Fredericton’s PLATO Testing, an indigenous-led IT services and training company, has bought Saskatchewan-based Information Technology Consultants, or ITC, with the aim of expanding its presence in the prairie provinces.
Founded 25 years ago and already active in Saskatchewan, PLATO and sister company PQA Testing use a “train-and-employ” business model. The PLATO branding was introduced in 2015, and both companies recruit First Nations students for an eight-month course on the fundamentals of software testing, then hire them to test software for Plato and PQA’s clients.
ITC, meanwhile, sells