June 1, 2006 10:09 AM PDT

India's Wipro acquires Enabler

Indian outsourcing company Wipro announced Thursday that it is acquiring Portuguese IT company Enabler for 41 million euros ($52.5 million). Enabler was spun out of the internal IT department of Modelo Continente, Portugal's leading retail company, in 1997 and now provides retail consulting and integration services, mainly for Oracle products. The company has more than 300 staff and customers in Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Middle East, Spain and the U.K.

Sudip Nandy, chief strategy officer at Wipro, said the acquisition further expands the Indian company's geographic footprint and is part of a plan to build up expertise in different industry sectors. The acquisition is expected to be completed within a month.

Andy McCue of Silicon.com reported from London.

See more CNET content tagged:
Wipro Technologies, outsourcing, acquisition, India, information technology

 

Join the conversation

Add your comment

The posting of advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks is prohibited. Click here to review our Terms of Use.

Inside CNET News

1-2 of 12

Scroll Left Scroll Right

RSS Feeds

Add headlines from CNET News to your homepage or feedreader.

Markets

Market news, charts, SEC filings, and more

Related quotes

Dow Jones Industrials (-0.19%) -23.96 12,850.08
S&P 500 (-0.34%) -4.54 1,347.23
NASDAQ (-0.39%) -11.41 2,919.98
CNET TECH (-0.44%) -9.07 2,040.08
  Symbol Lookup