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Capgemini sells North American health care consulting practice     Capgemini is selling its health care project and consulting practice in the US and Canada to Accenture for $175 million, as part of the French IT group's previously announced "asset disposal strategic program".     contracts with health care clients in the US, as well as federal public sector health consulting capabilities in the US after the transaction, which the company said are both global strategic focus areas.        The acquisition will combine Accenture's market-leading capabilities in working with health plans, life sciences companies and government organizations with Capgemini's strength in serving hospitals and health     systems.    Analysts gave a cautious welcome to the sale, which they said bolstered confidence that the Capgemini could hit its 3 per cent operating margin target this year.           Capgemini will retain its outsourcing

Navigant Consulting acquires Tiber Group     Navigant Consulting has acquired Tiber Group, enhancing its Healthcare practice, specifically in the areas of hospital, healthcare provider and managed care organization strategic analysis and business strategy     formulation. Transaction details were not released.    Founded in 1989, Tiber Group is a specialized management consultant firm which assists senior healthcare executives with regard to strategic     advisory services, including strategic analysis, service line portfolio analysis, strategy formulation and organizational transformation. A significant number of Tiber Group's engagements have been     for private and not-for-profit hospital systems, including large academic medical centers, multi-facility faith-based systems and regional community-based systems.    Tiber Group's 24 billable professionals     will integrate with the other teams in Navigant Consulting's Healthcare practice, which has more than 375 professionals.

Edengene appoints new CEO     Edengene - the leading growth and innovation business behind the recent launch of innovative new services at companies like BT and Abbey - has announced     the appointment of Chris Robson as new CEO.    Chris was formerly CEO of internet business solutions provider, Syzygy and prior to that was new business     director at DMB&B. Chris succeeds Tim Thorne who will step down from the day-to-day running of the company to focus more on client business, where a number of new     projects have made increasing demands on his time.    As CEO of Edengene Chris will be responsible for building a scalable business and     developing a broader set of services and clients.

Molten nominated for business of the year award     Molten has been chosen as one of the four finalists in The AXA Best Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award (South East England category) of The National Business     Awards.    This category is the most keenly contested of all the National Business Awards and last year it attracted 2000 applicants. This award will go to the company     that best demonstrates significant growth and innovation in its market sector, under-pinned by strong financial performance. This year m o l t e n is the newest firm on the shortlist     and the only consultancy.    The National Business Awards is one of the biggest business competitions in Europe. In 2004, the National Business Awards entrants     represented 31.6 per cent of the UK's GDP.    The winners of the Awards will be announced 14 July.

Detica acquires assets of Extraprise UK     Detica has acquired the business and selected assets of Extraprise UK Limited, a consultancy and systems integrator specialising in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, for a cash consideration of     list and certain fixed assets to Detica. Subject to future negotiation with Extraprise UK's current clients, the transaction is expected to include the novation of certain ongoing client contracts     to Detica.    The transaction adds an established change management practice, which will allow Detica to offer enhanced business strategy and organisational change services. It also     provides Detica with additional skills in certain operational CRM packages such as Siebel which are heavily used across Detica's client base and to which many of Detica's solutions must interface.     ?0.2 million.    The transaction involves the transfer of 35 staff, the UK client

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