The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched a new immersive engagement and investment program targeting emerging technology software startups to help fill strategic innovation gaps for the Global 2000. Called Project Spotlight, the exclusive Accenture Ventures program represents a new approach to engaging
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU) have agreed to conduct joint research using artificial intelligence (AI) to verify and analyze kidney transplant test results, recognize early-stage kidney transplant rejection tendencies and to foresee side effects in efforts
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of SALT Solutions AG (“SALT Solutions”), a technology consultancy headquartered in Würzburg, Germany. Terms of the transaction, which Accenture announced on September 16, were not disclosed. SALT Solutions implements and maintains technology systems for production, operations and
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is expanding its research collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and AI, by committing to establish a five-year strategic partnership that will create a new data and AI engagement forum,
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is helping Siemens Gamesa, a global leader in renewable energy, develop and implement a cloud-based state-of-the-art human resources (HR) solution to streamline its HR operations, reduce operating costs and improve the employee experience. Created from the 2017 merger of
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Paris-based OpusLine, one of the leading consulting companies that provides strategic advisory and transformational services to public- and private-sector healthcare providers as well as life sciences and insurance companies
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named as a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Managed Infrastructure Services, North America. Accenture’s position in the Leaders quadrant comes as Gartner cites that “by 2022, organizations that fail
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The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has received two XCelent awards for its life insurance and annuity platform from research and advisory firm Celent. The awards, acknowledged in the Celent report titled, “New Business and Underwriting Systems: North America Life Insurance Edition,” recognize
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The FINANCIAL — Aiming to amplify the societal impact of emerging technology, Microsoft and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are expanding a joint initiative announced earlier this year to support startups that are focused on solving critical business challenges related to sustainability and skilling. The immersive,
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The FINANCIAL — Building on their trailblazing partnership of more than 15 years, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and MIT today launched the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology. The new initiative brings together Accenture’s technology, strategy and industry experts and the
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