Bangalore-based RelQ Software has finalized a deal worth $40 mn to be acquired by IT consulting major Electronic Data Systems (EDS). RelQ specializes in software testing, validation, verification and quality assurance. It has 800 people and posted revenues of $22 mn last fiscal. It is expected to record revenues of $30 mn in 2006-07.
RelQ will help the $21-billion EDS, which focuses on consulting, application management, maintenance, re-engineering, migration, technical support and testing, to ramp up its testing practice in India. EDS has over 17,000 employees here across varied verticals.
Read The Times of India article.
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Software testing company up for sale by stakeholders ICICI Ventures and Acer Technologies
Bangalore-based independent software testing company RelQ has been put up for sale by ICICI Ventures and computer-maker Acer Technologies of Taiwan, the majority shareholders of the company. UBS is working on the mandate of bringing in the potential buyer. Companies such as KPIT Cummins, NIIT and CGI have already shown interest in buying RelQ.
RelQ is present in test automation, game testing and embedded software testing and has invested around $3 million towards infrastructure and test labs. RelQ is growing at a CAGR of 40% with revenues of $21 mn for the FY 2005-06 and estimated revenues of $33 mn for the FY 2006-07. It has a major presence in Bangalore with offices in the US, Europe and Singapore and a headcount of around 800. It has already acquired two companies, one in France and in the UK each.
The global market for testing services is estimated to be at $15 bn, of which $2-6 bn is expected to be outsourced to India by 2007. The CAGR for the independent outsourced testing market is estimated to be over 60%. Maveric and Thinksoft in Chennai and AppLabs in Hyderabad are some of the prominent independent testing companies in India.
Read the article in The Economic Times.
RelQ is present in test automation, game testing and embedded software testing and has invested around $3 million towards infrastructure and test labs. RelQ is growing at a CAGR of 40% with revenues of $21 mn for the FY 2005-06 and estimated revenues of $33 mn for the FY 2006-07. It has a major presence in Bangalore with offices in the US, Europe and Singapore and a headcount of around 800. It has already acquired two companies, one in France and in the UK each.
The global market for testing services is estimated to be at $15 bn, of which $2-6 bn is expected to be outsourced to India by 2007. The CAGR for the independent outsourced testing market is estimated to be over 60%. Maveric and Thinksoft in Chennai and AppLabs in Hyderabad are some of the prominent independent testing companies in India.
Read the article in The Economic Times.
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