Accenture acquires Workday and Salesforce practices from Sierra-Cedar
Summary
Sierra-Cedar offers consulting services and administrative support to help clients through major technological shifts and day-to-day business. Once the deal is finalised, approximately 275 of its staff will join Accenture’s Workday, Salesforce and MuleSoft practices, which are focused on modernising complex core operational systems and processes for higher education and government clients. Commenting on the acquisition, Ryan Gaetz, managing director of Accenture’s education and government-focused Workday practices, said: “We are focused on our clients’ priorities for more efficient, secure, transparent and customer service-oriented operations, and the practitioners joining Accenture have the industry and platform skills that are at the centre of such efforts. “This team brings deep client-centric skills and an array of expert capabilities that align with and significantly boost our offerings to higher education and government.” Financial terms of the deal, which is set to close in early 2020 were not disclosed. Since the start of 2020, Accenture has announced plans to acquire Symantec’s cybersecurity services and CRM firm Maihiro.
