ASAP Solutions acquired by MindTree

MindTree Consulting, a Bangalore-based IT services company, has announced that it has acquired ASAP Solutions to expand and improve its capabilities in the areas of enterprise resource planning (ERP), client-server, Internet and integration solutions.

Co-headquartered in India and the US, ASAP is a six-year-old company and is currently 120-strong.

According to Ashok Soota, chairman and managing director, "After over five years of successful organic growth, we felt it was time to add ASAP to the MindTree family. It will accelerate our capability in the ERP segment, one of our fastest growing practice areas. With ASAP's technology expertise and existing client base, we are ready to act as one, integrated company in delivering high customer satisfaction."

ASAP was founded by Atulya Nath, Sameer Narula, Sanjeev Joon and Bharat Malesha, who have extensive IT industry experience in India and in the US.

ASAP has two major practices -"� a SAP practice, which focuses on SAP implementation, maintenance and application integration; and a data management practice, which works with large enterprises on architecting and maintaining mission-critical systems.

"Our customers are asking us to increase our ERP footprint. The coming together of ASAP and MindTree will help us address our Indian and international customer's needs for SAP implementation and maintenance. This deal will also give us valuable relationships and help us increase our presence in North India." Krishnakumar Natarajan, IT services chief executive officer, MindTree, said.

ASAP delivers productised integration services to SAP enterprises using its integration framework products.

Accordig to ASAP's CEO Atulya Nath, "ASAP has built significant customer value and intellectual property. This deal will allow us to continue to deliver high-quality, leading edge solutions to our existing and new customers, with a value proposition based on the OneShore delivery model of MindTree."

MindTree Consulting delivers affordable business and technology solutions through global software development. co-headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, and Bangalore.

The company approaches technology initiatives in a business context. This is done with the industry knowledge of a seasoned management team and employees exceptionally skilled in technology, business analysis and project management.

MindTree Consulting develops applications to help companies enhance their enterprise operations. The company also delivers product realisation services and designs re-usable building blocks for hi-tech companies.