Aberdeen Group and The Catalyst Group to Provide M&A Services in IT Markets; Strategic Alliance Fills Mid-Market M&A Void.Business & Technology Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 In a joint announcement today, Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. and The Catalyst Group unveiled a strategic alliance that provides merger and acquisition (M&A) services specifically targeted to mid-market technology companies. Drawing on The Catalyst Group's international M&A transaction expertise and Aberdeen Group's extensive knowledge of technology markets, the alliance provides customized IT advisory, consulting, and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to new economy companies, filling the void left by traditional M&A firms and investment bankers. "Mid-market technology companies are not well served by traditional M&A firms and investment bankers," says John Scholes Walter John Scholes (5 January 1950 - 14 July 2003) in East Brunswick, Victoria) was an Australian first-class cricketer and coach. He also played 30 games of Australian rules football for North Melbourne Football Club , Partner, The Catalyst Group. "This partnership will provide focused advice and transaction execution services to companies seeking transactions in the $5 million to $100 million range. Together, we offer a caliber of services to mid-market IT companies that were formerly reserved for large organizations." "Consolidation is inevitable as technology markets mature," says Peter S. Kastner, Aberdeen Group Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Together, Catalyst and Aberdeen are uniquely qualified to assist companies to grow through acquisition or survive through a merger." The partners will advise IT companies seeking a liquidity event or exit strategy such as a merger, acquisition, divestiture, strategic partnership, or other non-IPO event. Aberdeen and Catalyst will counsel technology companies in telecommunications and wireless, Internet infrastructure, mobile commerce and Internet information appliances, enterprise storage, e-Commerce, new economy professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , information security and software tools as well as the full range of Enterprise Applications and technologies including--customer relationship management, data knowledge and decision support, and enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. . About The Catalyst Group The Catalyst Group provides international strategic investment banking and corporate development services to Information Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, New Media, e-Commerce, and e-Business companies that enable them to accomplish successful mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic corporate partnering transactions. Catalyst develops transaction opportunities for its clients from its worldwide and cross-border perspective and then makes them happen. Catalyst operates from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Boston, London and Paris regional offices and has established affiliates in Mumbai, India, and Sydney, Australia. The Catalyst Group is located on the Web at www.it-catalyst.com. About Aberdeen Founded in 1988, Aberdeen Group provides IT consulting and market strategy advice to the IT supplier community. Steeped in technology and armed with end-user field research, Aberdeen focuses on answering clients' critical business and technology questions in the context of the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. and across the product life cycle. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Aberdeen Group has research centers in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. ; Ft. Collins, Colorado; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Aberdeen is located on the Web at www.aberdeen.com. |
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