2024/04/30

アクセンチュア、株式会社クライムの買収を完了

【東京発：2024年4月30日】 アクセンチュア株式会社（東京都港区、代表取締役社長：江川昌史、以下、アクセンチュア）は、2024年4月8日に買収の合意を発表した、群馬県を中心にシステム開発やITインフラの保守・運用に至るまで幅広いサービスを展開する株式会社クライム（群馬県前橋市、代表取締役：金井修、以下、クライム）の買収を完了したことを発表します。

クライムは1989年の創業以来、創業地である前橋を中心に国内金融機関、製造業、通信事業者や行政機関などのお客さまに向けて、勘定系、基幹系システムなどの開発から、ITインフラの保守・運用に至るまで高度な専門性を発揮してきました。クライムが擁する、先端のクラウド、セキュリティ技術やAMS（アプリケーションマネジメントサービス）に精通した約200名のエンジニアを含む約230名の社員は、アクセンチュアテクノロジーに加わります。本買収の条件は非公開です。

アクセンチュアは、特に金融や行政機関などのDX（デジタル・トランスフォーメーション）の大きな足かせとなっているレガシーシステムからの脱却に豊富な経験を持つクライムを加えることで、お客様のデータ駆動型経営の実現に向けた支援をさらに強化します。同時に、クライムのエンジニアがグローバルな舞台でも活躍できる機会を提供してスキルのさらなる向上を図り、地域および日本全体の持続的な発展に貢献します。

アクセンチュアについて
アクセンチュアは、世界有数のプロフェッショナルサービス企業です。アクセンチュアは、世界をリードする企業や、行政機関をはじめとするさまざまな組織の中核にデジタル技術を実装することで、組織運営を最適化し、収益を拡大させ、また市民サービスの向上にも貢献するなど、お客様に対して目に見える成果を圧倒的な規模とスピードで創出しています。アクセンチュアでは、優れた才能でイノベーションを主導する約742,000人もの社員が120カ国以上のお客様に対してサービスを提供しています。また、テクノロジーが変革の成否を分ける時代において、世界中のエコシステム・パートナーとの緊密な連携を図りつつ、クラウド、データ、AIおよび業界ごとの比類のなき知見、専門知識や、グローバル規模のデリバリー能力を最適に組み合わせながらお客様の変革を支えています。アクセンチュアは、ストラテジー＆コンサルティング、テクノロジー、オペレーションズ、インダストリーX、ソングの領域をまたぐ、幅広いサービス、ソリューションやアセットを活用して成果につなげています。アクセンチュアでは、成功を分かち合う文化や、360度でお客様の価値創造を図ることで、長期にわたる信頼関係を構築しています。またアクセンチュアは、お客様、社員、株主、パートナー企業、社会へ提供している360度での価値創造を、自らの成功の指標としています。
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神田健太郎
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