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PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP AND ITS ACTIVITIES
1.2 Group activities
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Registration Document 2016 — Capgemini
Group activities
1.2
of new benefits offered to companies and organizations as a result
enhance our expertise. This ensures that we stay at the forefront
in over 40 countries, four major businesses and a wide spectrum
multicultural and multidisciplinary players
— with a presence
means that Capgemini
is now among our industry’s most
IT sector. A twofold strategy of acquisitions and organic growth
of expertise.
of frequent technological advances that mark the evolution of the
one ambition: to be the first port of call to help companies and
Since its foundation in 1967, the Capgemini Group has pursued
Capgemini continuously seek to improve our services and
with our clients’ changing needs and sector-specific challenges,
innovation and competitiveness. By directly concerning ourselves
organizations in their development through a combination of
technological partners, we are working to ensure that the Cloud,
business model.
through Digital means, even to the point of reinventing their
relying on us to radically transform all aspects of their business
efficiency and productivity. Capgemini’s clients are increasingly
Big Data and the Internet of Things serve as catalysts for agility,
for our clients
. Together, with the support of the Group’s
activities that Capgemini has now become
a strategic partner
The
Digital revolution
has had such an impact on companies’
IGATE integration
1.2.1
— to a lesser extent — Europe, Australia and China.
Company had 30,000 employees in the United States, India and
281 clients, mainly based in North America (79% of turnover). The
IGATE had generated a turnover of $1.3 billion for 2014 and had
moment in the Capgemini story. At the time of the takeover,
The acquisition of US company IGATE in 2015 marked a pivotal
Electric or a large North American bank.
offering solutions to new, high-profile clients, including General
sectors
— such as Financial Services and engineering — and
IGATE,
the Group is improving its positioning in several key
innovation, has now become Capgemini’s largest market. With
The acquisition was strategically important for Capgemini in a
the worldwide IT market. The region, which is a hotbed of
presence in North America
, which accounts for over 40% of
number of ways. It
considerably strengthened the Group’s
offer our clients access to
innovative solutions:
one example is
The acquisition of IGATE also meant that Capgemini is able to
combines business services with those linked to applications and
the case of ITOPS (Integrated Technology Operations), which
Group.
its speed of action and agility – all of which are an asset to the
of IGATE, including its strong client relationships and core values,
infrastructure. Capgemini is also benefitting from IGATE’s
highly
located in India. Capgemini also benefited from the specific culture
98,000 employees, including 32 IGATE centers, most of which are
access to a vast network of production centers with nearly
effective global production model.
The Group now enjoys
a position in the Group and the overall retention rate is very good.
more than €300 million. Finally, all IGATE key managers have found
growth rate. In addition, synergies generated an extra turnover of
grew by more than 15%, which is higher than the Group’s organic
In 2016, we not only preserved IGATE’s clientele, we also
managed to expand it. As a result, IGATE’s 15 largest accounts
Four businesses offering global solutions
1.2.2
Consulting Services
(Capgemini Consulting), which help to
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knowledge of client industries and processes;
enhance the performance of organizations, based on in-depth
companies;
provide assistance and support to internal IT teams within client
Technology and Engineering Services
(Sogeti), which
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and application maintenance activities;
maintain IT applications covering the Group’s system integration
Application Services
, which devise, develop, implement and
develop either fully or partially, clients’ IT Infrastructure systems
Other Managed Services
, which integrate, manage and/or
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(or that of a group of clients), transaction services and on
demand services and/or business activities (Business Services).
clients’ business challenges, particularly through our solutions for:
of expertise
. This enables us to respond to the majority of our
Through its four businesses, Capgemini offers a
wide spectrum
relationships through IT systems, procurement, strategy and
engineering to underpin R&D, management of customer
outsourcing of IT systems for support functions, Digital
IT infrastructure, end-to-end management of IT applications,
transformation consulting, etc.
different offerings (BPO, Applications, Infrastructures). Lastly, with
called
Business Services
, which integrates Cloud platforms with
traditional BPO offerings, the Group also offers a service line
efficiency, productivity, quality and agility. On the basis of its
their products, production tools and infrastructure.
Things, the Group is helping clients benefit from the connectivity of
added impetus from the rapid development of the Internet of
innovative products and services
to help our clients
Over the past few years, Capgemini has offered a
portfolio of
companies and organizations to achieve gains in terms of
Automation Drive
, an automation service line designed to help
Group launched two global offerings,
Digital Manufacturing
and
successfully make the jump into the Digital age. In 2016, the
targeted
sectoral approach
.
solutions
for all or some of our clients’ activities by adopting a
Services, infrastructure) to develop
Digital transformation
of our businesses (consulting, design, engineering, Application
This is why Capgemini is capitalizing on the complementary nature
imposing fundamental change on companies and organizations.
Ongoing technological and sectoral advances are increasingly