French IT services firm Capgemini on Monday announced that IGATE will now operate exclusively under the Capgemini brand, six months after the completion of its acquisition of the US-based corporation.

In an exclusive interview with BusinessLine earlier this month, Capgemini India CEO Srinivas Kandula talked about the rebranding while emphasising that the complete integration of the two companies is still under way.

The rebranding of IGATE as Capgemini is a key step in the integration process which has seen 31,000 former IGATE employees join Capgemini. Capgemini and IGATE now have over 90,000 people working in India, with 10,000 more expected to be hired by end of this year.

The combination of IGATE and Capgemini’s service offerings and capabilities in the fields of innovation and industrialisation has already resulted in some initial joint client wins including one of the largest North American property and casualty companies, a leading global risk advisor, insurer and reinsurance broker, as well as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consolidation initiative for a major food and beverage company.

“Only six months after the completion of the acquisition of IGATE, our clients are already benefiting from the integration of talent and the combined portfolio. It’s been a natural fit,” comments Virginie Régis, Group Marketing & Communications Director and Member of the Group Executive Committee at Capgemini. “Operating as one brand means that we can offer our clients seamless access to a wide set of expertise. It is an acknowledgement that the brand transition phase is complete and that we are now going to market officially as one unified company.”

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