Editing Logica (section)

===LogicaCMG===
[[Image:LogicaCMG office parking signs in Wales.jpg|thumb|left|LogicaCMG logo and parking signs at Wales offices, 2006]]

The merger of Logica (60 percent) with British company [[CMG (company)|CMG]] (40 percent) to form LogicaCMG on 30 December 2002 united an established technology firm (Logica) with an established consulting firm (CMG).<ref>{{cite web|author=Richard Wray |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/oct/09/newmedia.citynews |title=Jobs cull logical in Logica / CMG deal |publisher=Guardian |date=2002-10-09 |access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref>

In December 2003, LogicaCMG’s software controlled the doomed [[Beagle 2]] probe after separation from the [[Mars Express]] orbiter.<ref>{{cite web|last=Briggs |first=Helen |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3310441.stm |title=Beagle probe enters crucial phase |work=BBC News |date=2003-12-17 |access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref>

During the mid-2000s the company embarked on a series of acquisitions of Continental European firms.<ref name="guard-out"/>  In 2005, LogicaCMG purchased 60 percent of the Portuguese company [[Edinfor]]<ref name="history" /> (and in March 2008 purchased the remaining portion). In 2006, LogicaCMG purchased the French company [[Unilog]] for £631 million and the Swedish company [[WM-data]] for £876 million.<ref name="guard-out"/>

[[Image:Logica CMG - London.jpg|thumb|right|LogicaCMG offices on Hampstead Road in London, 2007]]

The company suffered some embarrassment in 2006 when [[laptop]]s containing police payroll data were stolen from LogicaCMG<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6171468.stm |title=Met police payroll details stolen |work=BBC News |date=2006-11-22 |access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref> and an outsourcing contract with [[Transport for London]] for [[Information technology|IT]] services was terminated early after disputes over payments and service level agreements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2173934/tfl-outsourcing-agreement |title=TfL signs temporary outsourcing agreement |publisher=Computing.co.uk |access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref>

By 2007, the firm had some 39,000 employees and offices in 36 countries,<ref name="summ-2007">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_d3giDjcHFAC&dq=logica+consulting+london&pg=PA40 | title=Careers in IT Consulting | publisher=WetFeet | location=Philadelphia | date=2008 | page=39 | isbn=9781582077932 }}</ref> and was one of Europe's largest IT services and outsourcing firms.<ref name="guard-out"/>  Its largest locations in terms of employees counts were France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, in that order.<ref name="summ-2007"/>  Its most profitable sales regions were the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia.<ref name="guard-out"/>

On 20 February 2007, LogicaCMG Telecom Products was sold for £265m (US $525m) to private investors Atlantic Bridge Ventures and Access Industries, and became known as [[Acision]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easysourceindia.com/payrollservices|title=Payroll Processing Companies in India - Outsourcing and Management Services in Delhi|website=www.easysourceindia.com}}</ref>

Following a profit warning in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6679751.stm |title=Logica profit warning hits shares |work=BBC News |date=2007-05-22 |access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref> shareholders became increasingly skeptical about the wisdom of the European acquisitions strategy, and Martin Read was forced out as CEO by these shareholders.<ref name="guard-out">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/28/3 | title=Logica chief forced out after profit warning  | author-first=Simon | author-last=Bowers | newspaper=The Guardian | location=London | date=28 May 2007}}</ref>