HCL Technologies selected as primary IT partner by ODP Corporation

HCL Technologies Limited (HCLTech) said that it has been selected by The ODP Corporation, an American office supply holding company, as its primary IT partner.

The Indian IT company will help ODP Corporation in its end-to-end IT operations and enterprise-wide digital transformation for supporting the latter’s business strategy in its Office Depot, Veyer, and ODP Business Solutions units.

Gerry Smith — ODP Corporation CEO said: “Consistent with our low-cost business model approach and new four business unit structure, we’re excited to partner with HCLTech, a world-class IT organization, to support our evolving IT needs and priorities.

“HCLTech’s extensive IT expertise provides greater agility and differentiated IT capabilities to help accelerate our transformation and positions us to expand services to our customers, today and in the future.”

HCLTech said that it will make use of its capabilities in automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate efficient IT operations with customized and intuitive IT services.

The American office supply holding company is also expected to benefit from HCLTech’s experience in modernization of applications and operating model transformation to evolve further as an agile, product-centric IT organization.

C Vijayakumar — HCLTech CEO and Managing Director said: “The infusion of HCLTech’s digital transformation and IT modernization expertise into The ODP Corporation’s robust operations will create a stronger and more flexible foundation for ODP amid constant technological advances and shifting consumer demands and expectations.

“We’re excited to supercharge progress for ODP as they evolve their IT capabilities and services and look forward to setting new industry benchmarks in terms of operational and customer experiences.”

Last month, HCLTech bagged an expanded multi-year contract from Mondelēz International to boost the latter’s cybersecurity and transform digital workplace services globally.