HCL Unveils new HCL ME range of leaptops

Company Press Release:

HCL Unveils ‘HCL Mobile Excitement’ – New Marketing Strategy Focused on Today’s Mobile Consumer

- Initiative includes new HCL ME range of leaptops, re-branding of all HCL Digilife stores nationally and a brand new TVC and logo on the theme of mobility -

New Delhi, 24th September, 2009: HCL Infosystems Ltd, India’s premier hardware, services and ICT system Integration Company today announced the launch of ‘HCL Mobile Excitement’, one of company’s largest marketing initiatives since its inception in 1976. The multi dimension initiative includes more focused marketing strategy towards today’s nomadic customer and saw the launch of a new logo and TV commercial focused around Mobility and life–on–the-go.

Based on the findings of a survey carried out by research firm IMRB on today’s consumer, HCL has launched this new marketing campaign ‘ME’ to establish a more youthful and vibrant image of the brand to ensure a stronger connect with NextGen consumers. The company’s new TVC and logo, an integral part of the new brand campaign ‘Mobile Excitement’ (ME) is more youth focused and revolves around the growing need amongst consumers for mobility. All HCL Digilife stores and retail outlets will also be re-branded as a part of this strategy.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd said, “Ever since our inception, we have always understood our customer needs and have been pioneers in fulfilling them. The new HCL ME campaign has been made keeping the requirements of today’s on–the-go customers who are always on the move seeking seamless connection to the virtual world. With so much content and paucity of time, their focus is on MOBILITY always. We are confident that the renewed marketing focus will help us establish a deeper connect with our consumers and further consolidate our position in today’s fast paced market.”

HCL also introduced world’s first laptop with in-built ‘One Touch’ service & support that offers service and self recovery features like ‘One Touch support’ and ‘One Touch Recovery’ incorporated into the product. HCL’s new range of laptops comes with innovative features like SPLIT ME where one can share their data without worrying about the size of the file and LOCK ME that prevents data theft from the system. This feature ensures that the data cannot be copied on to external storage devices, USB memory sticks, CD optical disk drives, hard disk drive without getting authorization from the user, Secure ME an extremely effective tool which can be used to lock any application installed on the PC e.g. Internet Browser, Adobe, Power point etc, another feature Encrypt ME allows the user to encrypt their data and avoids unauthorized access of the data providing assurance against data theft. Apart from this, the new range of laptops also comes with features like face recognition and finger print recognition.

Today, every aspect of our society is changing in a profound way, including consumer demands. The new generation of Indian youth is well equipped to understand and leverage the power of knowledge to decide what is best for them. According to the survey, conducted amongst collegiate and young executives in the age group of 18-29 yrs in key cities of India like Delhi NCR, Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Pune, Vijayawada & Mangalore, the youth today is highly individualistic and impatient, wants everything ahead of time and craves for entertainment in all forms whether it is gaming, music, movies or the virtual world.

The survey also says that the collegiate comprise of 1/5th of the laptop market has seen sharpest increase in penetration across user segments. Therefore, HCL ME programme has been designed around the concept ‘it’s all about ME’ thereby reaching out to the largest emerging consumer group – the youth & the young executives.

With the launch of HCL ME, HCL aims to address the market in the target segment.
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About HCL Infosystems Ltd.
HCL Infosystems Ltd. with revenue (LTM) of US $ 2.6 billion (Rs. 12,378 crores) in financial year 2009 is one of India’s premier hardware, services and ICT system Integration Company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that includes Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom, Imaging and Retail. HCL Infosystems Ltd. aims to be a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements of an organization. One of India's leading System Integration and Infrastructure management services organizations, HCL Infosystems Ltd. has specialized expertise across verticals including Telecom, BFSI, E-Governance and Power. HCL Infosystems Ltd has one of India's largest distribution and retail networks for ICT products, taking to market a range of Digital Lifestyle products in partnership with leading global ICT brands, including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Kingston, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Microsoft, Nokia and Toshiba. HCL Infosystems Ltd. today has one of India's largest vertically integrated computer manufacturing facilities; with over three decades of electronic manufacturing experience, and HCL desktops are among the largest selling brands in the business enterprise space. With one of India's largest ICT services networks that reaches most regions in India, HCL's award winning support services make it a preferred choice of enterprise and consumers alike.

About HCL
HCL is a $5 billion leading global Technology and IT Enterprise that comprises two companies listed in India - HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups, a pioneer of modern computing, and a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings spans Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team comprises over 60,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 23 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms.