CDC Software acquires India-based IT outsourcing company
27th February 2006 CDC Software, has purchased the IT consulting services business of Horizon Companies, Inc., a privately held New Jersey company which principally offers outsourced information technology professional services in the United States and Canada utilising India-based resources.
Horizon, which currently employs over 200 IT consultants was founded in 1989 and has a 17 year track record servicing large and medium sized companies principally in the northeastern and central United States , such as AT&T, Citigroup, Dendrite International, Emerson Power, Henry Schein, Lucent, Pfizer and YSI, as well as privately held companies like Inductis and Opera Solutions.
Mr. Shirish Nadkarni, chief executive officer of Horizon Companies, said, "Our customers will certainly benefit from the wider range of experiences and depth of resources we can draw upon through CDC Software. Also, our employees with significant experience with ERP packages like SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards and CRM packages like Siebel are expected to generate strong synergies with similar products offered by Ross, Pivotal and IMI through CDC Software."
With the addition of Horizon, CDC software will have 500 consultants in this line of business.