Under the contract, the global IT services provider will offer IT infrastructure solutions, including data center operations, multi-lingual service desk, LAN management, and security services. It will also provide service management, including tools, desk side support and project services.
HCL will be responsible to manage eight data centers across five regions.
The project includes offshore diamond mining vessels along the Namibian coastline and Snap Lake mine in Canada.
HCL Technologies EMEA infrastructure services division executive vice president and head Ashish Gupta said: "This deal marks HCL’s continued expansion in emerging markets like South Africa and many locations across Africa, Latin America and Asia.
"It further strengthens HCL’s presence in the mining vertical."
The agreement facilitates De Beers’ operations in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, UK and across the world.
De Beers Group CIO Craig Charlton said: "Where we have previously had several service providers in each local region, this agreement affords us more comprehensive management of our underlying IT environment and enables us to run a more industrialized infrastructure service that underpins our broader IT strategy."
With this contract, De Beers will be able to reduce operating costs, improve processes and SLA-driven services, according to HCL.
The company will also benefit from integration with the Anglo American environment, and advanced IT frameworks and processes such as HCL’s Enterprise of Future, cloud-based service management tool – Service Now, and migration to cloud-based e-mail service and Office 365.
