HCL signs a five year contract with JLT Group

The country's fourth largest software services firm HCL Technologies has signed a five–year IT infrastructure services contract with Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT), one of the leading providers of insurance and reinsurance. As part of the deal, HCL will implement an automated cloud management platform with advanced automation capabilities. HCL will also continue to provide IT service desk services to the company.

“We’ve formed a close working partnership with HCL over the past seven years, which has enabled us to introduce this blueprint for global consistency across our IT operations,” said Conor Whelan, Group CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. “We are now further investing in modern, agile and scalable technology to transform our infrastructure with automation capabilities."

HCL has been JLT’s infrastructure services partner since 2010, working on the group’s IT systems and processes, which support over 10,000 employees in more than 40 countries.

“We’re very excited at the opportunity to help JLT achieve a higher level of standardisation and consistency across its data and systems, through the next-generation services and automation capabilities that lie at the heart of HCL’s Mode 1-2-3 growth strategy,” said Sandeep Saxena, SVP – UK & Ireland, ITO, HCL Technologies.