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History of HCL Infosystems Ltd

1986

- The Comp. was established on 17th April. The object of company is manufacturing of & leading in complete range of Mini Computers Micro processor based systems, Electronics Instruments, Micrographic and reprograhic equipment & manufacturing & marketing of electronic EPABX systems & electronics Teleprinters.

1989

- The Comp. entered into an agreement with Hewlett packard of US for the sale & leaving of Super Mini & Mainframe computers to be manufactured by Hewlett in India. The technical collaborator of the Company Hewlett-packard, is the second largest computer Comp. in the world. It has some of finest laboratories & manufacturing facilities in the world. In 1991, these two companies, each a leader in its own field, decided to join hands. And soon after HCL Hewlett-packard was launced. HCL Finance and Investments Ltd is the subsidiary of company.

1996

- The performance was adversely affected due to rise in dollar exchange rate, tight liquidity position in the market, political uncertainty coupled with deferment of capital expenditure by Government Departments.

- The Comp. set new industry standards with the launch of D & K class HP 9000 Business Servers complemented by J class HP 9000 Workstations, simultaneously with the world wide launch of these products by Hewlett-Packard Co.

- The Comp. also recently announced the introduction of most powerful Workstations in the world based on the latest 64-bit processors from Hewlett-Packard the PA-8000.

- The Department of Electronics [DoEs], the nodal department of the Government of India for development of electronics industry awarded the First Prize to the Comp. in the area of computer systems, as a part of the prestigious DoE award of Excellence.

1997

- The Comp. commissioned its second state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Sedarpet near Pondicherry.

- The Comp. has the largest network of spare-stocking locations, supported by Test & Repair Centres which reduces the inventory level and increases the spares availability at any time. To meet critical requirements within 4-5 hours, the Comp. has tied-up with Indian Airlines to deliver spares in major metro cities.

- The Comp. has the best skilled manpower created through years of Campus recruitment & training at In-house Training Centres & by providing Management Training in the best Management Institutes.

- The Comp. set new industry standards by launching the most powerful Workstations & Servers in the world based on the latest 64-bit microprocessors from Hewlett-Packard - the PA-8000.

- The Comp. further extended its indigenous Infiniti range of business computing products as it introduced the Enterprise Class Infiniti Super Server & the Infiniti ELS range of workgroup servers.

- Mr. Suresh Rajpal, Director, Mr. Manuel F. Diaz, Director & Mr. Bob Robertson, Alternate Director, resigned from the Board of Directors of the Comp. w.e.f. 25th September.

1998

- The Comp. tied-up with Intel Corporation for Server technology, resulting in the introduction of Infiniti Global Line range of PC Servers which incorporate building blocks from Intel & are integrated and tested extensively for Indian condition.

1999

- The Board of Directors unanimously appointed Mr. Ajai Chowdhry as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer with effect from 5th November.

- The Comp. launched its WWW.OW! initiative targeted at the internet market with a range of services from providing complete infrastructure to ISPs, to corporate Intranets, Cybercafes, Infokiosks & E-Commerce.

- The Office Automation division has recently launched digital copiers and multifunctional products from Toshiba & opened service centres to cater to the increasing number of walk-in customers for service of Nokia cellular phones.

- The Comp. tied up with Lucent Technologies as an integration partner for its SYSTIMAX range of structured connectivity solutions.

- The Office Automation Division has entered into a relationship with Samsung, Korea to market & support their range of Key Telephone Systems.

- The Office Automation Division tied up with InFocus, USA, for marketing & supporting their range of LCD projectors. - The Frontline Division has tied up with Novell to become the largest Novell Authorised Support Centre. The tie-up has been successfully implemented across five locations in the country.

- The Comp. tied-up with Microsoft Corp. for lates version of operating systems, resulting in launch of preloaded systems & beta testing for future technology & product like Windows 2000.

2000

- HCL has launched a new range of PCs [Ultima & Elite modelss] under its BeanStalk range of PC at its Pondicherry plant.

- The Comp. entered into an agreement with US-based Infocus for distribution & technological support of latter data & video projection products in the country.

- HCL Infosystems limited has launched the Nokia professional Centre [NPCs] in Chennai as part of expansion programme to open Nokia centres in India which will enable customers to choose the right model and accessories suiting their life style.

- HCL Infinet, the Internet start-up of HCL Infosystems, & media group, Asian Age, have set up a joint venture called Asian Age Infinet.

- HCL Infosystems Ltd has launched in India the Swedish major Ericsson Generation X Business communication too, 'Next Call Centre'.

- The Office Automation Division of Comp. has been recognised for level 1 in business excellence.

- HCL Infosystems has launched HCL BenaStalk personal computers powered by Intel Pentium III 700 Mhz processor for home segment.

- HCL Infinet Ltd., the Internet services subsidiary of HCL Infosystems, has tied up with UBS Publishers' Distributors Ltd., one of the largest distributors of books in the country, to sell books online through its soon-to-be-launched portal. - HCL Infosystems has entered into a tie-up with BroadVision for providing personalised e-business applications to is clients.

- HCL Infinet, the Internet subsidiary of HCL Infosystems, launched its business-to-consumer [B2Cs] horizontal portal, www.hclinfinet.com.

