Accenture Completes Acquisition of SOPIA, Expanding Oracle Systems Integration Capabilities in Japan

TOKYO. – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of SOPIA Corporation, a privately held, Tokyo-based consulting and Information Technology solutions company specializing in Oracle systems integration. SOPIA is now part of Accenture in Japan.

SOPIA expands Accenture’s Oracle capabilities and customer base in Japan, where Accenture is seeing a rise in demand for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). SOPIA will continue to serve its existing clients.

“The acquisition is complementary,” said Karl-Heinz Floether, group chief executive of Systems Integration, Technology & Delivery at Accenture. “Accenture benefits from SOPIA’s skills across the entire Oracle suite and supply-chain management software packages, while SOPIA gains access to Accenture’s industry expertise, broad skills in systems integration and its global reach.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.