Capgemini Australia, a subsidiary of the Capgemini Group
(Paris:CAP), one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting,
Technology and Outsourcing services, today announced it has reached
an agreement in principle to acquire Australian software testing
company Nu Solutions. The acquisition positions Capgemini Australia
as a leader in the managed testing services market. Capgemini
Australia will inherit Nu Solutions' strong client base in the
financial services sector, and reinforce its growing links with the
Australian Government.
Under the terms of the agreement, Nu Solutions' 75 testing
consultants in the company's Sydney and Melbourne offices will be
fully absorbed into Capgemini Australia, to form a dedicated
division branded Capgemini Testing Services.
Nu Solutions' Sales Director, Nick Finlayson, commented, "The
synergy between our two companies has already been proven through
strong working relationships on a number of client projects over
the past two years. It will allow us to combine Capgemini's skills,
training, methodology and Rightshore® delivery model with Nu
Solutions' expert team of consultants, to provide an unparalleled
range of high-value testing services to our customers."
Salil Parekh, a member of Capgemini Group Executive Committee in
charge of Financial Services, India and Asia Pacific, said, "With
more than 7,000 testing specialists across the globe, Capgemini has
the largest software testing practice in the world. The opportunity
to rapidly replicate Capgemini's global software testing leadership
with on-the-ground expertise in Australia was simply too good to
resist."
Paul Thorley, Capgemini Australia's Chief Executive Officer,
said, "There is increasing recognition among Australian
organizations about the importance of strategic software testing
for mission-critical applications. This acquisition will deliver
skills and infrastructure to meet this increasing need."
Analyst group Nelson Hall forecasts that the global testing
market will be valued at USD $38 billion by 2012, and Capgemini can
benefit from its unique position to tackle this market. Capgemini
offers a critical combination of a global reach, a large and
talented team, a proven track record in global delivery, plus the
development of leading methods in testing (Tmap1 and TPI2) to its
diverse blue-chip client base all over the world.
With this acquisition, Capgemini will have over 750 staff
supporting its Australian operations and client base, 500 of these
are based in Australia and others in Rightshore® locations,
including India. The Nu Solutions team will bolster the Australian
presence of Capgemini and leverage its Rightshore® offerings.
About Capgemini
Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting,
technology and outsourcing services, enables its clients to
transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its
clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to
achieve superior results through a unique way of working, the
Collaborative Business Experiencetm. The Group has a mature global
delivery model called Rightshore®, which aims to get the right
balance of the best talent from multiple locations, working as one
team to create and deliver the optimum solution for clients.
Present in more than 30 countries, Capgemini reported 2008 global
revenues of EUR 8.7 billion and employs 90,000 people
worldwide.
More information is available at www.capgemini.com.
About Nu Solutions
Nu Solutions is a highly profitable testing consulting company
and, established in 1995, was one of the first of its kind in
Australia. Offering a broad range of manual and technical testing
services, and training and testing tools, Nu Solutions has
entrenched itself as a leading provider to well-known customers,
primarily in financial services, government, telecommunications and
retail sectors. Nu Solutions built its delivery capability by
focusing on attracting highly experienced technical staff with
consulting abilities to match, to ensure that customers'
expectations are exceeded consistently. Nu Solutions is the
consultancy of choice when implementing HP testing tools, though
its Performance Testing and Automated Testing staff actively
support a wide range of industry products.
More information on Nu Solutions is available at:
www.nusolutions.com.au
Rightshore® is a trademark belonging to Capgemini.
1 TMap : Test Management Approach
2 TPI : Test Process Improvement