Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in Synadia and the NATS.io Open Source Project
July 09 2020 - 7:59AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through
Accenture Ventures, in Synadia Communications, the company behind
the production-proven open source NATS.io project which provides a
highly-scalable, secure communications technology for digital
systems, services and devices.
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Accenture Ventures makes investment in
Synadia, the company behind NATS.io (Graphic: Business Wire)
As edge computing expands at an unprecedented pace,
organizations require a secure, flexible, extensible and
future-proof communications capability across cloud, on-premises,
web, mobile, and Internet of Things environments. Synadia helps to
address these needs with its differentiated Adaptive Edge
Architecture.
Synadia’s cloud-native messaging technology, built on top of
NATS.io and available to run on all major cloud provider platforms,
enables companies to build a new class of edge applications with
improved security, latency and ease-of-use over today’s
options.
“Enterprise data is increasingly being created at the edge and
the ability to securely message across the edge application
landscape is critical,” said Sanjeev Vohra, senior managing
director, Growth & Strategy, Accenture Technology. “Powered by
NATS.io, Synadia provides capabilities we believe will provide
value for our clients now and in the future as edge computing
accelerates.”
Derek Collison, founder and CEO of Synadia, added, “As
organizations continue to push the boundaries of a hyperconnected
world, Synadia delivers solutions required to help accelerate
business value and growth. Accenture’s investment will enable
Synadia to further capitalize on our position as a leader for
adaptive edge architectures and modern distributed systems.”
Tom Lounibos, managing director, Accenture Ventures, said, “Our
investment in Synadia and the NATS.io ecosystem demonstrates
Accenture Ventures’ commitment to discover and curate the next
generation of technologies and entrepreneurs that will forever
change how the world works, lives and plays. We believe that
Synadia offers our enterprise clients a foundational piece of data
security and resiliency needed for edge computing."
Synadia is the latest addition to the investment portfolio of
Accenture Ventures, which is focused on investing in companies that
create or apply disruptive enterprise technologies.
Terms of the equity investment were not disclosed.
About Synadia
A pioneer in modern distributed systems and adaptive edge
architectures, Synadia utilizes the NATS.io technology challenging
the fundamental way our digital world connects. Synadia maintains
and leads the development of NATS.io, a CNCF project, and NGS, a
secure and globally available communications platform built on
NATS.io. Along with the NGS offering, Synadia also provides
Commercial Support, Consulting, NRE, and Training. For more
information visit www.synadia.com or connect on LinkedIn and
Twitter.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting,
interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities
across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and
specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered
by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and
Intelligent Operations centers. With 513,000 people serving clients
in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation
to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value
across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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Hannah Unkefer Accenture +1 206 839 2172
hannah.m.unkefer@accenture.com
Ginger Collison Synadia +1 855 796 2342 ginger@synadia.com
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