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  • Aon to Acquire Hewitt for $4.9Bn to Increase Global Benefits Capabilities

    July 2010 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Linda Merritt

    With the acquisition of Hewitt, Aon will become the largest HR consulting and outsourcing player globally. Its increased scale, scope and combined strengths will enable Aon to better compete within the fast changing benefits market where several big moves have been made this year, including the merger of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt and the acquisition by ACS, a Xerox Company, of ExcellerateHRO.

    In a sense this is a reverse acquisition that recognizes the strength of the Hewitt brand in the new name, Aon Hewitt, and brings over the Hewitt chairman and CEO to manage the business. The combined entity at $4.3bn FY 2009 revenues will be nearly quadruple the size of Aon Consulting with its $1.3bn when added to the larger Hewitt's $3.0bn.

  • HCL Technologies Invests into Continental Europe

    July 2010 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Rachael Stormonth

    HCL Technologies ('HCL') started its expansion into Europe in 1999. In the following decade, HCL has succeeded in growing its European business to a $700m operation.

    This NelsonHall Perspective briefly outlines the journey HCL has made since 2000, looks at the current nature of its business in Europe and its strategic priorities for future growth, and touches on HCL's core values as these are strongly emphasized by the company.

  • Mahindra Satyam Update

    June 2010 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Rachael Stormonth

    Early signs indicate that Mahindra Satyam will once again be a major Indian-headquartered player in the IT services market. Satyam had more extensive capabilities and a far greater client base than TechM, and it is important for the future combined entity to position more as an IT services provider than a telecoms specialist, albeit with expertise in ICT.

  • Aditya Birla Minacs Strengthens FAO Capability with Acquisition of Compass BPO

    April 2010 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Katharina Grimme

    Aditya Birla Minacs is taking over Compass BPO's operations in the U.K., U.S., Middle East and India, with ~350 personnel. Compass BPO will now form the core of Minacs' FAO offering and Minacs plans to quickly integrate it with its own FAO operations. The founders of Compass BPO, David McCullough and Mark Atkins, are to join Minacs' management and will be leading Minacs' F&A Outsourcing division globally.

  • Xerox Acquisition of ACS

    September 2009 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Rachael Stormonth

    This NelsonHall Perspective analyzes the acquisition of ACS by Xerox.

    On Monday September 28, Xerox announced its intention to acquire 100% of ACS common stock in a cash and stock transaction (c. 70% stock and 30% cash) valued at $63.11 per share, a 33.6% premium to the Friday's closing price. The cash portion is to be financed with $1bn from combined company cash and existing revolving credit agreements, plus $3bn to be raised in the capital markets. The transaction includes refinancing of $2bn of ACS debt.

    ACS board has voted unanimously in favor of the transaction.

  • HP's Infrastructure Utility Computing Offering

    August 2009 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Dominique Raviart

    This document analyzes the three utility computing offerings of HP and also includes a section on the work done by HP for Syngenta.

  • Capgemini and Coca-Cola Enterprises: Right-Shore F&A Service Provision

    June 2009 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Katharina Grimme

    As part of its global 'Rightshore' strategy, Capgemini is focusing on growing delivery capability in Central America with the intention to provide nearshore capability for the North American market.

  • Fidelity National Information Services Acquires Metavante Technologies

    April 2009 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Andy Efstathiou

    This NelsonHall Perspective analyzes the acquisition of Metavante Technologies by Fidelity National Information Services.

    On April 1, 2009 Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) announced it had agreed to acquire Metavante Technologies (MV) in a stock exchange transaction.

  • MasterCard's Card Processing Offerings

    February 2009 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Andy Efstathiou

    This NelsonHall Perspective analyzes MasterCard's card processing offerings

    MasterCard's strategy is built around effective leverage of its network, which it has completely rebuilt in the past 5 years.

  • Steria Update

    January 2009 | Nelson-Hall Perspectives by Rachael Stormonth

    Steria with its Indian presence, a strengthened AM offering and new F&A and HR BPO offerings is much more aligned with the new market conditions than two years ago.

Rachael leads our Key Vendor Assessment program providing expert opinion and insight relating to the major players in the IT services industry. To obtain Rachael's advice:

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