Infosys to Acquire Simplus, a Leading Salesforce Consulting and Platinum Partner
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 Bengaluru, India and Salt Lake City (ots/PRNewswire) - Accelerates enterprise  
cloud capabilities and strengthens presence across USA and Australia 
 
Infosys (https://www.infosys.com/) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in  
next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a definitive  
agreement to acquire Simplus, one of the fastest growing Salesforce Platinum  
Partners in the USA and Australia. Simplus is a recognized leader and advisor in 
cloud consulting, implementation, data integration, change management and  
training services for Salesforce Quote-to-Cash applications. 
 
This acquisition, coupled with the acquisition of Fluido announced in September  
2018, further elevates Infosys' position as an end-to-end Salesforce enterprise  
cloud solutions and services provider, offering clients unparalleled  
capabilities for cloud-first digital transformation. 
 
Simplus brings to Infosys globally recognized Salesforce expertise, industry  
knowledge, solution assets, deep ecosystem relationships and a broad clientele,  
across a variety of industries including high-tech, financial services, retail,  
healthcare, life sciences and manufacturing. It has offices across North  
America, Sydney, Melbourne, London, and a large delivery center in Manila. 
 
Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, said, "The acquisition reaffirms  
our continuous endeavor to strengthen our strategy of scaling our Agile Digital  
and cloud-first digital transformation capabilities. This acquisition is key to  
staying relevant to the digital priorities of our clients and demonstrates our  
commitment to the Salesforce ecosystem. The strategic combination of scalable  
and agile global delivery capabilities of Simplus complements our effort to help 
global enterprises to transform their businesses.  We are excited to welcome  
Simplus and its leadership team into the Infosys family." 
 
Ravi Kumar, President, Infosys, added, "Simplus will be a valuable addition to  
the Infosys family. Complementing our industry knowledge and existing Salesforce 
footprint with their strong presence in key markets, deep Salesforce consulting  
and advisory expertise will help accelerate the transformation journey of  
incumbent companies. With this strong addition to our portfolio, we look forward 
to unlocking additional value for our clients." 
 
Ryan Westwood, CEO & Co-Founder, Simplus said, "We are thrilled to be partnering 
with the Infosys team. We have viewed this partnership from a culture-first lens 
from the beginning, and we believe that the alignment of our company values, and 
the preservation of our company DNA will allow us to accelerate growth and  
together become the strongest and most respected partner in the Salesforce  
ecosystem." 
 
Isaac Westwood, COO & Co-Founder, Simplus, added, "Infosys has incredible global 
scale and breadth, and joining forces gives us a powerful value proposition to  
enable global digital transformations." 
 
The acquisition is expected to close during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020,  
subject to customary closing conditions. 
 
About Simplus 
 
Simplus provides enterprise-wide digital transformation across the entire  
Salesforce ecosystem through advisory, implementation, change management, and  
managed services. As a Platinum Salesforce Partner, we use leading cloud  
solutions to help companies achieve a strategic vision, improve performance and  
increase value to stakeholders. With more than 4500 projects and a customer  
satisfaction rating in the top 1 percent of all Salesforce partners, Simplus  
helps companies improve, innovate and grow. For more information about Simplus,  
please visit www.simplus.com 
 
About Infosys 
 
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.  
We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With 
over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global  
enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do  
it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the  
execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to 
deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on  
learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and  
transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. 
 
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise  
navigate your next. 
 
Safe Harbor 
 
Certain statements mentioned in this release concerning our future growth  
prospects are forward-looking statements regarding our future business  
expectations intended to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private  
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and  
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in 
such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these  
statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding  
fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to 
manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which  
may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract  
and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price,  
fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration,  
industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international  
operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in 
telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully  
complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our  
service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made  
strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal  
incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on  
raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our  
intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and 
the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks 
that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our  
United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual  
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. These filings are  
available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional  
written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in  
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our  
reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any  
forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of 
the Company unless it is required by law. 
 
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