Canaccord Genuity Advises Cloud Engineering Specialist ACTS on its Sale to PwC ​​​​​​​

Combination will Increase PwC’s Robust Cloud Proficiency, Helping Drive Clients’ Potential Profitability and Efficiency

Canaccord Genuity is pleased to announce it has advised Applications Consulting Training Solutions, Inc. (ACTS), a cloud engineering services company that brings deep cloud experience in financial services and cross-industry modernization of Microsoft cloud services, on its sale to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 

ACTS guides customers from strategy to innovation to technical design and implementation – ultimately enabling the acceleration of digital business initiatives, market share growth, and operational efficiency. As an award-winning Gold Solution Provider, ACTS covers all three Microsoft clouds with deep technology expertise across six practice areas, including Secure Cloud, Modern Workplace & Security, Data & Insights, Application Modernization, Technology Enablement, and Managed Services. ACTS marshals former C-Level IT executives, certified experts, and highly skilled implementation resources across all IT disciplines to mobilize around its customers’ priorities. The company has served several hundreds of clients, from start-ups to multiple Fortune 100 companies across dozens of industries in North America. Founded in 2002, ACTS is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.  

ACTS’s certified cloud engineers have helped the company be ranked in the top 1% of Microsoft US Azure Partners with Azure Advanced Specialization for Windows and SQL Server. ACTS joins the passionate community of solvers at PwC, bringing Microsoft cloud experience across Azure, Modern Workplace, Security, Dynamics, and Microsoft managed services. 

PwC’s global strategy, “The New Equation,” brings the best of its people and technology to help its clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. The addition of ACTS will help PwC strengthen its human-led and tech-powered approach to tackle clients’ biggest transformations.  

PwC is focused on helping its clients solve faster, solve more, and deliver business outcomes. The firm’s business transformation capabilities and strong financial services sector expertise, together with ACTS’ technical capabilities and industry focus, will enable PwC to truly deliver “strategy through execution,” helping clients innovate and digitally transform their businesses. 

Canaccord Genuity, with a team led by JP Michaud, served as the exclusive financial advisor to ACTS.​​​​​​​