Acquisitions

NEW YORK; Oct. 17, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired TargetST8 Consulting, a privately held financial services consulting firm specializing in corporate and commercial lending, with offices in New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

COLUMBUS, OH; Aug. 27, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of smart embedded software company Pillar Technology, significantly expanding its Industry X.0 practice in North America. 

SAN FRANCISCO and COLUMBUS, OH; Aug. 9, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made two major moves to expand its Industry X.0 practice. The company acquired hardware engineering firm Mindtribe and entered into an agreement to buy smart embedded software company Pillar Technology. The two acquisitions will significantly boost Accenture’s ability to help companies redefine smart connected software and physical products as the lines blur between the physical and digital world.

KRONBERG and MUNICH; August 6, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of designaffairs, a strategic design consultancy headquartered in Germany. The acquisition, which was first announced in June, bolsters the capabilities of Accenture Industry X.0 to design smart products and services. It complements Accenture’s offerings around smart products, smart services, platforms, and new business models for the digital reinvention of industrial companies. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SHANGHAI; July 31, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of Shanghai-based HO Communication, a full-service digital marketing agency in China with a strong portfolio of local and multinational clients. The acquisition boosts Accenture Interactive’s ability to bring its differentiated blend of digital design, marketing, content and commerce services to clients in Greater China, seamlessly and at scale. 

NEW YORK; July 12, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Kogentix, a company providing big data and AI services and solutions that help enterprises make better decisions with their data. Kogentix, headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., will strengthen Accenture Applied Intelligence’s growing data engineering business, particularly in North America, as companies are increasingly looking to harness open source big data and advanced analytics technologies to identify revenue growth and cost reduction opportunities across the enterprise.

KRONBERG and MUNICH; June 8, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire designaffairs, a strategic design consultancy headquartered in Germany. The acquisition will bolster the capabilities of Accenture Industry X.0 to design smart products and services that are ready for manufacturing – complementing its offerings around smart products, smart services, platforms, and new business models for the digital reinvention of industrial companies.

SHANGHAI; May 23, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Shanghai-based HO Communication, a full-service digital marketing agency in China with a strong portfolio of local and multinational clients. The acquisition will expand the ability of Accenture Interactive to bring its unique blend of digital design, marketing, content and commerce services to clients in Greater China seamlessly and at scale.  

LONDON; May 8, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has completed its acquisition of Certus Solutions, one of the UK’s top Oracle Cloud implementation service providers. Certus Solutions becomes part of Accenture’s Oracle practice, further strengthening its capabilities in delivering digital transformation on Oracle Cloud.

NEW YORK; May 7, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of New York-based digital agency, Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM), a content-focused leader in integrated marketing, cross-channel strategy development and creative execution.