Sogeti übernimmt Testspezialisten in Irland
SOGETI GROUP ACQUIRES INSIGHT TEST SERVICES AND EXPANDS IRISH OPERATIONS
Dublin – Ireland - Friday April 4, 2008 - Sogeti, one of the world's foremost providers of Local IT Professional and Test services, today announced the acquisition of the Irish company Insight Test Services Limited.
This acquisition, in conjunction with other recruitment plans will result in Sogeti Ireland growing to 200 staff by the end of 2008, establishing its position as a major player in the Irish IT Services Market.
Insight Test Services is Ireland‘s leading specialist software Quality Assurance, Test and Compliance full service provider. It currently offers Consulting, Managed Services, Training and Resourcing services to over 80 clients. Like Sogeti, the company has a local branch business model, offering fast, flexible, high value services to clients in Ireland and more recently in the UK.
Sogeti, a member of the Capgemini Group, is a global leader in the provision of Local IT Professional Services and employs 18,000 people delivering services in High Tech Consulting, Application Services / Systems Integration and Infrastructure Services. Globally, Sogeti is the market leader in Software QA & Test services with in excess of 2,500 testing specialists of which 2,000 in Europe and USA and 500 people in India, which represents a strong offshore investment. In addition, there are 5,000 application specialists with relevant test experiences. Sogeti is the owner, developer and distributor of the world leading test methods TMAP® and TPI®. Sogeti offers significant value in onshore-and offshore services in the testing arena.
“This acquisition reaffirms our commitment to expand our presence worldwide and more specifically in the Irish IT Services market”, said Luc-François Salvador, Chairman of the Sogeti Group. Added Michael Connolly, CEO of Sogeti Ireland: “We believe that by joining forces with the Insight Test Services team, we will immediately be able to provide a broader, deeper range of services to our clients. Further, the combined organisation gives us critical mass to increase our delivery capability across all of our services lines œ Client Advisory Services, SAP, Microsoft, IBM and of course Testing. This will make us more attractive to our current and future clients and as an employer.“
Declan Kavanagh a founder and CEO of Insight Test Services believes that: “The combination of Insight and Sogeti creates market leadership strength for clients in the geographies served by both organizations and the capabilities of the combined entities can be leverages across Sogeti for the benefit of clients, partners and staff.“
As illustrated by this deal, Capgemini directly or through Sogeti continues to expand notably through focused and disciplined acquisitions of firms with strong entrepreneurial spirit, domain or technological expertise and client intimacy.
About Insight Test Services
As a full-service pure play software quality assurance and test services provider, Insight Test
Services helps companies in all sectors to deliver and/or deploy software systems that work to
specification, on time and within budget while meeting regulatory, standards and best practice
compliance requirements.
Insight‘s services extend through the full software development lifecycle. The professionals of
Insight Test Services bring a wealth of industry domain knowledge to clients in the financial
services, ICT, life sciences, Transportation & Utilities and public sectors and have an impeccable
track record in each of these sectors.
Whether it be understanding the business drivers in the particular sector or the implications of
regulatory issues. Insight Test Services adds substantial value and makes a significant
contribution to ensuring that software systems used throughout the organisation conform to best
business practice, through its consulting, training, resourcing and managed service offerings.
Insight Test Services provides complete software validation through structured testing,
automation and simulation to bring a true and accurate picture of the quality of customer
product.
The company is headquartered in Dublin, it has a testing centre in Galway and an office in UK
More information is available at www.insight-test.com.
About Sogeti Ireland
Sogeti Ireland is a premier provider of information technology and consulting services to businesses and public-sector clients in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As innovators with a sophisticated command of business and technology, and strong project management experience, Sogeti is a leader in helping clients to develop and implement practical IT solutions to run their businesses better. With 40 years of experience, Sogeti offers a comprehensive portfolio of services that includes SAP implementation and upgrade, Client Advisory Services, IBM solutions, Microsoft solutions, Infrastructure Services and Software Testing.
For more information, please visit www.sogeti.ie
About Sogeti Group
Sogeti Group (member of the Capgemini Group), leader in IT services and R&D outsourcing, offers a range of local professional services in High Tech Consulting and Information Technology for large companies through these three complementary areas:
-High Tech or High Tech Consulting
Research & Development with the maintenance in operational conditions:
Outsourcing Research and Development and Innovation Advice.
Scientific and technical research and developments, mechanical design, development of complex systems.
Control and industrial data processing.
- Application Services or systems integration
From the conception to the maintenance of the information system: consulting, architecture, contracting owner‘s assistance, development, integration, testing and maintenance of application assets.
-Infrastructure Services or integration management and systems administration
Consulting in security and performance of the infrastructures of services IT and Telecom Supply of all the services indispensable to the rationalization, to the optimization and to the management of the IT structures. Integration of the architectures and of the exploitation, guaranteeing an optimal efficiency of the systems and networks.
In total, Sogeti Group has more than 18,000 professionals in 14 countries.
For more information, go to: www.sogeti.com.
