Wipro Limited To Acquire Appirio, Create Cloud Transformation Practice
- Written by Klaudia Tirico
- Published in News Briefs
Wipro Limited, an IT services company, announced that it has agreed to acquire global cloud services company Appirio for $500 million. Appirio is known as a systems integrator that helps customers run Salesforce and Workday software.
Wipro will consolidate its existing cloud applications practices of Salesforce and Workday under the Appirio brand and structure, and it will also have access to Appirio’s crowdsourcing marketplace, Topcoder, according to a press release.
Chris Barbin, CEO of Appirio, will lead the expanded business.
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The acquisition is expected to close by year-end.
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