Keane Completes Acquisition of Certain BearingPoint Local Government Practices
13 July 2009
Boston, MA – July 13, 2009 - Keane, Inc., a global services firm that specializes in optimizing businesses’ IT investments, has announced the completion of its’ purchase of portions of the BearingPoint state and local government business, which includes BearingPoint’s New York City practice.
“This acquisition brings tremendous talent to Keane’s State and Local organization,” said Mani Subramanian, Chairman and CEO of Keane. “That talent will continue to serve the New York City agencies where they have built a solid reputation of great work and strong relationships. We are very pleased with this addition to Keane.”
As part of the acquisition, Keane will acquire the New York City Practice from BearingPoint which brings approximately 30 professionals spanning numerous contracts within various New York City governmental entities.
“Strategically, this acquisition allows Keane to significantly enhance our presence and our profile in serving Public Sector clients through this expansion in New York City” commented Brian Mandel, Executive Vice President of Keane with responsibility for Public Sector. “The experience coming from this New York City practice provides Keane even more leverage as we support the New York City System Integration contract, and as we generally look to expand our core capabilities in serving government. Overall, this is a smart addition to our business with tremendous synergies to our organization.”
About Keane
Keane partners with businesses and government agencies to optimize IT investments by delivering exceptional evolution, operation, and maintenance of mission-critical systems and business processes. A US company with a significant international presence, Keane combines local knowledge and local senior leadership with flexible, scalable delivery that results in low-risk, actionable, cost-effective services and solutions – and a partnership that feels like an extension of your organization.
Keane’s Public Sector division works across many federal, state and local government agencies.
In business since 1965, Keane is an agile, full-service IT services firm headquartered in the United States with approximately 12,000 employees globally. For more information on Keane’s services, solutions, products, and locations, please visit www.keane.com.
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