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National Post
30-04-2025
- Business
- National Post
Pythian Acquires Rittman Mead
Article content Article content OTTAWA, Ontario — Pythian Services Inc. ('Pythian'), a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC ('Mill Point'), announced today the acquisition of Rittman Mead Consulting Ltd. ('Rittman Mead'), a globally recognized Oracle data and analytics consultancy. The Rittman Mead acquisition enhances Pythian's Oracle footprint, expands its geographic presence in Europe and strengthens its Oracle Database@Google Cloud capabilities, a powerful multi-cloud partnership that accelerates modernization. Article content 'This acquisition marks a pivotal moment in Pythian's trajectory, solidifying our position as a global leader in data, analytics and AI solutions,' said Brooks Borcherding, CEO of Pythian. 'Rittman Mead's stellar reputation, deep Oracle expertise, global presence and cultural alignment make them an ideal partner to accelerate our mission in empowering enterprises to maximize the value of their data and drive innovative efforts towards AI readiness.' Article content With the acquisition of Rittman Mead, Pythian gains notable business intelligence and analytics capabilities, an enhanced presence in Europe and access to greater Oracle expertise. The partnership demonstrates an elevated ability to deliver value on business-critical milestones along the data journey, from cloud and data transformations to advanced analytics and AI initiatives. Article content 'Rittman Mead and Pythian have worked together for more than 12 years and we are aligned in our cultures and values,' commented Jon Mead, Founder and CEO of Rittman Mead. 'Our exceptional people, advanced Oracle capabilities and focus on strategic solutions seamlessly complement Pythian's existing capabilities, allowing us to offer even greater value to customers and accelerate our engagement in the data and AI services market.' Article content About Rittman Mead Article content Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Brighton, United Kingdom, Rittman Mead is a globally recognized Oracle data and analytics consultancy. With over 15 years of experience, the company provides hybrid solutions across a wide range of enterprise and open-source technologies and is positioned as a global leader in the broader data and analytics landscape. For more information, visit Article content About Pythian Article content Founded in 1997, Pythian is a leading data and AI services provider specializing in digital transformation and operational excellence for enterprise customers. Pythian helps organizations optimize their data estates to unlock AI enablement, innovation and growth. Through strategic consulting, managed services and cloud migrations, Pythian enables seamless operations while preparing businesses for AI adoption and the future of data management. For more information, visit Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
Business Wire
30-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Pythian Acquires Rittman Mead
OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pythian Services Inc. ('Pythian'), a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC ('Mill Point'), announced today the acquisition of Rittman Mead Consulting Ltd. ('Rittman Mead'), a globally recognized Oracle data and analytics consultancy. The Rittman Mead acquisition enhances Pythian's Oracle footprint, expands its geographic presence in Europe and strengthens its Oracle Database@Google Cloud capabilities, a powerful multi-cloud partnership that accelerates modernization. 'This acquisition marks a pivotal moment in Pythian's trajectory, solidifying our position as a global leader in data, analytics and AI solutions," said Brooks Borcherding, CEO of Pythian. "Rittman Mead's stellar reputation, deep Oracle expertise, global presence and cultural alignment make them an ideal partner to accelerate our mission in empowering enterprises to maximize the value of their data and drive innovative efforts towards AI readiness." With the acquisition of Rittman Mead, Pythian gains notable business intelligence and analytics capabilities, an enhanced presence in Europe and access to greater Oracle expertise. The partnership demonstrates an elevated ability to deliver value on business-critical milestones along the data journey, from cloud and data transformations to advanced analytics and AI initiatives. 'Rittman Mead and Pythian have worked together for more than 12 years and we are aligned in our cultures and values,' commented Jon Mead, Founder and CEO of Rittman Mead. 'Our exceptional people, advanced Oracle capabilities and focus on strategic solutions seamlessly complement Pythian's existing capabilities, allowing us to offer even greater value to customers and accelerate our engagement in the data and AI services market.' About Rittman Mead Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Brighton, United Kingdom, Rittman Mead is a globally recognized Oracle data and analytics consultancy. With over 15 years of experience, the company provides hybrid solutions across a wide range of enterprise and open-source technologies and is positioned as a global leader in the broader data and analytics landscape. For more information, visit About Pythian Founded in 1997, Pythian is a leading data and AI services provider specializing in digital transformation and operational excellence for enterprise customers. Pythian helps organizations optimize their data estates to unlock AI enablement, innovation and growth. Through strategic consulting, managed services and cloud migrations, Pythian enables seamless operations while preparing businesses for AI adoption and the future of data management. For more information, visit About Mill Point Capital Mill Point Capital LLC is a private equity firm focused on control investments in lower-middle market companies across the Business Services, Industrials and IT Services sectors throughout North America. Mill Point's experienced team of investors, Executive Partners and Functional Experts seek portfolio company value enhancement through rigorous implementation of transformative strategic initiatives and operational improvements. Mill Point is based in New York, NY. For more information, please visit
