HCL Technologies gives Global Development Center in Brazil

HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a leading global IT services  provider,  today  announced  the  official  opening  of  a  new  world-class,  Global  IT development center in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, expanding its global footprint.

This center compliments HCL’s operations in Sao Paulo and will offer a range of services including Enterprise Application Services,  Custom  Applications  Development  and  Maintenance,  and  Remote  Infrastructure Management to clients primarily in Latin America, North America and Europe. The company expects to hire over 300 engineers to work at the center by 2012.

With this center HCL will service a growing number of HCL clients and prospects in the Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, Public sector and Manufacturing industries.   The plan for the development center was also influenced by the strong, growing economy and rapidly increasing demand forecasted for IT services in this region. According to IDC, spending in IT Services activities in Latin America will be more than US $20B  in 2009 and will grow to more than US $25B+ in 2012. Brazil is the leading country in IT services spending in Latin America, accounting for more than 40 percent of the overall IT spending in the region.

HCL has already started servicing several new customers in Brazil, including a leading global pharmaceutical major, a global publishing company, a large telecom infrastructure company and a top local retailer and has nearly 100 engineers across Brazil.

The company has also recently expanded its local sales teams in Sao Paulo and in Southern Brazil. In addition, as it has done in the US with its North Carolina and New Jersey centers, HCL will rely on  local  hires  to  lead  its  growth  and  staff  client  projects,  thus  creating  jobs  for  the  local communities.

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