- The preferential allotment of equity shares/Warrants upto 2% of the issued equity share capital of company.

- HCL Infosystems Ltd,. & Unisys, a US-based provider of e-business solutions, services, platforms & network infrastructure, have entered into an alliance for use of ES7000 range of servers & associated hardware & middleware storage solutions.

- HCL Infinet, the new internet services subsidiary of HCL Infosystems, launched its value added internet services in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Noida, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

- HCL Infosystems limited has implemented BroadVision B2B Technology for East Lifestyle Corporation Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, a media & e-commerce corporation with interests in print, Internet, television within the timeframe of 50 days.

- FEC Infosystems Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems Ltd., has implemented BroadVision B2B technology for East Lifestyle Corporation Pte. limited Singapore, a media & e-commerce corporation.

- The Comp. has launched digital mail inserting systems -- 3 series desktop, 5 series tabletop & 8 series -- in collaboration with the US-based Pitney Bowes.

- HCL Infosystems, a technology integration company, has bagged the award for Top PC Vendor by at the Dataquest award ceremony. - The Comp. Introduced Channel Support Certification program. This ensures uniform quality of support across the country. HCL is the first indian IT Comp. to introduce this kind of certification program in India.

- The Comp. has introduced new products under Infiniti 2000, Infinite Global Line Servers, Busybee & Beanstalk.

2001

- ICRA has assigned an `A1+' rating to the Rs 50-crore enhanced commercial paper programme of HCL Infosystems Ltd., indicating highest safety.

- 1,45,00,000 No. of equity shares of Rs 10/- have been allotted at par, by subsidiary HCL InfiNet limited against Rs 1450 lacs subscribed in the previous quarter.

- HCL Infosystems & Intel have jointly launched an e-business solutions programme, targeting new market opportunities in segments such as Internet service providers, application service providers, banking & finance.

- HCL InfiNet Ld., the Internet services subsidiary of HCL Infosystems, has launched an authenticated payment gateway for its portal, www.hclinfinet.com, in association with Citibank to enable customers to carry out secure transactions online including buying Internet access.

- HCL Infosystems is setting up a managed off-shore development centre at its Noida software development facility for Stratech Systems -- the Singapore-based IT systems & technology developer.

- HCL Infosystems limited launched a consumer friendly Internet appliance [IAs] -- Ezeebee.

- HCL-Infosystems is entering the call centre business. The Comp. has tied up with US-based Stratasoft to offer consultancy services to clients entering the call centre business.

- Financial institutions hiked their stake in HCL Infosystems Ltd to 7.51 per cent representing 23.9 lakh shares as on June 2001, from 4.64 per cent stake amounting to 14.7 lakh shares in the previous year.

2002

-HCL Insys joins hands with Sun Microsystems India to provide end-to-end solutions to business.

-HCL Insys says it is the No.1 PC Co in India in 2001.

-HCL Tech restructures its treasury Investment portfolio.

-HCL Infosystems launches its 'Bean stalk CD surprise' to promote PC sales.

-HCL Infosystems introduces mailing system of Pitney Bowes, OfficeRight, the Digital mail finisher & post perfect, & digital franking systems.

-HCL bags Toshiba gold Award for second time for overall copier sales & marketing performances.

-HCL Insys launches the Toshiba Portege 3500 series Tablet PC in the nation.

2003

-HCL Info launches Dragon Naturally speaking, the latest speech recognition software.

-HCL Infsys receives the project to completely automate the Value Added Services[VATs] of Andhra Pradesh.

-HCL Info registers 245% growth in their net profit for Q4.

-The Comp. has launched ' HCL Beanstalk Media Center PC' The new product will offer user a single remote control device controlling music system, live television [including recording of TV programmess], DVD player, radio & TV games on a personal computer with a keyboard.

-HCL provides technology for new police command centre

2004 -HCL Info forays into digital entertainment sector

-HCL Infosystems has launched a new computer that will have multi-functional capability of television, DVD, MP3 player, radio, gaming tool, Web browser & video recorder

-HCL touches one lakh milestone in desktop sales

-HCL Infosystems announced the launch of its new range of Infiniti Global Line 2700 series with Dual Intel Xeon processors promising to deliver faster speeds for enterprise applications

-HCL Info launches new MP3 player

-HCL Info ties up with Union Bank

-Unveils 'RP2 System' a new technology which will ensure uninterrupted power supply to computers

2005

-Launches Micro Balanced Technology Extended [BTXs] Form Factor for desktops in India on February 10, 2005.

-HCL Info unveils PC for Rs 12,990

-HCL Infosystems launches Toshiba notebook PCs

2006

-HCL inks 5 year pact with Dish TV

-HCL Info sets up Enterprise Response Centre in Mumbai

2008

- HCL Infosystems Ltd has announced that the Comp. has been awarded one of most prestigious contracts for establishing the Punjab State wide Area Network [PAWANs]. HCL specialized expertise in the e-governance vertical made it the primary choice for setting up this backbone infrastructure by Government of Punjab [GOPs].

- HCL Infosystems has bagged a 23-million dollar deal to implement IT infrastructure for Pan-African e-Network Project, which provides tele-education & tele-medicine. The project would connect 53 African countries into one network.