Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Ocelot Consulting, a cloud
consultancy specializing in full-stack development, data
engineering, data science, and strategy and execution for cloud
modernization. The addition of Ocelot Consulting expands
Accenture’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineering skills in the
Midwest to help clients in North America accelerate cloud
transformation—including making cloud the data backbone of the
enterprise and the engine for AI-driven business reinvention.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Accenture has acquired Ocelot Consulting,
a cloud consultancy specializing in full-stack development, data
engineering, data science, and strategy and execution for cloud
modernization. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Ocelot Consulting increases our talent base of multi-skilled
engineers to help clients build a strong digital core—powered by
cloud, data and AI—and to achieve new performance frontiers,” said
Andy Tay, global lead of Accenture Cloud First. “Cloud is the place
where most technology innovation is happening, and this acquisition
is all about expanding our cloud engineering skills to help clients
modernize their enterprise and accelerate business growth and
innovation.”
Ocelot Consulting’s skilled engineers, with cloud certifications
on multiple major cloud platforms, bring their experience in
migrating enterprise applications and data for organizations in the
utilities, financial services, agriculture and consumer goods
industries to Accenture’s Cloud First practice. Combining Ocelot
Consulting’s data engineering, data science and AI expertise with
Accenture’s approach for using modern data platforms on cloud
bolsters Accenture’s full-stack development capabilities, spanning
design, user experience and system architecture to create valuable
and sustainable solutions.
“For the past seven years, we have focused on sharing our
transformational lessons learned in agility, cloud, security and
development operations with other companies in the region,” said
Tyler Robert, co-founder and president of Ocelot Consulting. “By
joining Accenture, we can continue to grow our presence together
regionally and nationwide.”
“The combined strength of Accenture and Ocelot Consulting will
accelerate client growth in industries including utilities,
banking, insurance, agriculture and consumer goods,” said Taliya
King, office managing director—St. Louis, Accenture. “We welcome
the Ocelot Consulting team to Accenture’s Midwest region where we
will deliver highly specialized capabilities at scale and at
speed.”
Founded in 2016 and based in St. Louis, MO, Ocelot Consulting’s
team of approximately 100 technologists joins the Accenture AWS
Business Group, that consists of more than 28,000 certified
professionals holding over 35,000 AWS certifications, and is
recognized by AWS with 27 competencies. Accenture AWS Business
Group is part of Accenture Cloud First, Accenture’s
industry-leading business group focused on redefining how
organizations operate and create value by using cloud, data and AI
for total enterprise reinvention.
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