Accenture Boosts Oracle Muscle With DAZ Buy

Accenture has boosted its Oracle capabilities with the acquisition of a California-based platinum level partner, the solution provider said in a statement this morning.

The 300-employee DAZ Systems, Inc., a provider of Oracle ERP Cloud services, that was founded in 1995, will join Accenture’s Oracle Business Group. DAZ is one of the top Platinum-level partners in Oracle’s PartnerNetwork, having delivered more than 500 successful Oracle implementations to-date.

DAZ is Oracle ERP Cloud and HCM Cloud certified and was named Oracle’s Cloud Partner of the Year in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

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The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“DAZ has extensive experience implementing Oracle Cloud solutions, which complements Accenture’s established credentials across the Oracle Cloud portfolio,” said Bhaskar Ghosh, group chief executive, Accenture Technology Services in a statement. “Organizations demand proven expertise, as well as new innovative solutions and methods to help them transform their businesses. DAZ will help us continue to deliver the very best thinking and capabilities to our clients.”

The addition of DAZ builds on Accenture’s recent acquisition of Certus Solutions, a UK-based Oracle Cloud implementation provider, adding to its capabilities in delivering digital transformation on Oracle Cloud.

Accenture -- No. 2 on the 2018 CRN Solution Provider 500 -- said it has been one of Oracle’s leading systems integration partners globally 12 years in a row, with more than 54,000 Oracle-skilled consultants around the world which the company claims helps to accelerate digital transformation by implementing Oracle-based business solutions.

“DAZ’s mission is to help organizations implement mission-critical business systems by bringing a contemporary perspective and experience-driven insights,” DAZ CEO Walt Zipperman said in as statement. “Joining Accenture is an incredible opportunity to advance this goal by combining our strengths with Accenture’s in depth capabilities and global scale. Together, we’ll be able to deliver substantial value for clients around the world.”

Accenture has been on a buying spree this year, including the acquisition just last week of financial services company TargetSt8 Consulting.

TargetST8 Consulting, which was founded in 2013, focuses exclusively on the financial markets, serving banks and investment firms in the U.S. and Europe, Accenture said. TargetST8 provides customers with digital lending solutions that include deploying artificial intelligence and robotic process automation, according to Accenture.