An American-based, multinational software developer has acquired Australian aged care software developer, PeoplePoint.

CDC Software Corporation said it made the purchase because it wants to expand into the aged care market in Australia and New Zealand.

At the same time, it hopes to promote PeoplePoint’s solutions to the growing aged care markets in Europe and North America.

PeoplePoint’s aged care solutions are used in residential, clinical and community settings.

It currently has 1,500 concurrent users in Australia and its customers include Hall and Prior, Lend Lease Primelife and UnitingCare Ageing.

“We are very pleased about acquiring PeoplePoint, since we believe the aged care market is growing globally and we feel this is an ideal time to expand these solutions into the North American and European markets,” said the president of CDC Software, Bruce Cameron.

“We also believe that this acquisition offers us strong cross-selling opportunities, especially since our Front Office solutions already have installations in PeoplePoint's key vertical markets of aged care and not for profit, and that it also offers us an opportunity to widely expand our solutions in the Australian and New Zealand markets.”

The CEO of Exlipse Computing, Bradley Stroop said CDC’s global reach would provide a good base for expanding PeoplePoint’s customer base.

“We also believe that PeoplePoint customers will benefit immensely from CDC Software's technology and support operations around the world, as well as the company's broad portfolio of complementary solutions,” he said.