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pythian launches Agentspace QuickStart
Accelerates AI adoption for business and boosts employee productivity with enterprise search OTTAWA, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pythian Services Inc. ('Pythian'), a leading global services company specializing in data, analytics, and AI solutions, announced the launch of its Google Agentspace QuickStart service. This new offering is designed to provide businesses with a fast and efficient pathway to leverage the power of Agentspace, putting industry-leading AI and Google quality search to work for their enterprise. Pythian's new Agentspace QuickStart service enables businesses to rapidly deploy Agentspace, unlocking enhanced productivity, improved decision-making, and faster accessibility to AI-curated insights grounded in enterprise data. "AI-powered enterprise search presents opportunities for organizations to enhance business operations and simplify access to their internal information,' said Kevin Ichhpurani, Global Partner Organization, Google Cloud. 'Pythian's Agentspace QuickStart offers a framework for organizations looking to implement Google Agentspace and understand its impact on internal productivity." Powered by Google's decades-long leadership in AI, Agentspace delivers high-quality search, insights and recommendations, driving tangible business value across numerous areas. Pythian's Agentspace QuickStart service facilitates the creation of a unified search interface, integrating various enterprise applications and enabling a Google-like search experience with generative AI, intent-based search, conversational interfaces and clear source citations. This empowers employees to unlock enterprise expertise, search across enterprise data and public websites, and utilize expert agents for all business workflows. 'Businesses can easily license and set up Agentspace in just four weeks with our new QuickStart service,' stated Brooks Borcherding, CEO at Pythian. 'Our Agentspace QuickStart service is designed to quickly boost employee productivity and provide a clear path to the organization's success with AI Adoption.' Pythian's Agentspace QuickStart service includes a structured four-week process: Discovery: establish project governance, define success criteria, and confirm technical setup. Solution design: design a solution architecture unique to the customer's environment to meet the outlined business and technical requirements including specifics around the security and system designs, data model design, and connector configuration. Solution development: Configure platforms and the identity provider for Agentspace. Configure and connect each of the identified data sources to Agentspace, ensuring each connector supports user-specific access. Testing and optimization: Configure and test data source connections within Agentspace ensuring user-specific access and proper access controls. Evaluate the solution against a customer-provided dataset and refine based on feedback, with ongoing technical assistance provided throughout testing. Deployment: The project will conclude with a knowledge transfer meeting to review goals, lessons learned and deliverables, including a Technical Design Document. Operational guidelines will be provided alongside regular status reports and meetings throughout the project lifecycle. Get started today with Pythian's Agentspace QuickStart, and visit Pythian in booth #2787 at Google Cloud Next 25 in Las Vegas from April 9 to 11 to discuss Agentspace. 'Agentspace enterprise search connects the hundreds to thousands of applications businesses use,' said Paul Lewis, chief technology officer at Pythian. 'With Agentspace, employees have easier and faster access to information, can make better decisions with greater data accuracy and availability, enhance customer experiences by empowering customer-facing roles, and save significant developer time.' Agentspace ensures data privacy with Google Cloud's robust commitments: customers own their data, Google Cloud guards against insider access, never sells customer data and does not use customer data for model training or advertising. The enterprise AI adoption is undergoing a rapid transformation. AI spending has surged to $13.8 billion, an increase of 600 percent from the previous year. Enterprises are shifting from AI proof of concepts (PoC) to execution, integrating AI into their core business strategies. 'One of the biggest challenges business leaders face, specifically CIOs, is delivering real results from AI investments,' said Lewis. 'The AI services Pythian offers have high impact, delivering appreciated ROI to demonstrate clear business outcomes. Organizations need to demystify the complex concept of AI and think about its immediate impact, starting from within their organization.' The greatest impact of AI will be to drive adoption within an organization. Pythian's Agentspace QuickStart service aims to deliver clear improvements in productivity and employee satisfaction, driving internal demand to onboard more applications onto the platform to improve access to information and data–boosting productivity and better decision-making. About Pythian Founded in 1997, Pythian is a leading data and AI services provider specializing in digital transformation and operational excellence for enterprise customers. We help organizations optimize their data estates, helping them to drive AI enablement, innovation, and growth. Through strategic consulting, managed services and cloud migrations, we enable cost savings, risk reduction and seamless operations while preparing businesses to adopt AI and for the future of data management. A Google Cloud Premier Partner with multiple Specializations, including Data Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Management, Infrastructure, Cloud Migration and a certified Google Cloud MSP, we've delivered thousands of professional and managed services projects for leading enterprises. For more information, visit or follow us on X, LinkedIn, and our Blog. Pythian Media Contacts Matt MalangaSenior Vice President, Marketingmmalanga@ Elisabeth GrantBranch Out Public Relationsegrant@ 612-599-7797
