# WCBS acquires Abattia

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/04/23/wcbs-acquires-abattia/
- Published: 2008-04-23T23:40:54+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**West Country Business Systems (WCBS) has acquired Abattia which has provides webALUMNUS
alumni management tool to 130 educational institutions on a software-as-a-service
basis.**

Tony Child, WCBS’s Managing Director, said: “The acquisition builds on the success
of Abattia’s team since 2000 in developing the innovative and unique webALUMNUS 
service, and in growing a strong, robust business now established as UK market leader
in hosted alumni management software.”

[Abattia](http://www.abattia.com)‘s Managing Director, Benjamin Van Every, said 
that the acquisition would enable further product development and improved customer
support.

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WCBS, a provider of school management systems, has been producing business software
for education since 1984. It has “a large number of common customers” with Abattia.

Last year Abattia introduced a Friends Reunited plugin to enable schools, colleges
and universities to reach even more alumni. It had also developed WA-Fundraising,
a hosted fundraising and donor management database.

www.wcbs.co.uk/news/44

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