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Hitachi acquires GlobalLogic for $9.6 billion

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Hitachi acquires GlobalLogic for $9.6 billion

TOKYO, March 04/02/2021— Japanese leading tech firm, Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) acquire GlobalLogic, a leading U.S.-headquartered digital engineering services company for $9.6 billion. Through the acquisition, Hitachi expects the addition of GlobalLogic’s advanced digital engineering capabilities, and its solid client base including major technology companies, to strengthen the digital portfolio of “Lumada." Lumada is the name of Hitachi’s advanced digital solutions and services for turning data into insights that drive digital transformation of social infrastructure. The acquisition will accelerate the advanced digital transformation of social infrastructures such as rail, energy, and healthcare on a global scale. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic is a l...

GlobalLogic Acquires UK based ECS Group

SAN JOSE, Calif. & LONDON, Nov 23rd, 2020-- GlobalLogic has acquired ECS Group, a leading digital transformation and DevOps consultancy firm. The Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in London, ECS delivers digital solutions that harness the latest cloud technologies, with a focus on Digital Engineering, Data Analytics and Customer Experience. The company serves multiple industries, with particular expertise in the banking and financial services sector. With the acquisition of ECS, GlobalLogic advances its European strategy, expands its Financial Services footprint and adds a host of complementary cloud-centric offerings to its portfolio. ECS brings to GlobalLogic a highly regarded proficiency in cloud architecture and advisory services as well as e...

San Jose-based GlobalLogic Looks Forward to Active Acquisitions

San Jose-based GlobalLogic, an engineering services company has reported that it will now actively look forward to acquisitions in cybersecurity, retail, medtech and automotive sector. The idea behind this is to grow to a $2 billion business in the next five years. The IT outsourcing firm is on track to clock $650 million in revenue for the current fiscal and is growing at over 24% organically. In the current fiscal, the company recorded 5 percent sequential growth in the first two quarters of the current fiscal. “Organically at 23-25% organic growth, I can achieve the $1 billion mark. I want M&A not for my numbers,” said Shashank Samant, chief executive of GlobalLogic. “At present we are working on three areas where we need to get further advantage: a security company, a company i...