Acquisition to help CTE’s portfolio
gain strategic advantage
Bangalore, Tuesday, January 22, 2008:
- Cambridge Technology Enterprises, a global IT services provider
and recognized as a leading provider of SOA based solutions
and Enterprise Transformation applications to mid size enterprises
of Global 2000 enterprises, today announced that it has entered
into an acquisition agreement with Q-Soft Systems & Solutions,
a privately held company based at Bangalore, India, for an
undisclosed amount.
This is the third consecutive acquisition
in this year for Cambridge Technology Enterprises including
ComCreation and Reilly & Associates.
Incorporated in 1996, Q-Soft provides managed
services to its clients using Oracle technology products and
Unix / Linux systems. Head Quartered at Bangalore, Q-Soft
is more than 200 people strong and has presence in Mumbai
and Chennai. An Oracle certified partner, Q-Soft is a leader
in the managed services segment in India catering to large
and mid size markets offering database services, network management
services, middle tier management and custom software development
services of ERP solutions.
This acquisition would potentially bring
in additional revenue in the ERP segment to CTE for the current
financial year FY 2008, augment CTE’s service offering
in the ERP segment with off shore Oracle services portfolio
& bring the combined entity closer to CTE’s vision
of being a ‘One stop shop for IT services for mid-sized
enterprises’. It would also bring in many strategic
advantages to CTE’s portfolio by enhancing CTE’s
customer base notably and provide CTE with an opportunity
to have a strong foot print in the Indian market by cross
selling services and also increase its head count significantly.
Bhaskar Panigrahi, CEO, Cambridge Technology
Enterprises said, “India is a strategically important
market for CTE. CTE’s business model is built on the
foundation of customer intimacy and technology innovation.
Q-Soft’s long and strong relationships with their customers
and strong technical competency will enable CTE to add excellent
value and local support to existing and prospective customers.
Also help CTE move up the value chain.” He further added,
“CTE looks forward to continue to build and enhance
our SOA competence and offering by cross selling services.
I firmly believe that Q-Soft’s arrival in CTE group
strengthens our commitment to expand and grow in India”.
Harshavardhan C G, Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer, Q-Soft Systems and Solutions said
“This association gives us the twin advantage of offering
more value to our customers. We see this acquisition to be
symbiotic where we can benefit from each others strengths
& become more responsive to the new business demands and
changes.”
About Q-Soft Systems & Solutions:
Incorporated in 1996, Q-Soft provides support
services to its clients using Oracle technology products and
Unix / Linux systems. Head Quartered at Bangalore, Q-Soft
is more than 200 people strong and has presence in Mumbai
and Chennai. An Oracle certified partner, Q-Soft is a leader
in the managed services segment in India catering to large
and mid size markets offering database services, system administration,
middle tier management and custom software development services
of ERP solutions. Q-SOFT has been honored with many prestigious
awards for its continuous support and excellent customer rapport
by Oracle since inception such as ‘National Best Partner
for the year 1996-97’, ‘Technology Partner for
Oracle for the year 2000-2001’, ‘Partner of The
Year - most Innovative Adoption of New Technology’ in
2004 to name a few and the most recent being ‘Partner
of the Year 2007 - Customer Centricity’.
For more information, please visit www.qsoftindia.com
About Cambridge Technology Enterprises
Cambridge Technology Enterprises (CTE) is
a global services provider dedicated to serving the midsize
market of enterprises and the midsize units of Global 2000
enterprises across the spectrum of business industries. Recognized
as a thought leader and innovator of comprehensive Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based enterprise transformation
and integration solutions and services, CTE provides solutions
for all the business challenges. A CMMI Level 5 business innovator,
CTE offers the same level of expertise to IT as it does to
product development, business process outsourcing, and innovation
consulting. CTE is a one-stop-shop for all global service
needs. With offices throughout the US and the world, Cambridge
Technology Enterprises focuses on local collaboration and
global execution.
For more information, please visit www.ctepl.com,
or e-mail us at info@ctepl.com
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