HCL AXON, a division of HCL Technologies, which gives Business Transformation consultancy and administrations through the imaginative usage and backing of SAP innovations, reported a key association with UCS Group and an assume control of the UCS Group's Enterprise Solutions SAP hone. The gained practice is a division of UCS Solutions and offers Tier 1 Retail and wholesale SAP venture executions. The cut out exchange involves an all money thought of USD 7.7 mn and development focused procure out throughout the following two years.

HCL AXON and UCS Group likewise go into a vital association

NOIDA, London, Pretoria, sixteenth July 2009 – HCL AXON, a division of HCL Technologies, which gives Business Transformation consultancy and administrations through the inventive execution and backing of SAP advancements, declared a key association with UCS Group and an assume control of the UCS Group's Enterprise Solutions SAP hone. The obtained practice is a division of UCS Solutions and offers Tier 1 Retail and wholesale SAP venture usage. The cut out exchange involves an all money thought of USD 7.7 mn and development focused gain out throughout the following two years.

The cut out will develop HCL AXON's SAP abilities with best-in-class SAP Retail Industry Solutions (IS) , will get demonstrated competency IS Retail and further build the worldwide conveyance capacities, including a critical help to the organization's business sector nearness in South Africa. This organization will permit UCS Group to develop its annuity administrations business universally and to bolster the development of its SAP All in One business.

"We have an expressed methodology to bring solid client centered vertical suggestions and have distinguished the retail showcase as a noteworthy open door. Finishing this organization quickens our capacity to offer the business sector a mix of broad SAP IS retail ability and reputation which combined with our own particular retail encounter makes a convincing client suggestion", said Steve Cardell, President, HCL Axon.

Remarking on the organization, John Bright, UCS Group CEO, said: "UCS Enterprise Solutions SAP rehearse has a pre-prominent neighborhood market position and a universal profile in view of solid Tier 1 retail SAP mastery. We trust that joining the Enterprise Solutions division with HCL Axon, the world's biggest execution administrations business absolutely centered around SAP, offers access to a more extensive abilities base, presentation to other driving retailers and a consistent administration offering from both accomplices."

"The cut out of UCS Enterprise Solutions SAP rehearse makes a stage for building authority in the SAP administrations market. The retail vertical is a key development zone for SAP and for HCL", remarked Ram Krishna, Corporate Vice President and Head of Enterprise Application Services, HCL Technologies.

The successful date of this exchange is first August 2009 after satisfaction of conditions point of reference to this transaction.14