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pythian Wins 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year for North America
Decades of experience continues to help enterprises transform through complex data modernization and migration services 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year Award for North America LAS VEGAS, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pythian Services Inc. ('Pythian'), a leading global services company specializing in data, analytics, and AI solutions, announced today that it has received the 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year Award for North America. This award honors Pythian's work helping customers transform their businesses by securely and reliably managing and migrating enterprise data to Google Cloud. Pythian made the announcement at Google Cloud Next 25, taking place in Las Vegas from April 9 - 11. You can visit Pythian at booth #2787. For over 27 years, Pythian's expertise has spanned a wide range of database technologies, including Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and more. The company's collaboration with Google Cloud—particularly on AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL, and Toolkit Solution offerings—has enabled customers to modernize their data platforms, driving greater reliability, security, and value creation. Its long-established leadership within the technical community was also a key differentiator. 'Pythian is proud and honored to be recognized as the 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year for North America,' said Brooks Borcherding, CEO at Pythian. 'Receiving this award is a very meaningful acknowledgement of our deep partnership with Google, a partnership built on a shared commitment to helping customers unlock the full potential of their data with Google Cloud services.' "Google Cloud's Partner Awards recognize partners who have created outsized value for customers through the delivery of innovative solutions and a high level of expertise,' said Kevin Ichhpurani, president, Global Partner Ecosystem, Google Cloud. "We're proud to announce Pythian as a 2025 Google Cloud Partner Award winner and celebrate their impact enabling customer success over the past year." Google Cloud's unique suite of AI-powered, planet-scale databases delivers unmatched reliability, performance, security, and global reach. Customers also gain significant advantages, including cost efficiency, ease of use, developer flexibility, multicloud capabilities, and built-in security. Pythian's data management services have empowered companies like Schnucks, Wayfair, and Zenni Optical to achieve radical business transformations. By seamlessly migrating databases from sources like Oracle and MSSQL to Google Cloud—including AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL, Spanner, and Oracle Database@Google Cloud—Pythian ensures successful outcomes at every stage, from planning to deployment. With nearly three decades of Oracle Database experience, Pythian is a trusted leader in the industry and related technical community. Since the company's inception, Pythian experts have contributed to this community by sharing knowledge through a variety of mediums. Its subject matter experts have routinely worked hand in hand with Google Cloud database engineering teams as database offerings have progressed through critical development phases. 'As an example, our collaboration with Google Cloud on the Oracle Database@Google Cloud solution exemplifies the powerful synergy between our engineering teams. By working closely with Google Cloud's experts, we're able to deliver exceptional results for our shared customers,' said Vanessa Simmons, senior vice president, Business Development at Pythian. 'As a testament to our confidence in the solution, we even migrated our own systems to Oracle Database@Google Cloud." As a Google Cloud evangelist for the Oracle partnership, Pythian published a blog series explaining the technical and business benefits of Oracle Database@Google Cloud. It also facilitated a webinar series featuring Google and Oracle leadership to share the key details of the new solution, how it benefits customers, and how to get started. The company also expanded its team's Database Engineer certifications, further solidifying its position as leader in the field. Pythian previously earned the Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year for Data Management Award in 2020. Since then, the company continues to demonstrate expertise in building innovative, customer-focused solutions on Google Cloud as an avenue to AI adoption. Learn more about our Google Cloud Workshops and how to get started. About Pythian Founded in 1997, Pythian is a leading data and AI services provider specializing in digital transformation and operational excellence for enterprise customers. We help organizations optimize their data estates, helping them to drive AI enablement, innovation, and growth. Through strategic consulting, managed services and cloud migrations, we enable cost savings, risk reduction and seamless operations while preparing businesses to adopt AI and for the future of data management. A Premier Partner for Google Cloud in the Service and Sell Engagement Models with multiple Specializations, including Data Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Management, Infrastructure, Cloud Migration and a certified Google Cloud MSP, we've delivered thousands of professional and managed services projects for leading enterprises. For more information, visit or follow us on X, LinkedIn, and our Blog. Pythian Media Contacts Vanessa SimmonsSenior Vice President, Business Developmentsimmons@ 613-897-9444 Elisabeth GrantBranch Out Public Relationsegrant@ 612-599-7797 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
