Private company

Keane

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American IT company

Keane was a Boston-based Information Technology services unit of NTT DATA, itself a subsidiary of the Japanese national phone company, NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) Group. It offered Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources.2 It is part of NTT Data Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1965Founded1
  • Industryinformation technology consulting1
  • HeadquartersBoston1
  • Websitewww.keane.com

Keane was a Boston-based Information Technology services unit of NTT DATA, itself a subsidiary of the Japanese national phone company, NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) Group. It offered Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources.2

Corporate structure

Keane is part of a group headed by NTT, Inc.. 178 entities, 36 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

Keane Associates was founded on December 15, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts by John F. Keane. The company's initial focus was in the healthcare technology sector. The company grew to over 100 employees within ten years. By the 1990s Keane had become a publicly traded company and expanded into software engineering, application maintenance, program management and consulting services.

September 11, 2001 - One of the company's locations was the South Tower in New York City that collapsed because of the 9/11 terror attacks.

October 20, 2003 - Keane acquired a majority (60%) interest in Worldzen, a global Business Process Outsourcing organization. The entity worked closely with their consulting arm, Keane Consulting Group.

February 7, 2007 - Caritor acquired Keane, Inc. The combined entity retained the name of Keane. The corporate headquarters was relocated to San Francisco, CA and then to Boston, MA.

On January 3, 2011, it was announced that Keane had become a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT DATA Corporation of Japan. and came to be known as Keane, an NTT Data Company The company was at the time of its acquisition by NTT, approximately half-owned by.

In 2012, all North American (and a lot of other global) entities of NTT were amalgamated under the NTT DATA name and reorganized based on their area of specialty. At this point, all legacy companies (Keane, Revere Group, Intelligroup, Vertex, MISI, and NTT DATA AgileNet) were operating as NTT DATA Americas.

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Products and brands

Keane Care, Inc (part of the Healthcare Solutions Division of Keane, Inc) provides clinical and financial software information systems to the long-term care industry.

Kamco (Keane Australia Micropayment Consortium) is providing the myki ticketing system for Victoria, Australia's Public Transport System. although the Myki roll-out has been suspended and is not available on V/Line Long Distance services.

Figtree Systems is a provider of Claims & Risk Management software.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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