Atturra Chrome-plates SAP data services as 2027 looms

⇨ Atturra has acquired Chrome Consulting for an initial $5 million, strengthening its SAP expertise in the Australia and New Zealand market as the support deadline for SAP ECC approaches.

⇨ Chrome Consulting, the largest OpenText consultancy in ANZ, will enhance Atturra's enterprise content management (ECM) capabilities and enable a more effective response to the SAP ecosystem's needs.

⇨ The acquisition is expected to accelerate growth for Chrome while positioning Atturra as a market leader in IT services and enterprise solutions for various sectors, including public and private.

Anatas, the data and integration arm of Australian services giant Atturra, has acquired SAP and OpenText partner Chrome Consulting, beefing up Atturra’s SAP expertise for the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) market as the SAP ECC support end date approaches for users worldwide.

Chrome Consulting, headquartered in Melbourne, describes itself as the largest consultancy in ANZ for OpenText, specialising in the deployment of the Information Management Solution in an SAP context. The deal, expected to be closed on December 24, was made for an initial $5m in cash and shares, roughly A$7.6M, according to a report from Consultancy.com.au.

Atturra CEO Stephen Kowal commented on the deal: “This is yet another exciting acquisition for Atturra that makes us a true market leader in ECM in Australia an important and growing segment of the IT services market[…] Chrome’s core offerings and its industry solutions strengthen Atturra’s portfolio, and we see significant upside in the potential to expand into enterprise solutions.”

Mark Frear, CEO for Chrome Consulting, added: “This is an exciting move for Chrome accelerating the next stage of growth as Atturra brings a similar partner-friendly attitude and culture while adding significant complementary capabilities in service delivery managed support and a different customer base.

“With Atturra we can address the SAP ecosystem’s needs more effectively as the deadline for SAP ECC approaches.”

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Headquartered in Sydney, Atturra is one of Australia’s leading advisory and IT solutions providers, focused on providing end-to-end transformation services to over 700 clients across public and private sectors, including AMPOL, QUT and the Australian Government Department of Defence. Its Atturra Data & Integration subsidiary, known as Anatas, provides DI services, and was originally known as FTS Group. This Group was incorporated of the eponymous ANATAS and other companies including Veritec, Cubic Consulting, ESAM Consulting, Galaxy42, KoBold, Mentum Systems, and Noetic.

Chrome Consulting, known as Chrome, was founded in 2014 and claims to have implemented over 80% of OpenText Extended Content Management projects in the ANZ region. It also boasts the largest, “most experienced” OpenText Vendor Invoice Management team in ANZ, with over 40 projects delivered to date. Its partners include Accenture, OpenText and SAP – with Chrome a past winner of the joint SAP/OpenText Partner of the Year – SAP Solution Extensions award – and clients include Jemena and Australian diary and manufacturing giants.