Aircel and NEC India, a display, network and IT solutions provider, announced their strategic partnership for Software as a Service (SaaS), where NEC will provide the cloud aggregation platform, along with a portfolio of cloud offerings to Aircel. Aircel will be responsible for managing the end-to-end customer relationships, including pre-sales and sales engagements, delivery and support, and billing and contractual relationships. Aircel and NEC will start with a software applications portfolio, which could then subsequently extend to other cloud offerings. The focus will be on enterprise grade offerings, such as collaboration, CRM, ERP, HRMS, business suite, video conferencing etc. NEC has built up a carrier grade cloud aggregation platform through its engagements with multiple service providers across the globe.
At the announcement of the partnership, Ravinder Jain, chief business officer - enterprise, Aircel Limited, said, "Aircel is delighted to foray into the rapidly growing cloud computing market in India. Cloud Services by the name of "Business Unplugged" from Aircel will help businesses grow by providing flexibility to scale-up quickly and seamlessly according to the changing business environment and demands. Our partnership with NEC India will offer business application and productivity solutions, catering to large and medium enterprises, SME/SOHO and PSUs across various industry verticals."
Commenting on the occasion, Angira Agrawal, associate vice president, cloud business, NEC India, said, "NEC sees Aircel as a key partner focussing on cloud, and believes that our partnership with Aircel will fundamentally change the way companies view and adopt cloud services."
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