As Stark Tech expanded through acquisitions and organic growth, it inherited 20 disparate systems that created data silos and complicated vendor management. By leveraging Sage Intacct with AWS and AWS Marketplace, the company consolidated systems into one platform and built a scalable, cloud-first foundation for future growth.
After experiencing a growth spurt fueled by major acquisitions and organic expansion, Stark Tech reached a point of system overload. With a tech stack of 20 disparate systems, the company struggled to navigate a fragmented IT landscape marked by data silos, inconsistent reporting, and growing reliance on manual processes. While Stark Tech's growth trajectory aligned with its long-term vision, its financial systems began to inhibit continued expansion.
When business scaling showed no signs of slowing, Stark Tech decided it was time to replace its legacy, on-premise systems. The company wanted to consolidate its patchwork of platforms into a single source of truth for financial and operational data while adopting a cloud-based solution that could improve visibility, simplify vendor management, and provide secure remote access for teams across the business.
After surveying the market, Stark Tech selected Sage Intacct as its core business management platform. Implemented in phases, the cloud-based solution replaced disconnected legacy systems with one unified financial foundation, marking the beginning of the company's cloud-first transformation.
As Stark Tech expanded its use of Sage Intacct, it also deepened its investment in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Together, Sage Intacct and AWS provided a scalable platform that modernized the company's finance and IT operations, simplified infrastructure management, and supported continued growth without adding unnecessary complexity.
"You don't get economies of scale when you're trying to support about 20 different systems... Sage Intacct, as a cloud-based solution hosted on AWS, gave us a single platform we could rely on to consolidate those entities."
Bill Knitter
Chief Information Officer
Stark Tech had long relied on AWS as a key pillar of its technology infrastructure. When introducing Sage Intacct into the picture, the company recognized that combining the two platforms created an even greater opportunity to modernize its technological, financial, and operational backends.
Stark Tech's approach was to leverage the strengths of each platform to build a connected technological foundation. Sage Intacct became the central host for financial and operational data, while AWS provided the cloud infrastructure, analytics capabilities, and integrations needed to transform that data into valuable business insights.
Beyond this infrastructure, Stark Tech leveraged AWS Marketplace to simplify software procurement and vendor management. By consolidating vendor relationships, purchasing, and billing through a single procurement platform, the company streamlined the management of more than 100 SaaS providers and thousands of software products. The shift significantly reduced administrative overhead while giving teams greater visibility into technology investments, software spending, and vendor performance.
With platform unification and widened visibility, teams were able to redirect their focus to more high-values initiatives. Instead of spending hours on system maintenance or manual procurement tasks, the IT department can now implement new tools, dive deeper into analytics, and explore AI initiatives to strengthen the company's technological bandwidth.
With the combined use of Sage Intacct and AWS, efficiency gains expanded beyond just IT. Finance teams reclaimed time spent overseeing various systems and software vendors, shifting their attention from tedious administrative tasks to valuable financial insights. This then positioned them to better support sales, operations, and project teams with more reliable, real-time data.
Increased support and collaboration across the business then translated into concrete business results. Stark Tech reduced the time required for key finance tasks by 30%, generated critical business insights through a single system of record, and grew revenue by 300% while increasing finance headcount by just 10%. Rather than scaling back-office operations alongside the business, teams retained their size while taking on larger workloads and growing customer demands.
Continuing to build on the combined strengths of Sage Intacct and AWS, Stark Tech strives to achieve new growth objectives. By leveraging the platforms to integrate new businesses more quickly, expand analytics and AI initiatives, and establish a cloud-first foundation, the company is well positioned to support continued organic and acquisition-driven expansion.
"Sage Intacct is a key piece to our growth strategy… Now when we onboard a new team or a new business, we have a solid platform to roll out to those entities and really make them part of the Stark family."
Bill Knitter
Chief Information Officer
