Accenture Acquires Headspring to Expand and Enhance Cloud First Platform Engineering Capabilities
02 December 2021 - 1:05AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired the consulting practice of
Headspring, a cloud native and platform engineering services firm
based in Austin, Texas. Headspring provides a broad range of cloud
services including platform architecture, engineering,
modernization and product management. Headspring’s services and
cloud experts will boost Accenture Cloud First’s platform
engineering capabilities aimed at helping clients accelerate their
transformations and derive greater value from their cloud
investments. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Accenture Cloud First Head of Platform
Engineering Ramadurai Ramalingam and Headspring President, CEO and
Founder Dustin Wells (Photo: Business Wire)
“Accenture’s acquisition of Headspring will help us scale one of
the most comprehensive platform engineering and cloud native
capabilities in the world. The depth and breadth of Headspring’s
cloud-focused services and their significant experience working
with Fortune 500 companies over the past two decades will be a
valuable addition to our existing cloud engineering capabilities in
North America and globally,” said Karthik Narain, global lead of
Accenture Cloud First.
Founded in 2001 and with approximately 90 employees in the U.S.
and Mexico, Headspring serves public and private sector clients
across numerous industries, including energy, financial services,
government and nonprofit.
“We’re relentlessly focused on helping clients utilize the cloud
to move faster, work better, and stand out in a shifting market. We
do this by understanding their teams, goals and vision — that’s the
Headspring difference — which aligns perfectly with Accenture’s
focus on business outcomes,” said Dustin Wells, founder, president
& CEO of Headspring. “Joining the Accenture team will
collectively elevate our position as trusted transformation
advisors and executers.”
Headspring’s consulting team of highly skilled professionals
with accreditations in cloud engineering and cloud native services
will join Accenture Cloud First, enhancing Accenture’s platform
engineering capabilities in working closely with hyperscalers.
Headspring’s broad and comprehensive suite of services
includes:
- Platform Engineering: including end-to-end cloud native
platform architecture and development from the foundation to the
experience layer
- Platform Modernization: including re-platforming and
cloud migration, code transformation, visual redesign, and
integration modernization
- Platform Architecture: re-architecting platform
foundations to support the new platform architecture
- Product Management: overall assessment and analysis of
pain points based on scaled severity, frequency of occurrence, time
inefficiency, risk of inaccuracy and technology bottlenecks.
Creating product roadmap and requirements for platforms for
prioritized outcomes
Headspring has been voted one of the Best Companies to Work for
in Texas every year since 2013.
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