Accenture Eyes Managed Services Expansion With Navisite Acquisition

Accenture has agreed to buy digital transformation services provider Navisite from Madison Dearborn Partners for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its infrastructure and application managed services capabilities in support of information technology modernization efforts of customers in North America.

Accenture said Wednesday it will integrate approximately 1,500 Navisite employees into its infrastructure engineering practice to help clients advance cloud transformation initiatives.

Andover, Massachusetts-based Navisite has more than 400 cloud engineers holding over 2,000 certifications and has experience working across digital technologies, enterprise applications and multiple cloud providers supporting customers across various sectors.

“Adding Navisite means we can more quickly help clients ‘run to the new’—modernizing at speed while they operate efficiently, through Accenture’s innovation-focused managed services,” said Karthik Narain, group chief executive for Accenture Technology.