Aditi Technologies to Acquire Infospace India Development Center
SEATTLE, Washington and BANGALORE, India, April 19, 2010--
- Acquisition to Strengthen Aditi's Talent Pool for Services
Targeted at Global Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors
Aditi Technologies, a leading provider of software product and
application development services, today announced that it has signed a
definitive agreement with Infospace, Inc. (NASDAQ, INSP) to acquire its
Indian subsidiary, Infospace India Software Development Pvt. Ltd., a
developer of metasearch and online consumer products. The terms of the
transaction have been approved by both Aditi's and Infospace's Board of
Directors.
Established in 2007, Infospace India is engaged in online product
development, software engineering, and product testing for INSP's global
product portfolio. Infospace (India) has its development center in Bangalore.
"The acquisition of Infospace aligns well with our focus of establishing
an account base of stable and long-term engagements and further highlights
the trust that leading software vendors have in our ability to deliver
quality products faster", said Pradeep Rathinam, CEO, Aditi Technologies.
"Infospace is a global technology leader in metasearch products and this
acquisition makes them a major strategic client for Aditi Technologies. With
this relationship, India has become one of the key markets for us and we will
look ahead for more similar opportunities in the market."
"This arrangement provides us with the operational efficiency and
continued access to quality engineering talent needed to drive our product
development strategy," said Leo Chang, CTO, Infospace Inc. "We look forward
to strengthening our existing relationship with Aditi and their continued
support."
"As part of its engineering business, Aditi offers high end consulting,
technology and application development services to Enterprise clients from
cloud to business intelligence on the Microsoft platform. The acquisition
will fuel Aditi's competency in the growing search practice working with one
of the largest ad monetizing platforms, a key segment that we are focusing."
said Vineet Kumar Arora, Managing Director, Aditi Technologies.
As Aditi moves from being a pure services player to an IP based software
solutions provider, it is growing rapidly with organic and inorganic means
and is poised for an aggressive growth plan with this acquisition forming a
key piece of that strategy.
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About Aditi Technologies:
Founded in 1994, Aditi pioneered the idea that great software products
can be built out of India. Today, Aditi represents the best Microsoft
software development capability in the world. Strengthened by innovative IP
solutions, leading global enterprises and software product companies rely on
Aditi to predictably deliver quality products and applications. Headquartered
in Bangalore - India, Aditi has offices in Seattle, Boston, London, Mountain
View, and New York City. To learn more, visit http://www.aditi.com