TAG Acquisition FAQ

1. Who is Alsbridge?
   
   Alsbridge, Inc. is an award-winning global advisory firm providing unparalleled expertise in helping clients to develop and implement strategies in outsourcing and shared services for information technology and business processes. The firm leverages industry-leading benchmarking capabilities to provide data-driven, fact-based advice to clients and a proven methodology to guide them through each stage of the sourcing lifecycle. Alsbridge was created in 2005 by CEO Ben Trowbridge.
   
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2. Who is TAG?
   
   Dallas-based TAG, now a service of Alsbridge, Inc., specializes in the procurement, contract negotiation and expense management of telecommunications services including voice, data, wireless, internet, local, and international services for national and multi-national companies. Founded in 2001 by its president Dieter Thompson,. TAG’s mission is to provide its clients with a maximum return for their telecommunications investment. The company’s web site is: tag.alsbridge.com.
3. When did Alsbridge acquire TAG?
   
   Alsbridge completed the acquisition on January 1, 2010. Terms of the deal are undisclosed.
4. Why did Alsbridge acquire TAG?
   
   The acquisition of TAG is a continuation of a strategic plan to acquire data-rich consulting capabilities to be able to provide a wider set of services to our clients and meet today’s as well as tomorrow’s need to reduce cost across the enterprise by paying the right price for the right level of service in IT, business processes and telecom network. The consolidation of the carrier space, the convergence of technologies and the impact of the new economy were all factors in the decision to acquire TAG.
5. What will happen to the TAG brand?
   
   TAG will operate as an enhanced service line of Alsbridge, Inc. TAG will continue to offer the same people, processes and tools to clients and provide a creative, nimble, entrepreneurial solutions-focused service.
6. How will this impact Alsbridge/TAG clients?
   
   The IT outsourcing industry and telecom network services industry grew up at the same time, but separate and apart. And, until now, the consulting firms in both industries have followed suit. However, with the TAG acquisition, Alsbridge now has the data and expertise to advise on price reduction any way clients want to look at it – information technology, business process, telecom network – across the entire enterprise. Simply put, no one else can provide a service with a similar range and granularity of data. The clients of both companies will greatly benefit by the synergies created.