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www.abacus global.com abacus consulting technology private limited also known as abacus or abacus consulting is a global professional services company providing management consulting technology and outsourcing services . 3 based out of pakistan abacus is the largest firm of its kind in the country both in terms of revenue and staff numbers 4 and one of the largest in south asia . having an overall employee strength of over 2500 abacus has 12 offices in the menasa region through which it serves clients in three continents and 22 countries . within pakistan abacus serves 23 out of 35 fortune 100 companies operating in the country with 150 to 300 clients entertained each year . abacus has over 400 specialist consultants and 1200 completed projects . 5 contents 1 history and name changes 2 operations 3 partnerships associations and memberships 4 awards and honors 5 references 6 external links history and name changes edit abacus was established in 1987 6 by the current president mr. asad ali khan primarily as a management consulting firm that offered mainly finance related services such as financial analysis business advisory and economic feasibility studies for new and existing business set ups and projects . in 1991 abacus was admitted as an associate member of coopers & lybrand international network changing name to abacus coopers & lybrand and then coopers & lybrand consulting . in 1997 coopers & lybrand and price waterhouse announced plans to merge creating pricewaterhousecoopers pwc . 7 in pakistan the merger formalities were also initiated and completed by june 2000 . consequently abacus became the consulting arm of pricewaterhousecoopers and became known as pwc consulting . in october 2003 abacus dissociated itself with pwc after some of history s biggest accounting scandals that redefined the global regulatory environment for consulting and audit firms restoring its name to abacus consulting . operations edit abacus divides its services as consulting technology and outsourcing . consulting services supply management consulting for public and private sectors . technology abacus partners with technology vendors in order to provide it related solutions . outsourcing abacus provides outsourcing solutions with the aim of reducing operational costs for clients . 8 partnerships associations and memberships edit sap in 2005 abacus entered into a partnership with sap for sap all in one services involving software licensing and system integration implementation support and academy services . subsequently sap services were extended to business one solutions aimed at the sme sector with a b 1 competency center . 9 mercer in 2005 abacus entered into an alliance with mercer to represent them in pakistan . abacus was to deliver a database that provides human capital advice and facilitation to organizations . 10 fragomen in 2008 abacus entered into a joint venture with fragomen to provide corporate migration mobility and deployment solutions in the mena region . 11 amcf abacus is a member of the association of management consulting firms amcf which is an international association of firms engaged in the practice of consulting and management . 12 allworld network abacus is a member of the allworld network . 13 awards and honors edit abacus won the sap apj regional partner excellence award as top partner in 2013 14 also securing a high placing among allworld fast growth pakistan 25 15 allworld fast growth arabia 500 networks and rozee.pk top employer ranking . 16 president abacus mr. asad ali khan received australian alumni excellence award 2013 17 18 and also featured in 100 business leaders of pakistan a book by manager today . 19 references edit abascus celebrates 25 years of transforming business . the nation . high beam . 26 february 2013 . retrieved 14 may 2013 . abacus . employee strength . abacus introduction . facts . experience . abacus silver jubilee . pakistan today . retrieved 21 june 2013 . c & l and pw merge . cnn . retrieved 21 june 2013 . services offered by abacus . abacus official website . retrieved 21 june 2013 . abacus and sap . retrieved 21 june 2013 . abacus forms partnership with mercer . pakistan tribune . 29 june 2005 . retrieved 21 june 2013 . fragomen and abacus working together . fragomen official website . retrieved 21 june 2013 . abacus and amcf partnership . amcf official website . retrieved 21 june 2013 . abacus an allworldnetwork . allworld network website . retrieved 21 june 2013 . abacus wins award . sap official website . retrieved 21 june 2013 . abacus top ranking allworld . retrieved 21 june 2013 . rozee top employer award . pro pakistani . retrieved 21 june 2013 . australian alumni excellence award . retrieved 21 june 2013 . australian alumni excellence award . retrieved 21 june 2013 . 100 business leaders of pakistan pdf . retrieved 21 june 2013 . external links edit official abacus consulting website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title abacus 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