bangalore nasdaqlisted it services firm computer sciences corporation csc is entering into a strategic tieup with hcl technologies to leverage the latters offshore delivery capabilities especially in infrastructure management services ims said sources familiar with the development the alliance represents a coming together of rivals and signals a trend of partnerships and consolidation in it the two are said to have been in talks for a partnership for several months and it is this perhaps that generated speculation about a possible acquisition of hcl tech by one of the top global it services companies the announcement is expected on wednesday coinciding with csc ceo john michael lawries visit to india an email sent to csc and hcl technologies did not elicit any response hcl will get access to large transformation deals in the us especially those from the public sector and government that now goes to american companies like ibm unisys and csc csc gets access to the excellent delivery capabilities in infrastructure management services that hcl has and which is crucial to large transformation deals a source close to the development said csc has around 6000 people in infrastructure services and hcl over 20000 this is expected to give csc scale and access to a lowcost structure that would improve its profitability based in virginia us csc has 81000 professionals in more than 70 countries it had revenue of 15 billion for the 12 months ended september 27 2013csc india which has its service portfolio across application service it infrastructure service and bpo operates across seven locationsbut mainly in noida and chennaiand employs over 24000 people most of its employees came in with the acquisition of covansys in 2007 infrastructure management services contracts involve data centre operations and may also include services such as help desk support desktop management local and wide area network operations management and disaster recovery services for hcl infrastructure is now an over 1 billion business and has for long been its fastest growing vertical cscs global infrastructure services revenue for the september quarter was 12 billion which was 35 of its revenue in the quarter cscs tieup with hcl will coincide with another significant announcement about its leadership in india the company has appointed sashi kumar vp and md of global delivery at sap consulting services as the managing director of csc india sources privy to the development said kumar was formerly the md of microsofts global technical support centre in india he succeeds neeraj nityanand who quit the company a few months back csc has had four ceos in india in the last seven years including the latest inductee sources say this reflected the lack of a clear vision about indias place in cscs larger strategy lawrie is trying to change that he has experience with india since his ibm and misys days and hes very serious about engaging india one source said