HCLTech and NetApp expand partnership for hybrid cloud storage-as-a-service to accelerate enterprise AI adoption

• 17 Aug 2026
• TM Team
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HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has expanded its collaboration with NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure Company, to offer hybrid cloud storage-as-a-service (STaaS) to enable enterprises scale AI and data-driven workloads. The solution provides a flexible, consumption-based model that supports AI and GenAI applications alongside traditional enterprise systems.

This solution integrates HCLTech’s Utility for Everything (U4X) digital infrastructure framework with NetApp Keystone, the pay-as-you-go storage service, enabling organizations to align infrastructure with evolving workload requirements. It enables enterprises to scale storage, performance and data services on demand while supporting AI development, deployment and operations via HCLTech’s AI Factory suite of offerings.

By combining HCLTech’s consumption-led operating model with NetApp’s data management capabilities, the offering helps accelerate the transition from AI pilots to enterprise-scale adoption. It strengthens data readiness and governance while enabling organizations to run workloads closer to where data resides, improving efficiency and time-to-value.

This offering builds on proven deployments across industries, where organizations have modernized data infrastructure and adopted more flexible operating models using HCLTech and NetApp capabilities. These implementations have improved agility, scalability and compliance, forming the foundation for this integrated STaaS offering. For example, a global food and beverage company enhanced operational flexibility and reduced upfront investments by adopting a consumption-based model, while a European telecommunications provider improved scalability and resilience across distributed environments while meeting stringent regulatory requirements.

"We believe strong partnerships are built by co-creating technology offerings, business models, solutions and services that deliver meaningful customer value. This collaboration gives customers access to NetApp’s intelligent data infrastructure through a flexible, accessible business model, backed by HCLTech’s hands-on expertise," said Alvaro Celis, Chief Partner and Ecosystem Officer at NetApp.

“Our collaboration with NetApp reflects our focus on helping enterprises scale AI in a pragmatic and efficient way,” said Rampal Singh, Senior Vice President, Hybrid Cloud Business Unit at HCLTech. “By combining flexible infrastructure models with strong data management capabilities, we are enabling clients to unlock the value of their data and accelerate their AI journeys.”