EPAM Systems has acquired the B2Bits Company, an IT consultant providing services to stock exchanges and brokers. A special Capital Markets Competency Center headed by B2Bits president has been set up at EPAM, which enables the company to expand the range of services provided for the financial sector clients.
The EPAM Systems Company, a software development outsourcing services provider, has announced to acquire a 100% stake in B2btis, a provider of solutions and consulting services to professional stock market players.
One of EPAM’s service lines is development of mission-critical business applications for the financial sector organizations. About 600 of the company’s 4,000 employees are engaged in corresponding projects. EPAM now covers the entire value chain from domain knowledge and process consulting through customized high-performance architecture as well as product and application development, maintenance and support, and testing software. Russia, Western Europe and the USA are among EPAM’s top target markets.
‘The acquisition proves EPAM Systems is seeking to expand the range of services provided and become a leading service provider for stock market’, - states Arkadiy Dobkin, president and CEO at EPAM Systems.
Services for the financial sector will be provided by a specialized Competency Center headed by Mark Bisker, B2Bits president, who has worked for more than 25-year for leading technology companies, such as Schwab Capital Markets and Lava Trading.
If the IT consulting market grew by 20% in 2007, the financial segment growth was at least 1.5-fold higher, experts say. Due to transaction with B2Bits, EPAM Systems pledges to intensify related operations on the Russian market. ‘The given market is sure to continue developing due to growing professionalism of local players, foreign companies’ expansion and competition intensification’, - says EPAM. ‘Consulting for financial organizations is in greater demand than on the market in general, as financial organization are far ahead in IT implementation as compared to other entities, - says Alexander Lyubinsky, CMO at ISG. – The easy money period has finished for the financial sector, so competitive advantages might be achieved only when using updated infocom technologies’.
...According to CNews Analytics, EPAM Systems’ consolidated revenue has grown by 37.7% in 2007.
Source: CNews
The EPAM Systems Company, a software development outsourcing services provider, has announced to acquire a 100% stake in B2btis, a provider of solutions and consulting services to professional stock market players.
One of EPAM’s service lines is development of mission-critical business applications for the financial sector organizations. About 600 of the company’s 4,000 employees are engaged in corresponding projects. EPAM now covers the entire value chain from domain knowledge and process consulting through customized high-performance architecture as well as product and application development, maintenance and support, and testing software. Russia, Western Europe and the USA are among EPAM’s top target markets.
‘The acquisition proves EPAM Systems is seeking to expand the range of services provided and become a leading service provider for stock market’, - states Arkadiy Dobkin, president and CEO at EPAM Systems.
Services for the financial sector will be provided by a specialized Competency Center headed by Mark Bisker, B2Bits president, who has worked for more than 25-year for leading technology companies, such as Schwab Capital Markets and Lava Trading.
If the IT consulting market grew by 20% in 2007, the financial segment growth was at least 1.5-fold higher, experts say. Due to transaction with B2Bits, EPAM Systems pledges to intensify related operations on the Russian market. ‘The given market is sure to continue developing due to growing professionalism of local players, foreign companies’ expansion and competition intensification’, - says EPAM. ‘Consulting for financial organizations is in greater demand than on the market in general, as financial organization are far ahead in IT implementation as compared to other entities, - says Alexander Lyubinsky, CMO at ISG. – The easy money period has finished for the financial sector, so competitive advantages might be achieved only when using updated infocom technologies’.
...According to CNews Analytics, EPAM Systems’ consolidated revenue has grown by 37.7% in 2007.
Source: CNews
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