Security News > 2020 > April > Accenture to acquire Gekko to support cloud innovation for global enterprises

The acquisition would expand Accenture's AWS resources in France to support enterprise migrations and development on cloud platforms, which has become the foundation for innovation and business transformation.

Providing consulting, integration and managed services on AWS, Gekko has more than 100 trained cloud professionals, with more than 85 AWS certifications and a deep relationship with AWS. Gekko is an AWS Advanced Partner, holds an AWS competency in Storage and is an AWS Authorized Training partner.

"Aligned with our development strategy, the acquisition of Gekko would be another significant addition because it would give clients more support for public cloud options. Gekko would also be a major opportunity to accelerate our growth strategy in France," said Olivier Girard, Accenture's Geographic Unit managing director for France and Benelux.

"Cedric Le Yeuc'h, managing director at Accenture Technology in France and Benelux, added,"The acquisition of Gekko would underscore our multi-cloud strategy and would expand our AWS capabilities for clients to realize incremental business value through a cloud adoption and DevOps transformation.

"In the fast-growing cloud market, joining Accenture would be a unique opportunity to help even more organizations to leverage journey to the cloud for accelerating their digital transformations, growing their businesses and improving customer experiences," said Roland Esnis and Julien Favre, co-founders and CEOs of Gekko.

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