The constant push towards development and expansion, mergers and acquisitions are commonplace. The outsourcing companies acquire other companies in order to grow and expand into related business domains that they can integrate withe the business. In the hopes that such actions would yield more advantages than advantages. In the hopes that such actions would yield more advantages than disadvantages. The companies acquire the other companies in order to branch out their services and diversity their solutions so they can capitalize on a particular market which are usually the ones that are booming.
The Indian outsourcer Genpact Limited, one such outsourcing company making an acquisition. The acquisition of the Information Technology solutions provider Headstrong Corporation was not much of a shocker to many in the industry when the bidding for the company started during the middle of the March. When the first round of the bidding began, it was reported that IBM and Hewlett Packard EDS were the first to show interest in acquiring the company while French Global Services Company. The Capgemini was the frontrunner, while it was not expected initially that the Genpact would be the one to acquire headstrong, many in the industry are expecting that this move by Genpact may help revive the company following its disappointing forecast in the revenue growth. The Genpact is seeking to strengthen its financial with the acquisition.
By Genpact, it is interesting to note that this is already the third acquisition. In following its acquisitions of the Symphony Marketing Solutions and High Performance Partners LLC. The Genpacts acquisition of the Symphony Marketing Solutions enabled them to strengthen their position in the analytics and data management sector. The Indian outsourcing company was also able to add retail, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods to their growing list of the domain expertise. In the European information technology sector, the Capgemini meanwhile despite being outpaced in the Headstrong bid, it is still managed to make a notable acquisition. The acquisition is slated towards providing a bigger room for the growth for Capgemini as the two companies will be able to help them position themselves better in the French Market. The French Market, represents only 22 percent of the company’s revenues and that the acquisitions of Artesys and Avantias. The acquisition is slated towards providing a bigger room for the growth for Capgemini as these two companies will be able to help them position themselves better in the French market.
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