Bengaluru : Infosys (NYSE: INFY), India’s second largest software exporter, on Tuesday announced the acquisition of US based Salesforce Consulting and Platinum Partner Simplus. Simplus is a recognized leader and advisor in cloud consulting, implementation, data integration, change management and training services for Salesforce Quote-to-Cash applications.
The acquisition is expected to close during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.
In September 2018 Infosys had acquired another salesforce CRM consulting firm Fluido. With this new acquisition, Infosys is eying to further reinforce its position as an end-to-end Salesforce enterprise cloud solutions and services provider.
Simplus brings to Infosys globally recognized Salesforce expertise, industry knowledge, solution assets, deep ecosystem relationships and a broad clientele, across a variety of industries including high-tech, financial services, retail, healthcare, life sciences and manufacturing. It has offices across North America, Sydney, Melbourne, London, and a large delivery center in Manila.
“The acquisition reaffirms our continuous endeavour to strengthen our strategy of scaling our Agile Digital and cloud-first digital transformation capabilities. This acquisition is key to staying relevant to the digital priorities of our clients and demonstrates our commitment to the Salesforce ecosystem. The strategic combination of scalable and agile global delivery capabilities of Simplus complements our effort to help global enterprises to transform their businesses. We are excited to welcome Simplus and its leadership team into the Infosys family” Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, said.