Patni taken over by US IT services firm

The consolidation in the IT services sector is continuing at a pace.

This time it is a US giant buying an Indian player. iGate is taking over Patni.

iGate was interested in Satyam when it was up for sale and even requested to see the Satyam books. It later backed down.

I was wondering where this would leave the strategic partnership between Patni and 2e2.

2e2 recently signed a five-year £20m contract with Patni. 2e2's internal users and some customers will receive services, including application support and internal IT helpdesk services, from Patni.