Nearshore Journal

BusinessWire – Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, and Sonda Procwork, the Brazilian unit of Chilean IT systems integrator Sonda , today announced that Capgemini Brazil has acquired Sonda Procwork’s facility in Gaspar, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil and will now deliver BPO services to global [...]

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BY SARA SILVER AND ANUPREETA DAS
Nokia Siemens Networks is in talks to buy the telecom-equipment arm of Motorola Inc., people familiar with the matter said, a deal that would hasten the dismantling of the U.S. technology company.
The two companies are discussing terms, and a deal could be worth $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion, one of [...]

Thompson Street Capital Partners and Charterhouse Group have acquired Colo4 LLC, a Dallas-based provider of carrier-neutral colocation data center services. No financial terms were disclosed.
PRESS RELEASE
Thompson Street Capital Partners (“Thompson Street”) and Charterhouse Group, Inc. (”Charterhouse”) have announced their acquisition of Colo4, LLC (“Colo4”) in partnership with Cequel III, a St. Louis-based management and investment [...]

Outsourcing remains a hot sector for private equity investments.
On Tuesday, the Charterhouse Group and Thompson Street Capital Partners announced they have bought Colo4 LLC, an outsourced provider of colocation services to third parties. Companies outsource their computing infrastructure to Colo4 rather than build their own data centers.
It’s unclear what Colo4 sold for, but Charterhouse has [...]

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — For the second time in as many months, information technology company CGI Group Inc. on Monday extended its $903 million tender offer for Stanley Inc., a government contractor.
The Canadian company said in May it would buy Stanley for $37.50 per share in cash. The boards of both companies approved the deal.
The [...]

The Aon Corporation, the insurance broker, said Monday that it had agreed to buy human resources company Hewitt Associates for $4.9 billion in cash and stock to expand its consulting operations.
Aon will pay $50 a Hewitt share. That is a 41 percent premium from Hewitt’s closing price Friday of $35.40.
Aon, based in Chicago, plans to [...]