The global consultancy Deloitte is acquiring Fredericton-based Blue Spurs Consulting to enhance its capabilities in cloud-based technologies and increase its presence in Atlantic Canada.

Deloitte issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would purchase the firm and bring on board its 70 employees. The press release did not say how much Deloitte was paying for the company.

In acquiring Blue Spurs, Deloitte will be gaining a tech firm that has deep specialization in the cloud. The seven-year-old company builds custom solutions, develops and migrates services for the cloud, and hosts and maintains both applications and infrastructure. This lets clients optimize their technology through custom solutions and managed cloud offerings.

“Pairing up with Blue Spurs makes for an enticing duo, enabling us to combine our cloud transformation forces and bring leading-edge capabilities to the market, while giving us an expanded presence in Atlantic Canada, something our clients will immediately notice,” said Sébastien Blais, Managing Partner of Consulting at Deloitte Canada. “Our mutual strides in cloud and emerging technologies like IoT and machine learning will help drive superior growth and lend itself to helping our clients grow.”

Deloitte plans to integrate Blue Spurs Consulting’s team into Deloitte Canada’s consulting practice, specifically the core business operations offering portfolio under cloud engineering offerings.

The buyer said Blue Spurs’ team brings valuable access to deep domain expertise and services across many industries. With an increased focus on data management, paired with Deloitte’s established practices in many areas including AI, Blue Spurs Consulting will drive value in all areas of business, said the statement.

As one of only 10 Amazon Web Service Advanced Consulting partners in Canada, Blue Spurs is a winner of the 2018 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award, the Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top 100 Small and Medium Employers for 2019 list, and is the top Cloud/IoT firm in the Eastern market.

Blue Spurs also offers a cloud-based computer vision application service for object recognition. It uses machine learning and IoT services to extend current IP camera infrastructure for powerful and cost effective vision-based applications.

“We’re excited to be joining Deloitte, as it opens up a new host of opportunities for both practices,” said Blue Spurs CEO Mike LeBlanc, who will join Deloitte as a managing partner. “Leveraging Deloitte’s global access to lengthen our reach, coupled with our emerging technology focus, will provide real value to customers and open up new pathways to successful digital transformations.”

Deloitte said its Canada Corporate Development Office actively pursues and responds to merger, acquisition and alliance opportunities that align with the firm’s commitment to client service excellence.

In December 2014, Deloitte purchased another Fredericton-based tech consultancy, SwiftRadius, taking on its staff to expand its ability to help clients solve IT problems.