2nd Oct 2006 16:25
LogicaCMG announced today that its Manhattan office staff hasmoved into a 3,000 square foot suite of offices on the 29th floor at655 Third Avenue, close to Grand Central Station and the ChryslerBuilding. The company had previously occupied smaller offices on alower floor of the same building. £ "This top floor location gives us more than a great view,"commented veteran technology executive Edward Asip, who joined thecompany in April as director of sales. "There's room for us to add toour staff, which we expect we'll be doing shortly in our paymentspractice, our managed testing practice, and our sales team. It's anideal spot from which to execute our plans for growth." £ "We're looking forward to sharing our vision for the nextgeneration of solutions in both payments and compliance. LogicaCMG hasbeen a leader in payments and financial messaging since 1981. Morethan 150 global banks use our systems to transfer over $5 billion infunds every day. As for compliance, we're proud that both the New YorkFed and the Continuous Linked Settlement Bank are among those who useour solutions," continued Mr. Asip, whose 30-year career includestenure at Chase, Digital, Cap Gemini, Computer Sciences Corporation,and Getronics. £ John M. Dettori Jr., who recently joined LogicaCMG from ABN AmroBank to establish the North America managed testing practice, alsomaintains his office in the company's Manhattan location. £ "Our method of managed testing, which has been tremendouslypopular throughout Europe and Asia, has also attracted a good deal ofinterest in the first few months that John has been on the job here,"said Karen A. Roche, president of LogicaCMG Financial Services inNorth America. £ "Rather than waiting to test at the end of the softwaredevelopment life cycle, our framework integrates testing within theoverall application development process. It uncovers problems earlierand brings significant savings to our clients." £ LogicaCMG's North America headquarters is in Houston. In additionto New York, the company has facilities in Atlanta; Burlington,Massachusetts; Dallas; Richmond; Kirkland, Washington; Southfield,Michigan; Toronto; and Mexico City. £ About LogicaCMG £ LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT services. Itemploys 30,000 people across 36 countries. LogicaCMG's focus is onenabling its customers to build and maintain leadership positionsusing LogicaCMG's deep industry knowledge and its track record forsuccessful delivery. The company provides business consulting, systemsintegration, and IT and business process outsourcing across diversemarkets including telecommunications, financial services, energy andutilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector.Headquartered in Europe, LogicaCMG is listed on both the London StockExchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). Moreinformation is available at www.logicacmg.com. Copyright Business Wire 2006Related Shares:
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