Honda 2Wheeler India Appoints Kyndryl As New Technology Partner

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has announced an exclusive collaboration with Kyndryl, world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, in a bid to improve the IT and security systems across its manufacturing plants. Kyndryl currently manages infrastructure services for plant production applications, enterprise and dealer management systems for all the dealers at HMSI. The new systems aim to improve operational efficiency and customer service experience. Kyndryl will help Honda improve infrastructure manageability and uptime through increased automation as well as enhance the company's cybersecurity and resiliency, the two-wheeler giant said in a statement.

Speaking on the association, Mr. Atsushi Ogata - Managing Director, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India said, "At HMSI, we are glad to announce our exclusive technological partnership with Kyndryl India. Their in-depth knowledge of HMSI's business functions pillaring upon complex IT systems is what precisely makes them a trusted advisor for our operations in India. Moving forward, the new synergy will enable us with better business availability and operations predictability while infusing a more agile IT environment that serves our customers and partners better."

Speaking about the association, Lingraju Sawkar - President, Kyndryl India said, "In an increasingly competitive ecosystem staying ahead of the curve and anticipating business and operational challenges is paramount. Kyndryl's proven expertise in infrastructure management, automation, and cloud transformation, coupled with a deep understanding of HMSI's critical operations allows us to anticipate and structure a resilient and agile framework for the future. We are excited to expand on our collaboration with HMSI as they further unlock the potential of true digital transformation within their India operations."

The partnership will integrate HMSI's business applications and IT systems' availability. The new partnership will integrate an on-demand Disaster Recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) set-up for minimal outage and production loss during a crisis impacting HMSI's primary data center. The company says Kyndryl's Cloud Resiliency Orchestration tool will bring Honda's primary data center to a fully operational state in a matter of seconds during a disaster. The architecture is said to be resilient and will add flexibility to the system to handle additional demand from customers.