Fujitsu Services is a leading European information technology services company. Its business is helping its customers realise the value of information technology through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed service contracts. It serves customers in the private and public sectors across Europe including retail, financial services, healthcare and government. With an annual turnover of £2.56 billion (€3.22 billion), it employs over 21,000 people across 20 countries. Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European IT services arm of the US$53 billion (€32.9 billion) Fujitsu Group. Visit pt.fujitsu.com or uk.fujitsu.com for more information.
TDS offers IT outsourcing, IT consulting and HR services to mid-sized enterprises and major corporations. The company, founded in 1975, operates predominantly in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. TDS offers highly tailored solutions in all areas of IT outsourcing – from selected applications to entire IT infrastructures, and with an emphasis on the SAP space. The IT consulting segment provides advice on SAP and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems. As a long-standing SAP expert, TDS has in-depth knowledge of the SAP portfolio. The HR services and solutions segment enables companies to outsource individual HR tasks or entire HR processes. TDS handles over 750,000 payroll transactions every month, making it Germany's market leader. Furthermore, companies deploying TDS Personal HR software handle a million payroll transactions. TDS also develops and markets software solutions for financial accounting and not-for-profit organizations, in particular charities, church institutions and local-government agencies. Currently, TDS employs more than 1,000 staff, and in 2007 posted revenues of approximately 106 million euros. In early 2007, TDS was acquired by Fujitsu, one of the world’s four largest providers of IT services. Fujitsu’s portfolio includes software and hardware solutions, as well as diverse services for a wide range of industries and applications. Fujitsu posted revenues of approx. 33 billion euros in fiscal 2007/08, and has a workforce of over 160,000 staff in 70 countries.
General Atlantic LLC, a leading global private equity firm providing capital for growth companies driven by information technology or intellectual property, has been a significant investor in TDS since 1998 and a majority investor since 2003. In Germany, General Atlantic is invested in CompuGroup AG, LHS AG and Navigon AG and in addition in Liberata Ltd., Northgate Plc and Xchanging Ltd. in the UK and Saxo Bank A/S in Denmark. General Atlantic was founded in 1980 and has approximately $10 billion of capital under management. General Atlantic has invested in over 150 companies, with current holdings in 50 internationally based portfolio companies. The firm is distinguished within the investment community by its global strategy and worldwide presence, its commitment to provide sustained value-added assistance for its portfolio companies and its long-term approach. General Atlantic has over 70 global investment professionals among its 150 employees worldwide with offices in Greenwich, New York, Palo Alto, London, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong and Mumbai. For further information and a listing of GA's public and private portfolio companies see www.generalatlantic.com.
Graham Goulden
Phone: + 44 (0) 870 234 9568
E-mail: graham.goulden@uk.fujitsu.com
Company:Fujitsu Services
Alistair Kent / Charlotte Hanson
Phone: + 44 (0) 20 8759 0005
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 889 73242
E-mail: teamfujitsu@harvard.co.uk
Company:Harvard PR
Date: 11 diciembre, 2006