Axon Solutions Inc. acquires Zytalis 01/12/2006
“Acquisition of west coast based Zytalis adds strong growth and expertise in new verticals to strengthen Axon’s position as the only real Big 4 alternative in North America.”
Axon, one of the largest SAP Business Transformation practices globally, today announced that it has acquired Zytalis, the leading West Coast SAP Implementation specialist. The deal provides Axon with access to major new verticals including High Tech and Wholesale Distribution as well as significantly strengthening existing capability in the Discrete Industries vertical marketplace.
Founded in 1997, Zytalis’s focus on delivering SAP’s leading Product Lifecycle Management solution has allowed them to leverage their reputation for quality and delivery excellence to broaden their services offering to their Fortune 500 customers. Today, Zytalis work with some of the largest US headquartered global corporations, delivering major SAP projects that are seen as central to their clients’ growth ambitions.
Commenting on the acquisition, Steve Cardell, Axon’s global COO and North American President stated that “Zytalis’s leadership team have built a high growth SAP practice in some of the most strategically important industry segments in the US. This deal broadens and deepens our US vertical market capability and provides us with access to a large number of significant new opportunities. We are looking forward to working with the Zytalis team to build on their existing successes and deliver further significant growth in the US market.”
“Axon brings us the scale, the access to global and offshore SAP expertise and the breadth of service offerings that we need to compete with and beat the Big 4 on the largest deals in the US.”, explained Martin Lidington, Zytalis’s CEO. “We have known and worked with many of Axon’s staff over the last few years and fully understand just how complimentary our two firms are. The range and scale of opportunities in the US market is staggering, and we look forward to becoming a major contributor to Axon’s continuing record of growth”
Axon
Axon is a global Business Transformation Services company that designs, implements and supports solutions to complex business issues faced by multinational organizations that have chosen SAP as their strategic enterprise platform.
Axon has over 1,500 experienced professionals specializing in the delivery of change through technology enabled transformation programs. Axon's consultants bring in-depth industry expertise alongside best practice functional knowledge to address the strategic, operational, information management and performance challenges faced by organizations today. Axon is renowned for its ability to help clients define more ambitious strategies, build more effective organizations and to shape more successful futures.
Founded in 1994, today Axon has offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Malaysia and Australia.
Axon in the US
Axon has a ten-year track record in strategic business consulting in the US and acquired Feanix Corporation, the Aerospace and Defense SAP specialist in April 2005, TUI Consulting, the Utilities SAP Specialist in January 2006, and Premier HR, the leading Human Capital Management partner in November 2996. Axon has successfully grown its capabilities in the US since these acquisition, becoming the largest independent SAP Partner with a 100% focus on SAP. Following the completion of the Zytalis acquisition, Axon’s US business will have approximately 500 US based consultants delivering services to leading US organizations. For further information, please contact:
Axon Solutions Inc.
Tom Schwab
Director of Business Development
Tel: +1 541.318.3309 |
