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The phenomenon of globalization has grown to such proportions that it is now
impacting national economies. The developing nations in particular, where
English educated, high skill resources are in abundance, are standing on the
brink of a revolution.

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Over the last few years, due to geographical and cultural proximity, Chinese
companies have been able to grow their services to the Japanese market
significantly and taken a lead over countries like India. Through inorganic
growth, they are also trying to create a base in markets like US & Europe.

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Details and Analysis by
Tholons |
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Acquirer
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Acquiree
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Location
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Deal
Size
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Domain
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Rating
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| Indecomm
Global Services |
Brainvisa
Technologies Pvt Ltd |
India |
NA |
IT
Serv. /
e-learning |
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| GSI
Commerce, Inc |
Accretive
Commerce, Inc |
US |
$97.5
million |
IT
Serv. |
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| Citrix
Systems |
XenSource |
US |
$500.0
million |
IT
Soln. |
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JJWild |
US |
$89.0
million |
IT
Soln.
(Health-
care) |
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| IBM |
Princeton
Softech, Inc |
US |
NA |
IT
Soft. |
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| Wipro |
Infocrossing |
US |
$600.0
million |
IT
Serv. / BPO
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| Fiserv,
Inc |
CheckFree
Corporation |
US |
$4.4
billion |
IT
Serv. / Transact. Processing |
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| Groupe
Steria |
Xansa
Plc |
UK |
$960.0
million |
IT
Serv. |
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| Concur |
Gelco |
US |
$160.0
million |
IT
Serv. |
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| TunaFish
Enterprises |
Summit
IT Services |
US |
NA |
IT
Serv.
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