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HCL Technologies partners with LeasePlan on strategic ICT initiative

HCL Technologies has signed a strategic IT partnership contract with LeasePlan, a global fleet management and driver mobility company of Dutch origin. Under the terms of agreement, HCL will create group competency in collaboration with LeasePlan Information Services, to provide IT solutions in various domains such as core leasing platforms, business intelligence and data warehousing solutions, enterprise IT solutions, and application development & maintenance services.

The program is a part of broader ICT strategic initiative by LeasePlan to consolidate, harmonize and standardize IT elements such as Infrastructure, Applications and Data, said HCL in a statement. The scope of the contract will enable HCL to provide services to LeasePlan across 32 countries globally.

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