October 20, 2015

Accenture Completes Acquisition of Cloud Sherpas, Strengthening Enterprise Cloud Capabilities

NEW YORK; Oct. 20, 2015 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of Cloud Sherpas, a leader in cloud advisory and technology services specializing in [Google](https://www.google.com/work/apps/business/products/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=na-us-en-apps-bkws-gafw-trial-e&utm_term=google for work), Salesforce and ServiceNow.

The acquisition further strengthens Accenture’s position as the leading enterprise cloud services provider and enhances its ability to provide clients with unparalleled cloud strategy and technology consulting, as well as cloud application implementation, integration and management services.

With the completion of the acquisition, more than 1,100 Cloud Sherpas professionals have joined the newly created Accenture Cloud First Applications team, which delivers cloud services for Google, NetSuite, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday and other “pure play” technologies.

“The addition of Cloud Sherpas to the Accenture Cloud First Applications team reinforces our position as a leading global provider of enterprise cloud services,” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology officer. “We welcome the extremely talented Cloud Sherpas specialists to Accenture, where together we are even better positioned to help clients move their businesses to the cloud and achieve significant business results faster than ever before.”