MARKET MOVEMENT
HCL Technologies and Broadcom expand
their global preferred services partnership
HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has
announced an expansion of the preferred services partnership
signed in 2018 with Broadcom, a global technology leader that
designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure
software solutions. HCL will broaden its professional services
offerings to include Symantec Enterprise Division (SED) consulting
services, which was part of Broadcom’s enterprise security solutions.
As part of the partnership, the majority of Broadcom’s Symantec
enterprise consulting team will transition to HCL. This includes
expertise across endpoint security, web security services, cloud
security and data loss prevention. Symantec enterprise consulting
employees will join HCL’s Enterprise Studio, which provides
professional services for Broadcom Enterprise Software solutions.
The Symantec US Federal Consulting Services and Cyber Threat
Analysis Programmes will remain with the Symantec Enterprise
Division of Broadcom.
“The enhanced partnership with Broadcom combined with HCL’s
rich legacy in cybersecurity will help our customers establish a
secure environment to further explore and pursue their enterprise
growth objectives,” said Abhishek Shankar, Senior Vice President,
HCL Technologies.
“This is the next phase of a successful relationship between our
two companies, built on HCL’s proven professional services model and
its Enterprise Studio offering,” said Art Gilliland, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom.
“This agreement will provide Broadcom customers the expertise
and services needed to ensure their mission-critical infrastructure
software needs are met.”
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Cradlepoint undergoes rapid expansion into Europe
Cradlepoint, a global leader in clouddelivered
LTE and 5G wireless network
Edge solutions, has announced its rapid
expansion into Europe with senior hires,
investment in new teams and new product
offerings. With a strong heritage in the US
to build upon, a clear addressable wireless
WAN market in Europe and the emergence
of 5G networks, the company is ready to
truly ‘go global’ in 2020, winning more
customers across northern, central and
southern Europe.
Evert Suur, previously Head of Channels
for Northern Europe at Forescout, joins
Cradlepoint as Area Director for Northern
Europe. He brings to the role 25+ years
of experience in the IT and networking
industries and will be responsible for driving
forward Cradlepoint’s ‘go-to-market’ strategy
in the Netherlands, Belgium and the Nordics.
Lorenzo Ruggiero also joins the company
as Area Director for Southern Europe.
Based in Milan, Lorenzo will lead customer
satisfaction initiatives, partner relationships
and revenue growth across Italy, Spain, France
and Portugal. Lorenzo joins from Vodafone
and previously worked at French software
company, Infovista, where he was in charge of
leading the enterprise market proposition.
There will be expansion and new hire
announcements for central Europe, in the
coming months.
In each region, a sales and support
team will be built throughout 2020, with
team leaders, sales engineers and business
development executives being hired.
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