HP announced last week that is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Atos Origin Middle East group, also known as “AOME”, one of the Middle East’s leading systems integrators, to broaden its consulting and integration capacity in the region.

AOME, an independent group of companies with its headquarters in Bahrain, employs more than 450

people primarily in its offices in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Libya, and is the region’s leading implementer of SAP projects.

The acquisition is expected to deliver three key strategic assets to HP: enhancement of the company’s SAP capabilities in the Middle East, reinforcement of HP’s expertise in two key market segments – the public sector and oil and gas, and the extension of HP’s geographic presence in Libya and Qatar.

The acquisition is subject to certain customary closing conditions and it is expected that the transaction will be completed in November.