HintTech can roll out web projects more effectively thanks to controlling interest in Crossing Channels

16 June 2011 - The Netherlands – Content Technology Specialist HintTech announced today that they have taken a controlling interest in Crossing Channels. Crossing Channels is mainly active in online marketing and multi-channel service models. With this participation HintTech strengthens its position in the healthcare industry, the financial market, marketing and the public sector, and is able to provide more complete online solutions.

The service of HintTech and those of Crossing Channels are closely related. Where HintTech covers content management and digital asset management of their customers with concept, design, implementation and management, Crossing Channels mainly focuses on online applications, such as online self-service, file sharing, process integration and management reporting. The planned integration of both companies will lead to a strengthened service portfolio and customers who can make optimal use of the online channel, due to the support of their full back- and frontend of their web applications. 
In addition, the added value for HintTech lies in Crossing Channels’ clientele and the markets where Crossing Channels has built a strong position, namely healthcare, financial services, marketing and the public sector. These are industries where HintTech will try to have success, or to strengthen its position.

The agreement will give HintTech more in-depth technological knowledge. HintTech specializes in SDL Tridion, ADAM, Sitecore, Hippo and Microsoft. Crossing Channels on the other hand, focuses on Microsoft. NET, Sharepoint, BizTalk and HealthVault. Combining the market concentration of both companies will increase HintTech’s ability to cover the full spectrum of relevant technical possibilities.

Dennis Struyk, CEO of HintTech: ‘Crossing Channels has a very interesting customer portfolio and has a good reputation in some markets where we want to focus more on. Moreover, we can now provide our customers with solutions based on every relevant technology in the area of Web applications. This enables us to provide our customers with even better service.’

Boris Stam, managing partner of Crossing Channels: ‘The integration with HintTech leads to a further professionalization and expansion of our business activities, because we now can provide maintenance and application lifecycle management for our customers as well. Furthermore our service perfectly fit in with that of HintTech. It's good to experience that we understand each other very well and that if we act together this leads to very enthusiastic feedback from the customers.’

About HintTech

HintTech is a specialist in e-business technology (DotNet, Java platform, Tridion) and IT projects (development, testing, implementation, application management and quality assurance). The company was started in 1997 and works with innovative and proven technologies and methods. HintTech provides qualitative custom solutions for its clients. For Tridion, Microsoft, Sun J2EE and IBM WebSphere, HintTech is an advisor as well as partner. HintTech counts Shell, Nuon, Fortis, ING and KLM as clients. It currently employs 113 people and has offices in Delft (Netherlands), San Francisco (US) and Novi Sad (Serbia). For more information: www.hinttech.com.