Infosys today announced a global partnership with Huawei, a leading global information and communication technology (ICT) solution provider. Through this partnership, the companies will jointly offer enterprise customers cloud, big data and communication solutions. Also along with other enterprise-oriented services which will combine Huawei's cloud infrastructure and global IT service expertise from Infosys.

The companies will jointly develop IT solutions that combine Huawei’s cloud infrastructure and extensive service expertise from Infosys. These solutions will target enterprise customers looking to modernize their operations by leveraging cloud infrastructure.

Both parties will build reference architectures and standardized solutions for big data platforms, on Huawei hardware infrastructure, for joint go-to-market efforts. Huawei's customer contact technologies will be integrated with communication services from Infosys to offer enterprise customers a best-in-class communication experience like call center.

Vishal Sikka, chief executive officer and managing director, Infosys said, "Infosys is focused on helping customers succeed with software and services to both grow their business in new ways and to achieve operational efficiencies. We are really excited to partner with Huawei to bring the power of Huawei's cloud infrastructure and communication technologies to our joint customers, so that they can efficiently achieve this dual objective."

Shares of the company declined Rs 40.5, or 1.08%, to settle at Rs 3,699.90. The total volume of shares traded was 66,348 at the BSE (Thursday).