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sopra headquarters paris france key people pierre pasquier chairman vincent paris ceo john torrie deputy ceo revenue 3.6 billion 2015 number of employees 38 000 website soprasteria.com sopra steria group sa commonly referred to as sopra steria is an european information technology consultancy established in september 2014 upon the merger of sopra group sa and groupe steria sca commonly refererred to as sopra and steria respectively . technically sopra was the company to adopt the new name retaining its legal personality . the primary business areas of the company include consulting services systems integration and solutions integration of erp solutions implementation of application solutions as well as subcontracting solutions for providing technical support to users and application maintenance and outsourcing services and operation of professional processes . contents 1 history 1.1 timeline 1.2 sopra 1.2.1 acquisitions 1.2.1.1 axway software subsidiary 1.3 steria 2 businesses 3 references 4 external links history edit timeline edit 1968 creation of sopra programming and analysis company . 1969 creation of steria . soderi information research and development company holds 51 % the bnp group holds 29.5 % and the indochina group holds 19.5 % . the company holds its headquarters in the bnp offices . 1971 sopra signs its first large global banking managed services agreement . this agreement leads to the first banking platform the following year . 1972 sopra launches its first human resources solution ; pacha . 1973 steria computerises agence france presse by creating a text processing system that enables the transmission of information in real time . 1974 steria acquires sitintel a miniature information specialist . 1979 sopra proposes its first banking software solution . 1981 steria takes part in the development of minitel by designing the system s architecture security software and certain applications . 1982 creation of sopra s banking solution development business alongside the launch of its first banking solution for funds . 1986 sopra s first major national project with the french ministry of the interior . 1987 beginning of expertise on the transport and mobility market thanks to steria s automation project for the rer a in paris . 1990 sopra is listed on the second market of the paris stock exchange now the nyse euronext paris . 1992 sopra announces its first banking regulatory reporting solution for bafi . 1994 steria creates the management system for the french interbank payment system . 1996 sopra acquires sg2 ing nierie an it company that assists financial and banking institutions and probf a designer of integrated banking solutions as well as the human resources package pl iades . 1997 steria acquires the indian company iis infotech based in new delhi india . in september of the same year fran ois enaud is appointed group ceo . 1999 sopra expands to the united kingdom spain italy and germany . the company then creates the evolan suite several modules including fund management . 1999 steria is listed on the second market of the paris stock exchange . 2000 steria acquires three french companies experian ; france s it management business ; tecsi a company specialising in embedded software ; and equip a specialist micro it equipment management company . meanwhile sopra acquires orga consultants a strategy management and organisation consulting company . 2001 sopra sets up its subsidiary ; axway software and acquires viewlocity cyclone commerce and tumbleweed communications in the usa as well as the italian company iti and the british company cs rand which both offer systems consulting and integration services . through axway software the company decides to expand into theenterprise application integration eai market . 2001 steria acquires bull s it service operations in 9 european countries uk germany spain norway denmark sweden belgium luxembourg and switzerland ; and develops belgian electronic identity cards . 2003 sopra group acquires inforsud ing nierie . 2004 sopra group acquires valoris a european consulting and it services company . 2005 steria acquires the german company mummert consulting . sopra opens near and offshore service centres in europe and india acquires the company newell & budge in the uk and its irish and indian subsidiaries who use a comprehensive range of it services ranging from consulting to implementation as well as profit an independent company specialising in consulting and the integration of systems based in spain and portugal . 2007 a busy year of changes . steria acquires the company xansa in the uk thus enabling it to substantially develop its market shares in the uk public sector as well as its offshore production capacity in india . in addition the company s statutes evolve to enable a participatory governance involving all employee shareholders . steria signs the chorus agreement with the french ministry of finance to become part of the biggest sap project in france . the company also opens two near shore centres in poland and morocco . 2008 sopra acquires cibf an independent company that develops packages and software for portfolio risk and interbank exchange management as well as bai a fund solution developer . 