HCL Infosystems partners Cisco for WebEx solutions

NEW DELHI: IT hardware and services company HCL Infosystems said it has partnered with networking giant Cisco to offer the latter's web and video conferencing platform to enterprise customers in the country.

HCL will offer Cisco's ' WebEx' solutions through its distribution channel of 500 company-owned touch points as well as customers in over 4000 towns across the country, HCL Infosystems said in a statement.

"Our distribution reach, direct sales force and innovative solutions will lend the desired resources to enable Cisco WebEx to be accessible to SMEs, large corporates and government organisations anywhere in India," HCL Infosystems Vice-President Sales D Mohanty said in a statement.

Cisco WebEx is a on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web and video conferencing platform.

With this engagement, HCL Infosystems and Cisco aim to expand the market and tap into the growing need for B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to customer) collaboration tools and technologies, across the country.

"With HCL Infosystems as national partner, businesses of all sizes, located anywhere in the country can utilise these services to collaborate with their customers and partners and at the same time, address the changing needs of workspace collaboration," Cisco India and SAARC Head Partner Organisation B Raghavendran said.

Cisco WebEx has over 6 million registered hosts' worldwide and an average of 7.6 million meetings hosted each month, the statement said.