Global professional services company Avanade is winding down operations in SA.
Avanade provides IT consulting and services focused on the Microsoft platform, with business analytics, business applications, cloud, digital marketing, technology and managed services offerings.
Headquartered in Seattle, the company has more than 80 locations in 20 countries, with approximately 29 000 professionals and revenue of over $2 billion as of 2016. Avanade serves 34% of the Fortune 500 and 46% of the Fortune Global 500.
The company will now service its South African clients via Accenture and is consulting with local employees about retrenchments.
"As 2017 Microsoft Systems Integrator Alliance Partner of the Year, Accenture is firmly committed to growing its strategic and critical Microsoft business in Africa," says Avanade in an e-mail sent to ITWeb.
"Given the uniqueness of the African continent, and our desire to provide the strongest Microsoft value proposition, we have decided to service our clients through Accenture. This will position us to optimise the market potential for Microsoft across the region in the future."
Avanade was formed on 4 April 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, and today is majority-owned by Accenture.
The companies maintain the Accenture-Avanade-Microsoft alliance to combine Accenture's consulting expertise with Microsoft's cloud and mobile technologies.
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