continuity Planning, Cloud Computing and Mainframe Management Services; HCL Continues Increasing Investments in U.S.

The year ahead for the 'new normal' economy The momentum carries you down hill but you need skill and stamina to climb uphill. For students of management and aspiring leaders, there has never been a better opportunity to learn the forgotten art of not only navigating the teams in a momentum business but also in a business that needs climbing to the top again. The skills required are quite different and the attitude to love challenges is an essential because each day is a challenge.

HCL Inks Transformational IT infrastructure management & Data Center Services deal with Xerox Having pioneered the concept of Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) with a co-sourcing engagement model, the leading global IT services provider HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), has entered into a six-year, multi-regional data center services and Transformational IT Infrastructure management contract with Xerox Corporation. The engagement will further establish the credentials of HCL as the IT Infrastructure Outsourcing behemoth.

How to Make Windows 7 a Win-Win for Your Company Tips and best practices to keep in mind before your company jumps headlong into the much-awaited technology upgrade to Windows 7 Maninder Singh VP, End User Computing Services, HCL ISD Analyst and IT Experts around the world are advising IT departments that the time to move to Windows 7 is now.

BFSI : Safety Compromised IT has moved from back office to total branch automation. Is overall risk mitigation possible?

Taking a sustainable route to Green IT Green IT is not about buying a lot of jazzy ‘green’ hardware. It is about holistic efficiency, and that should make it a more sustainable transformation.

Remote Infrastructure Management - The new star of the Indian IT Industry! An Industry analyst once commented on the criticality of IT Infrastructure to an organizations success, saying, While perhaps not as flashy as iPods, nanotechnology, or service-oriented architecture, IT infrastructure is the plumbing that consumes massive amounts of capital and supports critical commercial activity in the modern world and when it fails, everyone pays attention.