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Hitachi Consulting plots course with Navigator
 
 Hitachi Consulting has
acquired business
intelligence (BI) and
corporate performance
management (CPM)
solutions provider
Navigator Systems, Inc.,
continuing its pursuit
of the BI and CPM
market.
   Founded in 1992 and
serving clients across
the US, Navigator
Systems is a recognized
 
 leader in BI Competency
Center and integrated
Corporate Performance
Management consulting.
Its client list includes
company such as Builders
FirstSource, Compass
Bank, GameStop, Neiman
Marcus Group, Sabre
Holdings, and Southwest
Airlines.
   "With this important
acquisition, we now have
more than 1,000
 
 employees in the US
serving key global and
mid-tier clients," said
Michael Travis,
president & CEO of
Hitachi Consulting. "We
are building on the
double-digit revenue
growth we experienced
during the last three
years, and have the
strong base of skills
and experience to fuel
our global expansion."
 
    Preparing for
continued growth,
Hitachi Consulting is
expanding its
capabilities in an area
which most industry
analysts expect will
outpace other consulting
and systems integration
markets, growing at near
double-digit rates over
the next few years.
   Navigator co-founders
Jon Feld and Todd Price
 
 will provide leadership
at Hitachi Consulting
for client engagements
and strategic alliances,
in addition to working
closely to define
specific offerings
within the BI&CPM
national practice.
  
 
 
CSC plans to build innovation centre in India
 
 Computer Sciences
Corporation is
establishing a strategic
innovation centre in
India, one of the three
to be established
outside the US.
   CSC’s chief
innovation officer and
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 president of the Global
Office of Innovation
Lemuel Lasher and chief
technical officer and
vice president William
Koff are on a five-day
tour of India.
   Lasher said: “We see
an important role for
 
 India in each of the
functions of the Global
Office, and we want to
integrate what CSC does
in India with the work
being carried out
internationally.”
   Endorsing CSC’s
commitment to growth in
 
 India, Lasher added, “We
see a greater role for
India in delivering
high-value work from the
company’s three
locations in India, at
Noida, Hyderabad and
Indore.”
  
 
  
 
Hedra hires two principal consultants
 
  
   
 the company from Sensa
Consulting, a public
sector consultancy
business which they
founded in 2003.
 
    They will be
responsible for focusing
on the provision of
eProcurement best
practice services - from
 
 strategy & business case
development to
technology
implementation - using
best of breed solutions
 
 to deliver the Public
Sector efficiency agenda
in Central and Local
Government.
  
 
 Hedra has appointed two
principal consultants -
Ram Ramachander and
Simon Withers - who join
 
 
Ex-Blair advisor Birt joins Capgemini
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lord Birt, former
director-general of the
BBC and - until last
month - the Prime
Minister's strategy
adviser, has been
 
 appointed adviser to the
Board of Directors of
Capgemini UK plc.
   Lord Birt will advise
the UK board on
strategic issues,
 
 especially with regard
to its efforts in the
public sector, as well
as focus on supporting
Capgemini's Telecom,
Media & Entertainment
 
 practice in the UK and
across Europe.
  
 
  
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