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HCL Axon is a leading British-based consultancy dedicated to assisting customers using SAP as their Enterprise Resource Planning system. Previously listed on the London Stock Exchange and a FTSE 250 Index constituent, the company has been a subsidiary of Indian outsourcing firm HCL Technologies since December 2008.

HCL AXON is a business transformation consultancy, that designs, implements and supports solutions that address complex business issues faced by large organizations who have selected SAP as their strategic enterprise platform.

The organization is a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL EAS Ltd., founded on 15th December 2008 after the reverse merger of AXON Group plc and the HCL SAP practice.

HCL AXON offers full SAP lifecycle services including Business Consulting, Solutions Implementation, Application Management, Blue ocean upgrades and Integration Services. The combination of AXON's strong transformation, process consulting and implementation capabilities and HCL's proven application and infrastructure capabilities has produced an organization unrivalled in the marketplace. The integrated global SAP services force is focused on improving customers' performance through the delivery of cost reduction programmes, business process improvement, shared service centers, top-down information strategies, executive coaching and leadership development.

History
The Company was founded by Mark Hunter, Donald Kirkwood and Paul Manweiler in 1994. It acquired Feanix in 2005. In August 2008 Infosys Technologies offered £407m to acquire the business. This offer was subsequently beaten by a rival offer for £441m by HCL Technologies. The acquisition by HCL was completed in December 2008.

Axon has been an important SAP delivery partner to Capita in their Local Government Business Transformation activities. On November 13th it was announced that Capita have been selected by Sheffield City Council as the preferred bidder for a strategic partnership.

Axon's first major foray into Business Transformation, outside of the umbrella of Capita, was Wolverhampton City Council. On 15th of November, Wolverhampton announced that it was pulling out of the £66 million deal, only 6 months into the contract.

Operations
The Company provides the following services:
 * Business consulting
 * Solutions implementation
 * Application management
 * Packaged offerings