HCLTech taps Microsoft to deliver HPC solutions for enterprises

IT firm HCLTech, on Wednesday, announced an extended collaboration with Microsoft, aiming to deliver high-performance computing (HPC) solutions to clients in different industries.

As part of this initiative, HCLTech intends to train 3,000 professionals within three years and establish a dedicated lab-cum-centre of excellence (CoE) in partnership with Microsoft, the company said. 

These solutions will leverage HCLTech's advanced engineering services and Microsoft's Azure cloud HPC technologies. The primary focus of the collaboration is to grant clients access to HPC resources, including core infrastructure, advanced analytics, machine learning, and simulations. 

Ajit Moodliar, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Microsoft Ecosystem Business Unit, HCLTech, said, “By combining Microsoft’s expertise with HCLTech’s CloudSMART, we will offer customers a powerful combination of advanced engineering services and cloud technologies to help them manage complex hybrid infrastructure.” 

“HPC is widely used in many industries and is becoming increasingly important as organisations look to gain insights from vast amounts of data and drive innovation to become more efficient,” said Nidhi Chappell, GM, Azure HPC AI, Microsoft. 

The collaboration also aims to create new solutions that enable customers to utilise their current infrastructure investments while benefiting from the flexibility of cloud-based services. These solutions will promote scalability, security, and agility. 

On May 29, HCLTech introduced SmartPaaS, a platform-as-a-service offering in partnership with open-source provider Red Hat. The goal is to assist enterprises in accelerating their cloud deployment efforts. HCLTech utilises Red Hat OpenShift, a container application development platform, to facilitate the development and deployment of applications across hybrid and multicloud environments.