GBM acquires firm to boost key services

Manama
 
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) said it has acquired Performance Systems, a provider of corporate performance management and business intelligence solutions in the Mena region.

Performance Systems, previously a unit of Almasa Business Solutions, is also the Cognos-preferred services partner for the region.
The acquisition supports GBM's strategy to build more expertise and expand its current offering to include corporate performance management and business intelligence solutions in the Mena region.

'It has become increasingly important for us to offer our customers a framework of services that cover the entire life-cycle of a project,' said GBM chief executive Cesare Cardone.
'By acquiring Performance Systems, we can offer one of the most comprehensive IT solutions in the Middle East,' he added.-