Capgemini reported revenue of 12.05 Billion, up 3.4 percent year on year, while bookings were up 13 percent year-on-year and 14 percent in the fourth quarter. Revenue, meanwhile, was up 5.5 percent for the quarter
In addition, the operating margin rate for he year was 9.2 percent, up 70 basis points on 2013.
For "Our performance in 2014 exceeded the objectives we set ourselves at the beginning of the year thanks to the impact of our two improvement levers: innovation and industrialization," says Paul Hermelin, Chairman and CEO of Capgemini Group.
Hermelin says 2014 saw a solid return to organic growth, accelerating at the end of the year, a significant improvement in operating margin and strong free cash flow generation.
"This was achieved in spite of a difficult economic context in Continental Europe. We benefited in particular from our excellent performance in North America where we enjoyed 8.5 percent like-for-like growth and achieved the highest profitability in the Group (12.6 percent). In addition, revenues generated by our most innovative offerings surged 25 percent in 2014," he says. "In order to better meet our clients' expectations, we offer services not only in Cloud Computing, Big Data and Digital, but also in Cybersecurity with the recent launch of our new global service line."
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