HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services company, announced on Friday that it has acquired the status of Life Sciences Competency by Amazon Web Services (AWS). This acknowledgement is part of the AWS Partner Network (APN) Competency Program.

HCL is a global strategic consulting partner to AWS for building and providing enterprise cloud computing solutions and services on the AWS platform. HCL’s cloud solutions for AWS include various horizontal offerings as well as vertical end-to-end platform as a service for pharmaceutical clinical research and development.

Achieving an APN Competency, like life sciences, allows partners to differentiate themselves to customers by showcasing expertise in a specific solution and/or vertical areas. For customers, the APN Competency Program is designed to highlight top quality APN partners who have a strong overall AWS practice and demonstrate customer success and technical proficiency. This enables HCL to demonstrate expertise through trained and certified technical and business professionals on AWS services. Together with AWS, HCL Technologies is providing complete cloud services and a cloud management portfolio that will give enterprise customers fast, flexible access to the cloud.

''Achieving the AWS Life Sciences Competency is a strong validation of HCL's continued commitment to developing innovative new solutions that create value for our life sciences customers in what has become a very complex and rapidly evolving environment,'' said Sandeep Kishore, corporate vice president and global head of Life Sciences and Healthcare and Public Services for HCL Technologies. ''By teaming up with AWS, we've been able to more effectively help life sciences customers conduct drug research and development with a main focus on science and patients.''

Shares of the company declined Rs 28.4, or 1.86%, to trade at Rs 1,496. The total volume of shares traded was 46,103 at the BSE (11.46 a.m., Monday).