HCL is a global technology and IT Enterprise that operates in 31
countries. Its headquarters is in Noida, India. The company comprises two publicly listed companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some activity in the global market. On termination of the joint venture with HP in 1996, HCL became an enterprise comprising HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. HCL Technologies focuses on the global IT services market, whereas HCL Infosystems focuses on the IT hardware market in India and in APAC countries. HCL has since then operated as a holding company. KEY PEOPLE • Shiv Nadar • Arjun Malhotra • Subhash Arora • Badam Kishore Kumar • T.V Bharadwaj • Arun Kumar Jointly started a company known as microcomp limited.. History • In 1976, during lunch time at Delhi Cloth Mills, DCM, a group of six young engineers in the office canteen were discussing their work woes at DCM's calculator division. • Despite them all have having jobs that paid them well, they were an unhappy lot -- they wanted to do more, riding on their own gumption. They decided to quit their jobs and start a venture of their own. • The man who was fuelling the ambitions of his five other colleagues at that canteen was a 30-year-old engineer from Tamil Nadu, Shiv Nadar. And this is how the story of Hindustan Computers Limited, HCL began. • Nadar and his five colleagues quit DCM in the summer of 1976. They decided to set up a company that would make personal computers. They had gathered enough technical expertise at DCM's calculator division, but like for all start-ups, getting funds was the problem. • . He floated a company called Microcomp Limited -- through which he would sell teledigital calculators • Finally, the founders put together Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) and HCL was born. rudrapur Products • Computing Products • Business Server,workstation • PC Keyboard • Active Networking Products • Color Moniters,Terminals • CNC Racks,Cabinets • Laptops • Telecom Products • ISP & Networking Services • iPODs clients • HCL CLIENTS • HCL • MICROSOFT • ERRICSON • HP • INFOSYSTEM • PANASONIC • PCS • AMD • TOSHIBA • INTEL • WIPRO • NOKIA Thanku