HCLTech announced on Friday the addition of a new node to its global AI and Cloud Native Lab partner network by opening lab facilities at its Noida and London campuses, bringing the total number of labs to seven. HCLTech has collaborated with its long-time partner ServiceNow, for this initiative. This announcement follows the company's earlier announcement of setting up an AI lab in Singapore to drive AI innovation. Previously, the company established similar labs in the US, UK, Germany and India.
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HCLTech AI Labs in Noida and London
"The companies today inaugurated a dedicated facility in HCLTech's Noida campus, where customers can pilot, navigate and scale innovative solutions to address industry-specific challenges. The same experiences will also be accessible in the HCLTech AI and Cloud Native Lab in London," HCLTech said in a statement.
"The early adoption and scaling of GenAI capabilities will help businesses unlock new efficiencies and enhance continuous service delivery to drive business transformation," said Jagadeshwar Gattu, President of Digital Foundation Services at HCLTech.
"Our expanded partnership with HCLTech will help us to accelerate AI adoption for more customers in the UK and India," said Michael Park, SVP and Global Head of AI GTM at ServiceNow. "These Labs will help empower customers to take control of their AI investments and unlock new levels of productivity and profitability across the enterprise."
Driving AI Innovation with ServiceNow
The Labs leverage HCLTech's industry-leading and proven methodologies for clients to navigate GenAI and agentic AI journeys with ServiceNow, driving efficiencies in the areas of ESM (enterprise service management) and industry verticals, the official statement said.
In addition to HCLTech's proprietary tools, such as AI Force and AI Foundry, the lab will include technology built with accelerators and frameworks modelled for the ServiceNow platform. These include "ValueNow, to assess GenAI readiness; ComplyNow, to assess and identify key security and risk areas; and AchieveNow, to help customers optimise GenAI value and outcomes," the companies said in a joint statement.
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HCLTech AI Force Extension for GitHub Copilot
Earlier this week, HCLTech announced the launch of its AI Force extension for GitHub Copilot on the Visual Studio Marketplace. The integration aims to streamline software development, enhance flexibility, and optimise code performance, making HCLTech one of the first India-based technology service providers to collaborate with Microsoft for creating a GitHub Copilot Extension, the company announced on Monday.
The extension supports a wide range of use cases, including legacy modernisation, migration, DevOps, automation, and continuous feedback. Through AI Force, HCLTech aims to help clients automate tasks and incorporate intelligence throughout every phase of the engineering lifecycle.
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"With the AI Force extension, our clients will achieve benefits beyond enhanced coding experiences such as improved efficiencies, greater productivity and time-to-market acceleration. This integration helps them reduce technical debt and develop better quality software that is easier to maintain," said Apoorv Iyer, Senior Vice President and Global Lead of GenAI Practice, HCLTech.
"By combining HCLTech's expertise in AI and automation with Microsoft's advanced developer technologies, we are enabling our clients to achieve unprecedented efficiencies and accelerate their digital transformation journeys," said Sangita Singh, General Manager of ITES, Microsoft India.
