US-based Purdue Pharma extends deal with HCL Tech

India's fourth largest software services company HCL Technologies has got 3-5 years extension from US-based Purdue Pharma for its end-to-end IT infrastructure management deal.
No financial details of the deal were disclosed.
In 2010, HCL Tech had signed a multi-year deal with Purdue to manage two data centres and all remote locations of the client in the US.
"Under the terms of new agreement, HCL will expand collaboration with Purdue on their ongoing companywide IT and infrastructure management undertaking. This will include extended support on existing projects such as data centre management," HCL Tech said in a statement.
It will also include new assignments like virtualisation, backup transformation and future product rollouts, it added.

The deal is for anywhere between 3 and 5 years, sources said.

"We are pleased to expand our relationship with HCL for infrastructure managed services, service desk and security. This partnership has improved our ability to deliver cost effective and innovative solutions to support our business," Purdue Junior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Larry A Pickett said.
HCL will enable establishment and adoption of new systems and technologies by providing unified service aggregation and management across their servers, network, messaging, database, storage and backup.
The Noida-headquartered firm will also render service desk and remote desktop services for all US offices of Purdue from its North Carolina-based delivery centre.

"...We are committed to delivering real-time, relevant business value to Purdue to transform their infrastructure and architecture and help them keep pace with changing business demands," said Vinod Chandran, HCL Tech Executive Vice President and Head of Infrastructure Services (North America).