Accenture makes second UK acquisition this week with AWS partner buyout

Purchase comes hot on the heels of Edenhouse Solutions acquisition

Accenture has made its second UK-based acquisition this week with the purchase of AWS partner Infinity Works.

Leeds-based Infinity Works was founded in 2014 and specialises in cloud delivery and engineering, including cloud, data and design services, as well as full-stack engineering.

It is an accredited Advanced Consulting Partner with AWS and is the first partner in the UK or Ireland to be awarded Elite Partner status with Snowflake. It has a headcount of 440.

It is the second UK acquisition this week for Accenture after buying up SAP specialist Edenhouse Solutions.

"Acquiring Infinity Works is a significant step in advancing our Accenture Cloud First strategy and capabilities in the UK, and in achieving our purpose to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity," stated Karthik Narain, global lead of Accenture Cloud First.

"The Infinity Works team brings deep cloud and engineering specialisation and increases our ability to leverage cloud-native architectures, applications and methods to help clients innovate and operate with speed and flexibility at scale."

The move is a part of Accenture's Cloud First initiative, which is a multi-service group of 70,000 cloud professionals working to accelerate clients' digital transformation. Accenture has invested $3bn in the group over three years.

Paul Henshaw, co-founder at Infinity Works, said: "Ever since Infinity Works was founded, we have used cloud-first approaches to help our customers migrate to the cloud and enable them to digitally transform at scale and speed.

"We are proud of our proven experience of delivering across multiple sectors using a combination of our unique working culture, values and technical expertise. Accenture's resources and capabilities will enable us to better support our customers' digital projects while providing them with the same exceptional levels of service they've come to expect."

Emma Kendrew, cloud infrastructure engineering lead at Accenture UK&I, added: "We are delighted to welcome the Infinity Works team as they bring a strong culture and unique approach to cloud that aligns well with Accenture.

"Modern software engineering is critical to unleashing the transformational power of cloud and adding the exceptional talents of the Infinity Works team will help propel us forward in realising our Cloud First ambitions."