Accenture has acquired Enaxis Consulting, a Houston-based digital consulting firm with experience in IoT, analytics, and robotics across the oil, gas and airline industries, the companies confirmed today. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Enaxis Co-founder Jonas Georgsson
Enaxis serves Fortune 500 companies -- working closely with CIOs, CTOs and chief digital officers, Accenture asserts. Typical digital project engagements include advanced analytics, robotic process automation and the Internet of Things (IoT). Enaxis team members specialize in Agile SAFE, scrum master and digital product adoption.
Deloitte veterans Dhiren Shethia and Jonas Georgsson founded Enaxis in 2002. The duo wanted to deliver high quality, trusted guidance without charging "obnoxiously" high rates, according to the Enaxis website. The first company tagline was "Big Five at Half the Price” -- a jab at big, expensive consulting firms at the time. We'll be watching to see if that culture remains intact under Accenture's ownership.
Enaxis also avoided traditional terms like partner and reseller in order to remain customer-centric rather than vendor centric. Still, the company does work with key technology companies -- including Antuit, Automation Anywhere, DataRobot, Red Hat, Ruths.ai, SynchroNet, Tecnics and UiPath, the Enaxis website indicates.
Accenture, Enaxis Executive Perspectives
Describing the deal, John Downie, a senior managing director at Accenture who leads its Energy practice in North America, said:
“We’re delighted to join forces with this very talented Enaxis team, which will advance our plans for growing our oil and gas business in North America by helping clients with end-to-end transformation services. We look forward to building on targeted business services for core oil and gas areas including drilling and completions, production operations and asset portfolio optimization.”
Added Shethia:
“We are very excited about teaming up with Accenture, which is a strong strategic fit and will help clients achieve game-changing digital transformations on a larger scale. Our combination also paves the way for our employees to realize exciting new career paths in digital technology and industry consulting while gaining access to Accenture’s services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.”
Concluded Georgsson:
"Our core strength is our people, and we believe we can achieve outstanding synergies together with the Accenture team in the marketplace.”
Enaxis has roughly 75 employees, all of whom are joining Accenture, including Shethia and Georgsson, Accenture has informed ChannelE2E in response to our questions about the deal.
Accenture Mergers, Acquisitions, Investments
Accenture in recent months has made numerous acquisitions as part of its $1 billion M&A push across digital, cloud and security services.
Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.
