Hitachi Consulting Acquires Singapore Based Consulting Firm - Stone Apple Solutions, including their subsidiaries, Vietnamese...
October 01 2014 - 2:02AM
JCN Newswire (English)
This strategic acquisition will further strengthen Hitachi
Consulting's ability to deliver a complete range of technology
implementation and outsourcing services while expanding
capabilities in the growing South East Asian and Brazilian
markets.
Hitachi Consulting, the global management consulting and IT
services business of Hitachi Ltd., today announced that it has
acquired Stone Apple, a specialist in Enterprise Applications,
Embedded Systems, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Enterprise
Content & Integration and Managed Services. The acquisition
will help to advance Hitachi Consulting's capability to deliver
measurable, sustainable business results for clients in each of
these areas and will expand Hitachi Consulting's presence in South
East Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, as well
as provide a strong foundation in Brazil.
Stone Apple is one of Singapore's fastest-growing technology
consulting companies, helping clients drive business transformation
and achieve business goals through effective implementation of
technology solutions. With over 1500 employees in 9 countries,
Stone Apple works with clients to deliver complex global projects
in the Financial Services, Utilities, Manufacturing, Education,
Healthcare and Public sectors. To support this level of growth over
its short 5 year existence, Stone Apple has partnered with blue
chip investors such as SBI Islamic Fund (Brunei), OSK Ventures
International Bhd, Philip Asia Pacific Opportunity Fund and
Continuum Capital (Malaysia), a fund managed by First Floor
Capital.
"We are very excited about the acquisition of Stone Apple. They are
an excellent enterprise application and analytics services provider
with strong expertise in Oracle and SAP technologies. They
successfully leverage their deep industry and domain experience to
enable technology adoption across complex global engagements. We
have been looking for a strong partner in the fast-growing Asia
Pacific and Latin American markets and Stone Apple is a great fit
for our organization. We look forward to the opportunity to better
serve our global clients through the added depth and breadth that
Stone Apple brings." said Phil Parr, President and CEO of Hitachi
Consulting.
"Stone Apple was founded on the philosophy of delivering on its
promises to add tangible value to our client businesses through
technology and optimal business processes. We pride ourselves on
having achieved global reach with local expertise in both Asia and
South America," said its founders, Madhujeet Chimni and Bharadwaj
Chivukula, CEO and COO, respectively, for the Stone Apple Group of
Companies. "Hitachi Consulting clearly shares that same passion and
we look forward to now bringing together the talented people of
Stone Apple with those of Hitachi Consulting to build on this
capability and to develop a market leading position in our field."
added Ricardo Nunes the Managing Director in Brazil.
About Hitachi
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers
innovations that answer society's challenges with our talented team
and proven experience in global markets. The company's consolidated
revenues for fiscal 2013 (ended March 31, 2014) totaled 9,616
billion yen ($93.4 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on
the Social Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure
systems, information & telecommunication systems, power
systems, construction machinery, high functional materials &
components, automotive systems, healthcare and others. For more
information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at
http://www.hitachi.com.
Source: Hitachi
Contact:
Hitachi Ltd
Corporate Communications
Tel: +81-3-3258-1111
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