Accenture has acquired Certus Solutions, one of the UK’s top Oracle Cloud implementation service providers. Certus Solutions will become part of Accenture’s Oracle practice, "further strengthening its capabilities in delivering digital transformation via Oracle Cloud", the company says.
Accenture and Certus Solutions already have a track record of working together, on one of the largest Oracle Cloud implementations for a UK government department to date. Last year, the pair were selected by the Home Office to deliver a new enterprise resource planning system designed to transform the way the department delivers back-office services across finance, procurement, human resources, customer service and payroll-related functions.
The two-year contract, valued at around £20m, was awarded through the UK government’s G-Cloud (G8) supplier framework. Bhaskar Ghosh, group chief executive, Accenture Technology Services, said of the deal: “With the addition of Certus Solutions we’re further expanding our Oracle Cloud services and capabilities that help organisations accelerate their digital transformation and achieve better business outcomes.”
Mark Sweeny, CEO of Certus Solutions, said: “We have gone from being one of the first Oracle Cloud Partners to becoming one of the most successful, and a big reason for that is the quality of our people. This is a market that needs specialists with broad experience, which is rare in this highly demanding and competitive market.”
Zahra Bahrololoumi, head of Accenture Technology for UK & Ireland, added: “This acquisition brings a team with highly respected Oracle Cloud expertise and extends the capabilities of our market leading Oracle practice. By joining together we can add scale to provide excellent solutions to our joint clients and expand Certus Solutions into more areas of the Oracle ecosystem.”
Accenture says it already has 54,000 Oracle-skilled consultants around the world. Certus Solutions is a global Oracle Platinum implementation partner for Oracle Cloud applications. The value of the acquisition has not been disclosed.
