It’s India meets Indianapolis: Bangalore-based consulting firm Wipro is buying Appirio for US$500 million to bulk up its cloud applications business.
With more resources behind it, cloud services vendor Appirio will be in a better position to fight back against big consulting firms like Accenture and Deloitte, which “have garnered disproportionate market share” in the cloud services market in recent years, Appirio CEO Chris Barbin wrote in a blog post explaining the deal.
