Unit4 dives deeper in Professional Services. Here's why

This week, ERP firm Unit4 held an analyst briefing day in Chicago. Unit4 brought their executive team, a robust slide deck and a couple of surprises. One of those surprises was to meet one of the founders, Arnaud Cammas, of Napta - a company that Unit4 is acquiring. Briefly, Napta is a Resource Management (RM) and skills management vendor. Resource Management is part of a larger Professional Services Automation (PSA) market.

Historically, Unit4 has focused on people/service-centric firms. Their 3,900+ customer base includes large numbers of public sector entities (especially in the state and local government sector), not-for-profits, higher education entities and professional services firms. The Napta deal permits Unit4 to expand even further into professional services.

While details regarding the acquisition were not disclosed (Unit4 is privately held), I did get a chance to very briefly chat with Cammas about the product.

Napta has targeted consulting, audit, IT services...

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