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IBM acquires Indian BPO company Daksh

By John Ribeiro , IDG News Service , 04/07/2004
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IBM Wednesday announced it plans to acquire Daksh eServices Pvt. Ltd., a business process outsourcing company in Gurgaon, near Delhi.

IBM hopes to enhance its ability to deliver CRM and back-office services to its clients in various industries by this acquisition, according to an IBM statement. It will also increase the scope of IBM's global network of 22 business transformation delivery centers, adding capabilities in India and the Philippines, IBM said.

The company is not new to using India to deliver low cost services to its customers. The 9,000 employees at its Bangalore subsidiary handle software development for IBM and its clients.

The proposed acquisition of Daksh by IBM is a continuation of the consolidation in the Indian BPO industry, according to Ravindra Datar, principal analyst for IT services and BPO at Gartner India Research and Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai.

"Successful businesses in the BPO space in India that want to expand further abroad, need the brand, marketing muscle and financial support from a large multinational company or a large Indian corporate house," Datar said. "The acquisition of Daksh by IBM will fit into this category."

Daksh eServices is one of India's largest independent BPO companies. It offers customer care, technical support and back-office transaction processing services to companies worldwide, including Amazon.com Inc. in Seattle, Washington. In addition to its BPO facilities in India, Daksh set up a BPO facility in Manila in the Philippines in January that is expected to employ 1000 people by year end. The company's investors included Citigroup Venture Capital Fund, CDC Capital Partners in London and General Atlantic Partners LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut.

"Daksh eServices has made its mark rapidly in the global business services market by providing clients not just with cost efficiencies, but also with significant improvements in the way they run their business," said Sanjeev Aggarwal, chief executive officer of Daksh. "This vision of strategic skills applied to high value business transformation is one we share with IBM."

The proposed acquisition of Daksh is the first that IBM has announced in India in the BPO space. The transaction, which is subject to Indian regulatory approvals, is expected to close in May. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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RE: IBM acquires Indian BPO company DakshBy PAWAN KUMAR on July 6, 2007, 6:40 pmplease send me bpo jobs of ibm daksh

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