HCL ISD intros 'Zero Touch' desktop solution

NEW DELHI

DECEMBER 1, 2006

HCL Technology's Infrastructure Services Division (HCL ISD) announced the
launch of its 'Zero Touch' Desktop Deployment Solution for Microsoft Windows
Vista.

Zero Touch provides a completely automated process to enable enterprises to
minimize risk, bring higher visibility and reduce deployment cost by over 40
percent. It offers centralized deployment of the operating system and packaged
applications, which completely automate the deployment process for extremely low
manual intervention, a HCL statement said.

Zero Touch also offers zero tolerance to loss of data through a robust user
state backup and restoration process for user data and settings. The solution
enables a Closed Loop Process by aligning Microsoft's Business Desktop
Deployment (BDD) framework from Windows Vista with HCL's IT Service Assurance
Model based on ITIL/ISO 20000 and CoBIT Processes, hence eliminating manual
switchover between phases of Windows Vista BDD. HCL has also developed a
Deployment Dashboard at the core of this solution which will provide both an
overall and in-depth status report for all deployments.

Anant Gupta, COO, HCL ISD, said, "The solution will add a new dimension
to the existing HCL-Microsoft relationship and will play a pivotal role in
reiterating our commitment to providing innovative solutions around existing and
new Microsoft platforms to enterprises worldwide."

Peter Boit, vice president of Enterprise Partners, Enterprise and Partner
Group, Microsoft Corp. "Through the 'Zero Touch' desktop deployment
solution, customers can leverage the strengths of both companies' solutions to
transform their business."