BT announced it has agreed terms to acquire International Network Services Inc. (INS), a provider of IT consulting and software solutions. This professional services acquisition will increase BT's presence in North America and will enhance BT's consulting capabilities.

The acquisition of the California-headquartered company will add to BT's global professional services resources of more than 7,000 people across the globe. The move will see hundreds of consultants join BT, mostly in the U.S. and Canada. INS enjoys an excellent reputation due to the skills and expertise of its consultants and also for its methodology and knowledge management infrastructure.

INS specializes in four major areas — Enterprise Architecture and Governance, Business Productivity, Information Risk Management, and Infrastructure Transformation. Based in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Europe, Asia and throughout North America, the company builds, implements and secures business technology infrastructures for its customers. It has served 75 percent of Fortune 500 enterprises and more than half of the Fortune 1000 companies.

INS has nearly 900 people in twelve countries worldwide. As at the last audited balance sheet date on September 25, 2005, the gross assets of INS were 49.7 million USD.

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