HCL partners with Visiprise

Noida

January 24th 2008

HCL Technologies has entered into a global consulting partnership with
Visiprise Inc. for the Life Sciences industry, covering all aspects of the
medical device manufacturing cycle. Visiprise provides manufacturing execution
solutions (MES) that help global manufacturers to gain visibility into
operations, achieve shop floor control and manage product and process
traceability. The consulting agreement will include joint marketing, sales and
pre-sales services and will result in the ability for seamless licensing,
blueprinting, implementation, plant-business integration, roll-out, support,
upgrade / migration and instance consolidation services to manufacturers.

Under this agreement Visiprise will also be training and certifying HCL
consultants on Visiprise solutions.

Speaking on the occasion Pradep Nair, VP, Global Life Sciences and Healthcare
practice, HCL Technologies said," HCL's partnership with Visiprise is well
poised in bringing about the transformational change in plant operations. We
believe that Visiprise's technology and strategic alignment with SAP and PLM
vendors will help customers in seamless business integration from shop-floor to
top-floor, which aligns well with HCL's focus towards Manufacturing IT solutions
and services.

"HCL's focus in medical devices, coupled with their comprehensive
approach in providing total plant-level IT aligns well with our vision of
delivering a total manufacturing solution for the integrated enterprise,"
said Mike Lacky, VP of industry business units from Visiprise. "HCL
Technologies has a global footprint and a proven ability to deliver solutions in
a complex, manufacturing environment."