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Conchango acquisition will expand EMC's global consultant numbers to 12,000

EMC acquires £42m Conchango

Additional 300 technology experts to help storage giant expand its European consulting presence

Written by Martin Courtney

Computing, 01 Apr 2008

Storage giant EMC has announced that it is to acquire UK e-business consultancy Conchango for £42m.

Conchango employs more than 300 technology professionals and has UK and US clients in the retail, finance, media/entertainment and energy sectors, including B&Q, Barclays, Comet, The Daily Mail, HMV, Lloyds of London, M &S, Tesco and Virgin Mobile.

Conchango will become part of EMC's European Microsoft consulting practice within its Consulting & Solutions Integration Services organisation, giving EMC access to a total of almost 12,000 consultants and engineers on a global basis.

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