Lenovo India and HCL Infosystems, India's premier distribution, IT services and solutions company, announced their strategic alliance that would strengthen Lenovo's consumer retail and commercial business by leveraging HCL Infosystems' strong sales, distribution and after-sales support network.

Under this partnership, HCL Infosystems will sell and support Lenovo's entire portfolio of PCs and Tablets, as well as enhance their existing cooperation in the distribution of tablets, through its wholly owned subsidiary; Digilife Distribution and Marketing Services (DDMS), the distribution arm of the company with an exhaustive last mile connect and support in rural markets and urban markets across India. The partnership is poised to trigger growth and extend businesses for both companies.

Harsh Chitale, managing director and chief executive officer, HCL Infosystems, said ''Our partnership with Lenovo is an absolute fit to our strategy wherein we are focused on building and growing our enterprise & consumer product distribution business along with attached services. This partnership is a concrete step towards driving our transformation story and a testimony to the expertise and value addition we offer to global brands like Lenovo. We envisage this complimenting association playing to the strengths of both partners and growing manifold in the future.''

Shares of the company gained Rs 0.25, or 0.43%, to settle at Rs 59 at the BSE (Monday).