Accenture to take majority stake, acquire cybersecurity firms in $4.18 billion deal

Industry: Information technology    6 hours ago

Consultancy firm Accenture said on Thursday it will buy a majority stake in Dragos ‌and ⁠fully ⁠acquire runZero and NetRise in a combined deal valued at $4.18 billion.
Shares of the Dublin, ⁠Ireland-based company ‌fell about 5% in premarket ⁠trading.

Separately, the company also cut the top end of its annual revenue forecast.

The company now expects annual ‌revenue growth between 3% and 4%, down ⁠from its previous forecast of 3% to 5%.

Source: Economic Times