IT, Apps Developers MergeIT, Apps Developers Merge

BEIJING, SAN JOSE, Calif., and TAMPERE, Finland -- Symbio Group, a leading Web and enterprise software outsourced product development (OPD) company, Flander, a leading mobile and embedded software development company, and Ardites, a leading expert in user experience technologies, today announced a definitive agreement to merge the three companies to create Symbio. As one of the world's largest outsourced product development companies, Symbio formed to meet the needs of leading global enterprises that demand converged technology solutions, richer user experiences, high-quality strategy and design, and the most cost-effective outsourced product development solutions.

Delivering Deep Domain Expertise in Enterprise Technology Convergence

Symbio provides software product engineering and product co-creation solutions across the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and development to user experience, testing and scaling. In addition to expanding global reach, Symbio integrates domain expertise, strategic consulting and design engineering talent across mobile, Web, enterprise and embedded technologies. World-leading companies like China Mobile, IBM, Microsoft and Nokia already trust and rely on Symbio for expert technology innovation and cost-effective execution.

"While achieving dramatic success in the past five to ten years, the offshore IT services market, and the players competing in this space, are faced with an unprecedented set of economic forces and changing customer needs that is forcing this industry to make dramatic changes in their businesses to ensure both short- and long-term growth," said David Tapper, vice president for Outsourcing and Offshore Services at IDC. "IDC believes that success for these players will reside in their ability to either find niche areas of focus or scale up and provide end-to-end capabilities with stronger local (developed market) presence and a greater focus on outsourced/managed services, which increasingly includes provisioning of services in the form of utility-based offerings."

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