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Rio 2016: How Atos is Helping the IOC Redeploy its Budget from Run to Digital
Jul 08, 2016, by Dominique RaviartFour years ago, at the time of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, NelsonHall reported on the work Atos does for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) though its Major Events unit. See our previous commentary here. This week we visited its center in Barcelona to get an update on the work it is doing for the Rio Games starting next month, The Olympic Games remain a fantastic o[...]
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M&A Activity (Part 3): Further Scale and Digital Remain Priorities in 2016
Mar 31, 2016, by Dominique RaviartIn December 2015, we published two blogs about M&A activity in the IT services industry in 2015 (here are the links for Part 1 and Part 2). This blog examines M&A activity in IT services in Q1 2016 and sets our expectations for the rest of this year. In short, 2016 started off with a bang, with two very large IT services acquisitions announced in the first [...]
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Tech Mahindra’s Application Security Business Expands Offering, Targets Multi-Year Deals
Jul 22, 2016, by Dominique RaviartIn an earlier blog, we described how Tech Mahindra had expanded its performance engineering testing to embrace the Internet of Things (IoT), and here we take a look at how the company is handling another area of non-functional testing: software security testing. Tech Mahindra provides security services through its Cyber Security practice, a horizontal line of business. The practice has a headco[...]
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The New CSC Targeting Topline Growth Within 3 Years: Is Organic Growth Possible?
Nov 17, 2015, by Dominique RaviartCSC has just laid out the financial targets of the standalone business which will retain the CSC moniker when the U.S federal company, CRSA, breaks off. As well as CSC’s global commercial business, it includes non-U.S. public sector businesses (~$700m revenues in FY15). In its FY15 (ending March 31, 2015) this part of CSC achieved revenues of $8.1bn, and an adjusted operating margin[...]
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Atos Strategy Update: Bull and Xerox Acquisitions Examined, Indian Offshoring Still Work in Progress
Apr 09, 2015, by Dominique RaviartNelsonHall recently met with the management of Atos to discuss the acquisitions of Bull and Xerox ITO and the progress being made by Atos in adopting Indian offshoring. Note that this meeting took place before Atos' Consulting & Systems Integration analyst day. Bull: Is An Expanded Portfolio Relevant? With its acquisition of Bull, Atos has acquired an IT firm with a significant level[...]
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ITO Spending Growth Dips Slightly & Bookings Flat in 2014, but Expect Improvement in 2015
Jan 28, 2015, by Dominique RaviartThis week NelsonHall held its quarterly IT outsourcing (ITO) Index webcast. We have conducted these calls for the last six years to monitor developments in ITO from a quantitative perspective. When we introduced the Index, ITO had largely moved from full outsourcing to a selective outsourcing approach, and Indian vendors were deploying their land and expand strategy with the occasional one-off meg[...]