PowerBuilder Developer's Journal

Sybase and HCL Technologies Ltd. have announced a strategic alliance that empowers customers with real time operational business intelligence. Under this new partnership, HCL will provide business-aligned IT value services around Sybase's high performance and proven data warehouse and analytics platform for dramatically improved efficiencies and decision-making across all facets of an enterprise.

"As we continue to grow our partner ecosystem in key global markets, including financial services, we are extremely pleased to incorporate Sybase's industry-leading business intelligence solutions and expertise into our service offerings," said Prem Kumar, president and global head of financial services, HCL Technologies. "Sybase's data warehouse and analytics platform is open, powerful and proven which provides HCL customers with a legitimate competitive advantage through distinctive business integration capabilities for real time, compliance, reporting and analytics. We see strong potential for these solutions within our existing customer base and in emerging global markets."

This global partnership will combine HCL's premier IT services with Sybase® RAP and Sybase IQ to extract real-time data from multiple sources on the fly and transform data into actionable business intelligence. The HCL-Sybase partnership will initially focus on the financial services industry, which includes capital, retail, wholesale and insurance market segments, with the expectation of expanding into related industries.

"Based on both companies extensive experience and leadership in the financial services market, the HCL and Sybase alliance is a winning combination for customers," said Steve Capelli, president, worldwide field operations, Sybase. "We are pleased with the opportunity to share our expertise and success in handling extremely large data volumes and help customers overcome the inherent obstacles of making information accessible to those who need it, when they need it."