Accenture to Acquire COMWARE to Strengthen Accenture Edge and Accelerate Digital Core Reinvention for Mid-Market Companies in Japan

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 27, 2026--

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire COMWARE Co., Ltd., a Tokyo-based provider of end-to-end technology services for mid-market companies. The acquisition will further strengthen Accenture Edge, a new business entity launched in June 2026 to help mid-market companies harness AI and reinvent how they operate. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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COMWARE is recognized for its strong IT implementation and operations capabilities for mid-market, as well as for its expertise in SAP and CRM technologies. COMWARE will add more than 180 professionals to Accenture and support the continued growth of Accenture Edge. This will further expand Accenture’s capabilities to support AI-, data-, and cloud-powered digital core reinvention.

Founded in September 2000, COMWARE has supported the growth of companies in Japan by providing services for core business systems, from implementation and development to maintenance and operations. The company has extensive experience serving discrete manufacturing, including make-to-order and make-to-plan production, as well as process manufacturing in industries such as chemicals and food. COMWARE will bring its deep understanding of manufacturing operations and long-standing client relationships to Accenture.

For more than 25 years, COMWARE has been a business partner of SAP Japan, providing SAP services and delivering high-quality, rapid implementations through its proprietary “COMet” implementation template. In recent years, COMWARE has also expanded its capabilities into CRM as a Salesforce business partner.

“As AI becomes foundational to how companies operate and compete, speed of execution has become increasingly critical to improving decision-making, productivity and competitiveness,” said Dai Hamaoka, representative director, president and Japan country managing director, Accenture. “COMWARE will bring deep knowledge of mid-market companies, exceptional talent, and strong client relationships. Combined with Accenture’s global execution capabilities and AI-driven transformation services, this will enable us to deliver scalable and repeatable transformation services more quickly to a broader range of clients. We will continue to support clients end-to-end, helping turn AI- and technology-driven change into business outcomes for sustainable growth and competitiveness in Japan.”

Tetsu Kayama, president of COMWARE Co., Ltd., added, “Since our founding in September 2000, COMWARE has been at the forefront of SAP-centered ERP solutions. As AI continues to rapidly reshape the industry, we sought greater opportunities to accelerate our growth, and joining Accenture was the decision we needed to make to realize that ambition. Going forward, as part of Accenture, each of our employees will grow on this new stage, and we will contribute more than ever to the transformation and growth of companies across Japan.”

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About Accenture Edge
Accenture Edge helps mid-market companies harness AI and reinvent how they operate. Backed by Accenture's large-enterprise expertise and deep ecosystem partnerships, Accenture Edge delivers pre-built, right-sized solutions that help mid-market organizations modernize core systems, adopt AI, strengthen security and simplify operations at speed and scale. Learn more at www.accenture.com/edge.

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COMWARE Co., Ltd. to become part of Accenture

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine with missiles and drones in an onslaught that began after nightfall Wednesday and continued into daylight hours Thursday, when explosions echoed around the capital Kyiv through the morning.

Ukraine is desperately short of U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles that can counter Russia’s ballistic missiles, and Moscow’s fast-flying jet-powered drones have brought another challenge in the fifth year since the Russian army’s invasion.

Ukrainian officials say Russia builds up missile stocks and launches major attacks every few days, hoping to exhaust Ukrainian defenses through the sheer weight of numbers. In response, Ukraine has hit high-profile targets on Russian soil as the countries inflict mutual destruction.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces carried out a “massive” overnight strike on targets in nine Ukrainian cities. It described the targets as military-related, including industrial facilities, oil refineries, logistics hubs and port infrastructure.

Civilian areas including apartment blocks suffered damage. The barrage killed a 78-year-old woman in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, with at least nine people reported wounded elsewhere, Ukrainian officials said.

“Russia continues to invest in missiles and in expanding its war, and that means more countermeasures are needed,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media, noting promises earlier this week by European countries to provide more air defense help.

“It is important that these (measures) are also supplemented by additional ballistic missile defense packages” through European purchases of weapons from the United States, he said.

Zelenskyy was due to visit neighboring Moldova on Thursday to mark its national day commemorating its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine announced its independence the same year.

Russia’s neighbors in Eastern Europe are concerned its invasion of Ukraine could trigger a wider conflict, and drones flying into its airspace have fueled jitters.

Moldova’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that five drones breached its airspace overnight, but it didn’t specify who fired them.

Ukraine’s air force said defenses shot down or suppressed seven Russian ballistic missiles, though it didn’t say how they achieved that.

Four districts of Kyiv were hit during the night, damaging residential blocks, a school building and a medical facility, though no casualties were reported, city police said.

Russian forces struck industrial facilities as well as energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s central Poltava region, said Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the Poltava regional military administration.

The southern Odesa region also came under a massive Russian attack lasting more than seven hours, according to Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa regional military administration.

The barrage damaged a 16-story residential building and two educational facilities as well as a grain elevator, he said. Odesa is a key port for Ukraine’s vital exports of grain and other agricultural products.

Ukraine has also fired hundreds of long-range drones almost nightly at targets in Russia.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defenses shot down 267 Ukrainian drones over 14 Russian regions, illegally annexed Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

After razing huge warehouses in recent months belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, Ukrainian drones are now taking aim at Ozon, the country's second-largest e-commerce company.

Ozon said its logistics facilities in the cities of Orenburg and Ufa were attacked but neither of the premises caught fire.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

A woman begs for money at Maidan metro entrance during an air raid alarm in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Commuters shelter at Palats Sportu metro station during an air raid alarm in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Smoke rises over the city center after a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Smoke rises over the city center after a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)