Two global leaders among the providers of Internet services to the $3.9 trillion engineering and building industry have decided to merge. Bidcom Inc. and Cephren Inc. will combine to form Citadon Inc., yielding a company with over 30,000 subscribers and a worldwide portfolio of 1,200 projects in 30 different countries totaling over $110 billion. Bidcom will contribute its expertise in business process management, and Cephren will add its experience in collaborative commerce applications and project management, to provide what they claim is the most complete suite of Internet services available today for this industry.
Citadon will offer its customers a scaleable, open-technology platform. With the industry’s top software engineers under experienced leaders, the partner companies believe they will be in a good position to increase customer and revenue growth, speed up product development, and help create a standard platform for communication, collaboration, and collaborative commerce within the engineering and building industry. Citadon’s customers will include leading engineering and construction firms and large owner/operators, some of which are: GE Power Systems, Marriott, American Airlines, Daimler Chrysler, Hines, Bechtel Group, and Fluor Daniel.
For more information visit www.citadon.com.
