Accenture Completes Acquisition of Sentia in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria
AMSTERDAM; Sept. 2, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has accomplished its acquisition of Sentia’s companies in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the Sentia group supplies cloud advisory and supply providers spanning hybrid and multi cloud technique, cloud transformation and migration.
The acquisition, beforehand introduced on August 2, provides greater than 300 cloud specialists to Accenture Cloud First, bolstering Accenture’s capabilities to supply end-to-end cloud infrastructure providers throughout public, non-public and sovereign clouds.
“Accenture Cloud First’s precedence is to assist purchasers with complete enterprise reinvention by constructing their digital core, optimizing operations and accelerating development,” mentioned Karthik Narain, world lead for Accenture Cloud First. “Adding the Sentia team expands our migration and modernization capabilities, and further equips us to help companies optimize their workloads across the cloud continuum.”
Roy Ikink, lead for Accenture Cloud First Netherlands, added, “The acquisition of Sentia’s business in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria enhances our capabilities in Europe, particularly around hybrid cloud and sovereign cloud. The Sentia team’s experience in this area will be invaluable in helping clients to address regional data privacy regulations.”
A number one cloud consulting firm, Sentia’s major cloud management and optimization providers embody cloud managed providers, cloud safety providers and cloud infrastructure migration. Sentia additionally presents distinctive digital expertise monitoring providers that analyze, monitor and predict enterprise purposes and cloud providers from an finish person’s perspective.
Financial phrases of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
Note: Sentia’s Danish business just isn’t half of the acquisition and will proceed as an unbiased business beneath the Sentia model, supported by Waterland Private Equity as major shareholder.
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