Alten’s business intelligence strategy redraws company lines

Alten intends to harness the synergy that comes from mixing engineering and business IT. To underscore that commitment, Alten Mechatronics and Alten PTS are merging to become Alten Technology. The unit’s engineers will work closely with Alten IT, the new name for the activities the company added last year when it acquired Eclipse IT.

Eclipse operated primarily in company-wide automation and IT for the banking and insurance industries. In addition to a hundred new employees, the acquisition of the just-ten-years-young company gave Alten access to major customers such as T-Mobile and Achmea. Eclipse contributed two new specialties: testing and business intelligence. With their addition, Alten is positioning itself in non-engineering markets for the first time. In testing and testing services, the company will compete with CGI and Sogeti. Like Alten Technology, Alten IT provides both consulting services and project management. In addition, the IT division runs centres where it fulfils service contracts and manages customer applications.