Capgemini acquires Software Architects
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Capgemini has agreed to acquire the software services company Software Architects to expand its presence in key U.S. cities, the French IT services provider said Thursday.
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(InfoWorld) - Capgemini has agreed to acquire the software services company Software Architects to expand its presence in key U.S. cities, the French IT services provider said Thursday. The purchase of Software Architects, which focuses on project management, architecture and business technology services, will provide a gateway for new business in cities such as Tampa, Florida, and Phoenix, Arizona, according to Gapgemini. The software services company, which is located in Chicago, has a strong focus on MicrosoftÂ and IBMÂ technologies. Software Architects, a 500-employee company with revenues of $68 million in 2006, will be folded into Sogeti USA, a subsidiary of Capgemini. Sogeti will then have 2,000 employees in 24 U.S. cities, Capgemini said. The deal is subject to the approval Software Architects shareholders, antitrust clearance and customary closing conditions, Capgemini said. No financial details were disclosed. Capgemini has lowered costs for customers by delivering a mix of offshore services with on-site expertise, the company said. It has pushed into India and plans to have about 10,000 staff there by the end of this year. In October 2006,Â Capgemini bought Kanbay InternationalÂ for $1.25 billion to increase its ability to deliver services from India and gain access to Kanbay's large financial institution clients. A month prior, Capgemini acquired aÂ 51 percent stake in Unilever India Shared Services, a finance and accounting business process outsourcing operation in India belonging to European consumer goods maker Unilever Group.
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Indian outsourcer Wipro said Wednesday that it has not been in talks to acquire or merge with French IT services company, Capgemini.The statement by Wipro follows reports in the media last month that Wipro was considering acquiring the French company.Wipro is India&#39;s third largest software outsourcer after Tata Consultancy Services, and Infosys Technologies.Wipro said it was issuing the statement at the request of French securities regulator, Autorit&#233; des march&#233;s financiers (AMF).An Indian newspaper, The Hindustan Times, said in December that&#160;Wipro was expected to bid for Capgemini&#160;by the end of January, citing unnamed sources. The report pushed Capgemini&#39;s share price up, but the bid never materialized.A Capgemini spokeswoman denied at the time that there were any talks between Wipro and Capgemini on this issue.Earlier in June, another Indian newspaper, The Times of India, said that Infosys was planning to acquire Capgemini.Indian IT companies, including Wipro, have shown interest in acquiring companies abroad both to get access to new markets or to add new services.An acquisition of Capgemini would give an Indian outsourcer access to European markets, but the cultural incompatibilities are too high, said Siddharth Pai, a partner at sourcing consultancy firm, Technology Partners International Inc (TPI) in Houston, Texas.
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Technology consultancy Capgemini will begin recommending Google Inc.'s online suite of office software to its corporate customers, bolstering the Internet search leader's effort to drum up more sales to big businesses.
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Dunes Technologies' virtual-machine automation tools will become part of VMware's management portfolio.
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French IT services company CapgeminiÂ will have more staff in India than any other country by the end of this year, as it expands its offshore services delivery from that nation.
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Microsoft has purchased a small, privately held data management company and will use the technology to enhance its SQL Server database, Office, and related business software, the company said Thursday.
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(InfoWorld) - As part of a new market strategy aimed at growth markets, business software vendor Software AG will focus on SOA (service-oriented architecture) products and services, and plans acquisitions to broaden its product portfolio and market share, company executives announced at a news conference Wednesday. The Darmstadt, Germany, software maker, whichÂ used to tag itself The XML Company, sees its future in helping businesses migrate their legacy IT systems to more flexible, SOA-enabled infrastructures, said Peter KÃ¼rpick, the member of the Software AG executive board responsible for research and development, Software AG offers a suite of products, including its main Crossvision application, that provide companies with the necessary tools to build SOA-based services and the interfaces to link them to other applications, KÃ¼rpick said. KÃ¼rpick pointed to the company's new Active Governance Framework (AGF) featuring an SOA policy editor that allows developers to edit and enforce business and technical policies. One of AGF's features is the capability to send alerts to business users when an application conflicts with an established policy. With its focus on SOA products and services, Software AG aims to double its sales to â¬1 billion ($1.3 billion) within the next five years, said CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich. While Software AG intends to "remain a product company," a huge share of its business will come from consulting services, said company spokesman Norbert Eder. Acquisitions, particularly a larger company in the U.S., will help increase sales and thus market share, according to Eder. Software AG is also keen to acquire smaller software companies that can broaden its SOA portfolio or provide access to new markets in Europe, he said. The company has set aside â¬700 million for acquisitions. At the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, next month, Software AG plans to provide more details about its SOA strategy, KÃ¼rpick said. The company is the initiator of the "SOA World" event to held at the trade show. The event will include a forum and exhibition by providers of SOA products and services.
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Company agrees to buy Archivas, an existing partner, whose software allows for immediate access to protected, archived data.
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It has been a busy few days at Computer Associates (CA) as the company first announced the acquisition of Netegrity and has now released details of a new licensing schema available on the company&#39;s large portfolio of mainframe software products.
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CapgeminiÂ , a major global services provider, has just partnered with Google to enable large-scale adoption of the enterprise version of Google Apps. Capgemini will provide training, support, integration, and other services to large organizations that implement Google Apps Premier. Itâs a small but momentous event, signaling increasing enterprise interest in free Web-based apps that look and feel like Word, Excel, and other Microsoft Office software.
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Three open-source software firms announced investments today: $27 million for Greenplum, $11 million for Zenoss, and $9 million for Alfresco.
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Novell, seeking a real-time makeover for its collaboration wares, announced that it has acquired SiteScape, the developer of open source collaboration tools.
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The chip giant has announced plans to buy a developer of digital-media creation software and services.
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DECEMBER 16, 2004  - Microsoft Corp. has acquired antispyware vendor Giant Company Software Inc. in New York for an undisclosed amount.
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The company expands its server software for creating slick interfaces for Web applications.
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Computer Associates International will acquire identity management software supplier Netegrity in an all-cash transaction valued at $430m (Â£241m).