Impact, which develops a partnership automation platform, raises $75 million for organic growth & potential acquisitions. Forrester's Jay McBain explains why partner engagements remain critical.
Private equity firm Harren Equity Partners invests in Velosio, a Microsoft Dynamics, Office 365, Azure & Oracle NetSuite cloud business partner for ERP & CRM applications.
CGI bids to acquire IT consulting firm Acando for roughly $459 million. The proposed deal involves 2,200 Acando employees across Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Hamburg, Germany and more.
Zendesk invests in Stella Connect, a SaaS platform for contact center agents & their managers. A Zendesk-Stella Connect cloud integration is available.
Mission, a Top 100 Public Cloud MSP & Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner, scores $8 million line of credit for cloud services customer optimization. Silicon Valley Bank involved.
Accenture acquires Hjaltelin Stahl (a Danish creative agency) and Enterprise System Partners (a Cork, Ireland-based firm). Both deals appear to align well with Accenture's existing businesses.