2011 listing spin off of axway software sopra group on thenyse euronext paris . at the same time the group acquires 100 % of delta informatique an independent company responsible for designing a global banking solution aimed at retail banking in france and countries around the world . sopra also launches its first banking distribution solution following its acquisition of delta informatique bank solution developer 2012 creation of sopra banking software as a 100 % subsidiary of sopra following the acquisition of delta informatique and callata & wouters specialists in creating packages designed for the banking sector for the formation of a common entity . sopra also acquires the british subsidiaries of business & decision and tieto . 2013 steria signs the sscl contract in order to manage the back office functions of several uk government ministries from a shared services platform . meanwhile sopra group acquires hr access a human resources solutions developer and cor & fja banking solutions gmbh banking solutions developer therefore strengthening its range of hr solutions . 2014 strategic partnership between la banque postale and sopra banking software to roll out a new nationwide core banking platform . 2014 the merger of sopra and steria is announced on 8 april 2014 . both companies seek to become the european leader in digital services . 2014 success of sopra s friendly public exchange offer for steria on 5 august 2014 for all of steria s shares . sopra group becomes sopra steria group . the process will take the form of a public exchange offer launched by sopra for its competitor steria at the rate of one sopra share for four steria shares . 2014 the legal merger of sopra and steria takes place on 31 december 2014 . 2015 the merger of steria group and sopra group becomes effective on 31 december leading to the birth of sopra steria group a european leader in digital transformation . sopra edit logo of sopra . the motto of the company was talented together sopra was seated in annecy france had a revenue of 1.349 billion 2013 and 16 290 dec. 2013 employees . founded in january 1968 by pierre pasquier fran ois odin and l o gantelet 1 2 sopra is one of europe s longest established it service companies . from the outset sopra positioned itself in all it service sectors and soon became a key player in the french market . on march 2014 sopra group became sopra . in april 2014 sopra announced a merger with steria in an attempt to create the european leader in computer services . 3 sopra is a consulting it services and software development company . its subsidiary sopra banking software develops and distributes software for the financial services market . sopra employs more than 16 000 people and generated a turnover of 1.349 billion euro in 2013 . three complementary business lines 4 consulting sopra consulting management and technology systems and solutions integration software publishing in the following field human resources hr access and pl iades offering real estate management ulis ikos and alta x offerings sopra is focused on the following business sectors financial services services transportation and utilities public sector industry telecom and media retail acquisitions edit sopra s main acquisitions are in 1996 acquisition of sg2 ing nierie 650 people . in 2000 acquisition of orga consultants strategy and management consulting company 200 people 5 in 2001 acquisition of the italian company iti and british cs rand both acting in the system integration and consulting fields 6 december 2003 sopra acquires inforsud ing nierie from the cr dit agricole group 530 people . in july 2004 acquisition of valoris consulting and it services european company 500 people 7 in july 2005 acquisition of newell & budge uk and its subsidiaries in ireland and india it services 600 people 8 in november 2005 sopra acquires 100 % of the share capital of profit sa system integration and consulting company based in spain and portugal 700 people in july 2008 acquisition of cibf independent company specialised in portfolio and risks management software development for the banking sector based in nantes 60 people 9 october 2011 acquisition of 100 % of the share capital of delta informatique independent company offering financial software solutions 5 . 10 in february 2012 sopra acquires the belgian company callata & wouters specialised in banking software . 11 12 march 2012 acquisition of british subsidiaries of business & decision and tieto 13 in july 2012 sopra creates sopra banking software consequently to the acquisitions of callata & wouters and delta informatique 14 in april 2013 sopra announces the acquisition of hr access software solutions for the human resources management industry 900 people 15 in february 2014 sopra announces the acquisition of the german company cor & fja banking solutions 16 april 2014 merger with steria axway software subsidiary edit in 2001 sopra creates its subsidiary axway to access the eai market enterprise application integration in 2001 creation 17 of axway software 400 people 50 million euros revenue ; in 2002 axway acquires the integration business of the american company viewlocity inc. 18 19 first in europe then in asia and in the us ; early 2006 acquisition of cyclone commerce inc. an enterprise software us company ; 20 21 early 2007 acquisition in germany of the enterprise software business of atos origin ; 22 in september 2008 acquisition of tumbleweed communications corp. axway software splits from sopra in june 2011 consequently to its stock market launch . 23 steria edit logo of steria groupe steria sca was founded in 1969 was based in issy les moulineaux france had a revenue of 1.75 billion in 2013 and had more than 20 000 employees . was a multinational information technology services company headquartered in issy les moulineaux france . it delivers it enabled business services focusing on key vertical market sectors public services finance telecommunications utilities