Keane (company)
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Headquarters |  San Ramon, CA |
| Key people | Mani Subramanian |
| Industry | Management consulting Software Services Application Outsourcing Business Process Outsourcing |
| Products | Technology and business consulting, business process outsourcing |
| Revenue | ▲$1.4 billion USD |
| Employees | 14,500 in 10 countries |
| Website | www.keane.com |
Keane Inc is a business and IT services firm that delivers Application and Business Process Services to help clients reduce costs, enhance organizational flexibility, and improve their business and IT performance. Caritor an IT major acquired Keane in 2007 and changed its own name to Keane.
It was founded in 1965. It has around 14,500 employees worldwide with development centers in United States, Canada, and India.
In February 2007, Caritor announced it would acquire Keane and subsequently completely acquired it on 4th June 2007. The combined entity exists under the name of Keane.
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[edit] Company Overview
Keane is a global services firm that specializes in enabling transformation of its clients’ business and IT functions. Keane’s solutions – which comprise consulting, technology, and outsourcing services – are marketed to address clients’ industry-specific challenges.
Recently acquired by Caritor, the combined entity is known as Keane although its corporate headquarters moved to San Ramon, CA. Keane operates in 10 countries and employs more than 14,000 professionals. Sukant Srivastava was the head of operations for Keane India, until Caritor bought Keane, then Sukant went to work for a company called Convergys.
[edit] History
Keane was founded in 1965 by John Keane in Boston, Massachusetts after leaving IBM. The company's initial focus was in the healthcare technology sector and grew to over 100 employees within ten years. By the 1990s Keane had become a publicly traded company and expanded into software engineering, application maintenance, program management and consulting services.
In 2007, Caritor acquired Keane, Inc. The combined entity retains the name of Keane although CEO and Chairman is Mani Subramanian, the founder of Caritor. The corporate headquarters was relocated to Caritor in San Ramon, CA.
[edit] Likely Changes in the Logo
With the acquisition of Keane by Caritor, there is a likelihood of the logos of the two companies be combined to bring the entire facilities under one umbrella.
Keane Logo;
[edit] Certifications
CMMI Version 1.2 Level 5 Company
PCMM
CMMI Level 5
ISO 27001:2005
ISO 9001:2000
[edit] Subsidiaries
Keane Care, Inc (part of the Healthcare Solutions Division of Keane,Inc) provides clinical and financial software information systems to the long-term care industry.
Kamco (Keane Australia Micropayment Consortium) is providing the myki ticketing system for Victoria, Australia's Public Transport System. The system is running two years late and $500 million AUD over budget As of April 2008.[1]
[edit] Keane in India
Keane has five Advanced Development Centres(ADCs)in India at Gurgaon, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Noida and Chennai.
Keane occupies part of 6th, 7th and the complete 8th floor of Cyber Towers and 3rd floor in Cyber Pearl Phase 1 and 6th floor in Cyber Pearl Phase 2 in Hyderabad. Keane also has a subsidiary, Keane School of Excellence (KSE), and it has a special focus on Object Oriented Technologies.
KSE is organized to impart training to its resources in specialised application software development. KSE also houses the CISCO Academy Training Centre for IIIT, Hyderabad, wherein it imparts training in CCNA, Network Security and Wireless LAN, curricula.
