Why Unit4 bought Napta - helping PS firms plan resource and skills in times of change

Earlier this month, professional services ERP vendor Unit4 significantly expanded its resource management capabilities with the acquisition of Napta, a resource management and skills intelligence platform for professional and business services firms, headquartered in Paris. As well as bringing AI-enabled skills mapping and resource planning to its product offering, the acquisition also adds over 100 largely new customers concentrated in France, the DACH region and the UK, ranging in size from 200 up to 10,000 employees, and with operations in 70 countries.

This is Unit4's first acquisition under the leadership of Simon Paris, who became CEO in January 2025. Its last acquisition was in 2022, when it bought source-to-contract vendor Scanmarket. Paris says that this new move marks a shift towards more of a vertical market M&A strategy than horizontal product expansion. He comments:

This is the first and foremost of the acquisitions that we have ahead of...

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