HCLTech xLMCloud

HCLTech xLMCloud enables fast, secure, high-performance deployment of CAD and PLM on cloud with seamless experience for engineering teams. It supports remote work through high-performance virtualized CAx environments and streaming VDI, while improving utilization and optimizing TCO with right-sized cloud resources.

HCLTech xLMCloud combines deep expertise in engineering services, AI Driven Engineering Intelligence and strong partnership with Microsoft Azure deliver a cloud-native offering that accelerates innovation, improves operational efficiency and modernizes product development ecosystems.

The solution supports Engineering R&D infrastructure transformation across CAD VDI, PDM/PLM servers, HPC clusters, file servers, databases, license servers and related enterprise applications using managed cloud services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Designed for flexibility, xLMCloud supports major PLM platforms including Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE, PTC Windchill and Siemens Teamcenter, enabling modernization without disrupting existing tool landscapes.

xLMCloud offers end-to-end services across assessment, proof of concept, migration and managed services to accelerate PLM transformation. It applies the right transformation approach, including re-platforming, rearchitecting into microservices and enabling DevSecOps.

For graphics-intensive users, xLMCloud delivers secure, high-performance CAD on cloud with a seamless global experience, while supporting compliance and reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through optimized resource utilization

Key Benefits

• Up to 50% reduction in infrastructure costs: Achieved through right-sized cloud compute and GPU resources, optimized utilization and pay-per-use consumption instead of Capex-heavy on-premises setups

• Up to 25% improvement in engineering performance: High-performance cloud infrastructure enables faster CAD/CAE execution and improves user productivity

• 99.95% availability with rapid disaster recovery: Cloud-native resiliency supports high availability and fast recovery in case of failures

• Improved agility and on-demand scalability: Infrastructure scales quickly to meet changing engineering and project requirements without hardware refresh cycles

• Secure remote engineering with enterprise compliance: Enables global access to CAD and PLM with centralized security, ensuring IP protection and compliance

Key Azure Services Used

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Blob Storage

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure Application Gateway

Azure NetApp File Share

Azure Virtual Network

Azure Monitor

Azure Express Route

Azure Backup

Azure Site Recovery

COMPETENCIES

Cloud Consulting: Assistance to enterprises through cloud readiness assessment, gap analysis, transformation roadmap and workloads definition

Cloud Transformation: End-to-end transformation including apps integration, DevOps tooling and implementation and program governance

Cloud Operations: Ownership of operations through apps and Cloud Administration, AI-driven Platform Monitoring, Operational Intelligence, Change and Release Management

To know more about the solution please visit: https://www.hcltech.com/xlmcloud