EQS Group-News: SoftwareONE Holding AG / Key word(s): Acquisition 
SoftwareONE acquires Optimum Consulting, a market-leading SAP cloud 
technology expert in the United States 
 
2021-01-12 / 07:00 
 
Media Release 
 
*SoftwareONE acquires Optimum Consulting, a market-leading SAP cloud 
technology expert in the United States* 
 
Stans, Switzerland, 12 January 2021 - SoftwareONE Holding AG, a leading 
global provider of end-to-end software and cloud technology solutions, today 
announced that it has acquired Optimum Consulting, an SAP-certified 
technology consulting company. Optimum Consulting provides solutions and 
managed services for customers seeking to migrate and efficiently run their 
SAP environment in the public cloud. The acquisition expands and strengthens 
SoftwareONE's global SAP cloud capabilities in the United States. 
 
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky (USA) and with 
operations in India, Optimum Consulting (www.optimumconsulting.us [1]) 
provides comprehensive SAP-related services and solutions mainly to US 
customers, some of which with global operations. This ranges from consulting 
to implementation and managed services in the digital transformation journey 
of SAP on-premise solution to SAP S/4HANA run on public cloud hyperscale 
platforms, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google 
Cloud. 
 
Ashley Gaare, President of North America, said "We welcome Optimum's over 50 
SAP technology experts, who will significantly strengthen and extend our SAP 
cloud capabilities in the United States. Joining forces with our global SAP 
technology practice team we will help drive customers' business 
transformation from on-premise to the cloud, an area where we see 
accelerated growth over the next couple of years." 
 
"Through this acquisition SoftwareONE continues to build out its worldwide 
SAP services capability - now enabled in over 27 countries - to meet today's 
rising needs of customers for efficient SAP solutions. SoftwareONE addresses 
their challenges and is supporting them in adopting optimal hyperscaler 
platforms and S/4HANA," according to Daniel DaVinci, global owner of 
SoftwareONE's SAP services business. 
 
Larry Rodgers, CEO of Optimum Consulting, said "We are excited about joining 
SoftwareONE, which offers both our customers and employees great 
opportunities. Together with SoftwareONE's global practice, we will be able 
to amplify our capabilities, empowering our customers to adopt S/4HANA in 
the cloud, and subsequently ensuring continued reliability through our 
managed service offering." 
 
Larry Rodgers will join SoftwareONE's global SAP services practice in a 
leadership role. Together with his team, he will strengthen SoftwareONE's 
global SAP practice - an area of strategic importance. 
 
No financial details or transaction terms have been disclosed. 
 
*CONTACT* 
 
Panthea Derks, Media Relations 
Tel. +41 44 832 82 03, panthea.derks@softwareone.com 
 
Anna Engvall, Investor Relations 
Tel. +41 44 832 41 37, anna.engvall@softwareone.com 
 
*ABOUT SOFTWAREONE* 
 
SoftwareONE is a leading global provider of end-to-end software and cloud 
technology solutions, headquartered in Switzerland. With capabilities across 
the entire value chain, it helps companies design and implement their 
technology strategy, buy the right software and cloud solutions at the right 
price, and manage and optimize their software estate. Its offerings are 
connected by PyraCloud, SoftwareONE's proprietary digital platform, that 
provides customers with data-driven, actionable intelligence. With around 
5,800 employees and sales and service delivery capabilities in 90 countries, 
SoftwareONE provides around 65,000 business customers with software and 
cloud solutions from over 7,500 publishers. SoftwareONE's shares (SWON) are 
listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. For more information, please visit 
SoftwareONE.com [2]. 
 
SoftwareONE Holding AG, Riedenmatt 4, CH-6370 Stans 
 
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to the group's future business, development and economic performance. Such 
statements may be subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other 
important factors, such as but not limited to force majeure, competitive 
pressures, legislative and regulatory developments, global, macroeconomic 
and political trends, the group's ability to attract and retain the 
employees that are necessary to generate revenues and to manage its 
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market conditions, changes in accounting standards or policies, delay or 
inability in obtaining approvals from authorities, technical developments, 
litigation or adverse publicity and news coverage, each of which could cause 
actual development and results to differ materially from the statements made 
in this media release. SoftwareONE assumes no obligation to update or alter 
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future 
events or otherwise. 
 
End of Media Release 
Language:    English 
Company:     SoftwareONE Holding AG 
             Riedenmatt 4 
             6370 Stans 
             Switzerland 
Phone:       +41 44 832 41 69 
E-mail:      info.ch@softwareone.com 
Internet:    www.softwareone.com 
ISIN:        CH0496451508 
Valor:       A2PTSZ 
Listed:      SIX Swiss Exchange 
EQS News ID: 1159815 
 
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