Accenture completed its acquisition of Imaginea, a cloud-native product and platform engineering firm. Imaginea aims at helping companies drive innovation through disruptive technologies to transform their businesses digitally and capture new opportunities.

The acquisition has added approximately 1,350 cloud professionals to Accenture, bringing a highly-skilled, cloud-native, full-stack engineering team with cloud data and modernization skills across multiple platforms from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. With its headquarters in Mountain View, California, and multiple offices in London and throughout India, Imaginea excels in using its world-class product and platform engineering skills to lead with a design-thinking approach steeped in innovation. The company also currently advises over 200 global clients to deliver cloud-first transformations.

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Talking about the acquisition, Karthik Narain, global lead for Accenture Cloud First said, “Imaginea will further enhance the global capabilities of Accenture Cloud First, which was created to help clients across every industry become ‘cloud-first’ businesses. Cloud is an essential foundation of digital transformation. Leveraging cloud-native capabilities helps companies transform experiences, harness advances in technologies like AI, robotics, edge computing, and 5G, and break the limits on productivity and innovation to create sustainable value.”

Adding to the company’s goodwill, Vijay Pullur, co-founder of Imaginea said, “Our unique combination of cloud-native and product engineering skills is why clients seek out Imaginea to help them solve complex problems by unlocking the power of new technologies. Imaginea is excited to join Accenture in helping companies reimagine business and rebuild differently for the benefit of all — from their customers to our people to society at large.”

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During the announcement, Kishore Durg, global lead, Accenture Cloud First Integrated Cloud Services also said, “Accenture’s differentiated value begins with our incredibly talented and dedicated people. Imaginea brings us an infusion of human ingenuity, supported by cloud technologies.” He further said, “Imaginea is a noteworthy addition to Accenture, with expertise across leading cloud platforms. Imaginea puts us in an even stronger position to accelerate innovation across diverse industries, drive complex change and create lasting value.”

Conclusion: Imaginea will further enhance the global capabilities of Accenture Cloud First. Powered by 70,000 cloud professionals, and a $3 billion investment over the next 3 years, the Accenture Cloud First group brings together unmatched depth and breadth of cloud expertise, industry cloud solutions, ecosystem partner capabilities, and assets that can help clients realize greater value from the cloud at speed and scale.

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