Engineering and consulting firm Business & Decision, which specialises in business intelligence, CRM (customer relationship management) and ERP systems, has bought ICS for an undisclosed cash sum.
Ian Huckle, CEO of Business & Decision says the move will strengthen its presence in both the Microsoft and Oracle markets, particularly in enterprise solutions and e-business.
Manchester based ICS focuses on custom application development and business intelligence, and has built a reputation for re-engineering processes and applications, with solutions for big names such as the Royal Navy, DHL, Sporting Index, Wessex Water, Nike, British Gas and Univar.
“ICS represents an exciting opportunity for the group”, says Huckle. “The acquisition will strengthen our Oracle capability and bring real expertise in implementing Microsoft business intelligence solutions. With this acquisition we will expand our competencies and achieve critical mass in north west England.”
ICS is a Microsoft Gold Partner for business intelligence and custom development solutions and won the ‘Best of Tech-Ed 2006’ Award for its business intelligence product RSinteract.
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