Accenture has completed the acquisition of Wabion, a Google Cloud services boutique with headquarters in Esslingen, Germany and Olten, Switzerland as well as additional offices in Munich, Cologne and Lausanne. Terms of the transaction, which Accenture announced on July 14, were not disclosed. As a Google Cloud services provider, Wabion offers a full spectrum of consulting and implementation services…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in ixlayer, a provider of technology-based solutions for diagnostic testing. The company’s telehealth platform allows players across the healthcare ecosystem to offer convenient and scalable health testing in a virtual environment. The ixlayer platform simplifies the complex technical, user experience, security and regulatory components of virtual testing. The company’s proprietary technology…
Duke Energy announced it is working with Accenture and Microsoft on the development of a new technology platform designed to measure actual baseline methane emissions from natural gas distribution systems. This unique platform will provide near-real time data collection, allowing Duke Energy’s field response teams to more rapidly identify and repair methane leaks, the statement…
Accenture has appointed David Droga, founder and chairman of Droga5, as Accenture Interactive’s new CEO and creative chairman, effective September 1, 2021. Brian Whipple, who has led Accenture Interactive for the last ten years, has announced his retirement from Accenture. Under Brian’s leadership, in fiscal year 2020 (ended Aug. 31, 2020), Accenture Interactive grew to $10.6…
Accenture has been named a Leader in smart manufacturing services in a new IDC MarketScape report. The report, “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Smart Manufacturing Service Providers 2021 Vendor Assessment,” is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of characteristics and capabilities that affect a provider’s success in delivering smart manufacturing services to manufacturers in any industry. IDC defines smart…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Pipeline, a Denver-based startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to increase financial performance by closing the gender equity gap. Pipeline’s cloud-based AI platform helps companies assess, address and action against gender biases. By analyzing hiring, pay, performance, potential and promotion data, Pipeline helps organizations quickly identify internal…
Accenture announced it has agreed to acquire Blue Horseshoe, a supply chain management and strategy consulting firm and systems integrator specializing in fulfillment and distribution solutions. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Blue Horseshoe helps clients across industries, including food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, retail distribution, and transportation and logistics, define and plan…
Accenture has completed its acquisition of DI Square’s consulting capabilities for product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) systems integration to expand Accenture’s engineering expertise. Terms of the transaction, which Accenture announced on June 14, were not disclosed. Accenture acquired DI Square’s PLM and ALM-related know-how and client contracts as well as approximately 70 DI Square professionals,…
Accenture has acquired LEXTA, a consulting firm specialized in IT benchmarking and IT sourcing advisory. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Berlin with additional offices in Düsseldorf, London, and Zurich, LEXTA’s team of more than 60 professionals joins Accenture’s Technology Strategy & Advisory group, the statement said. LEXTA brings a proven track…
Accenture has acquired Openmind, a boutique commerce agency in Italy with key capabilities in cloud-based platforms, to meet client demand in the rapidly growing commerce market and deliver transformative experiences. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Notably the first acquisition for Accenture Interactive in the country, Openmind boasts a multidisciplinary consulting approach in the areas of…
Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire HRC Retail Advisory, a retail-focused strategy consultancy with critical in-demand skills and solutions to help clients across the retail value chain — from customer-centric merchandising and omnichannel capabilities to the evolving store footprint and creating high-performance organizations. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HRC Retail Advisory’s…
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Openminded, a France-based cybersecurity services company. Accenture announced its intent to acquire Openminded on April 29, 2021. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Openminded provides advisory, cloud & infrastructure security, cyber defense, and managed security services. Powered by a security operations center, the company helps clients anticipate and reduce cybersecurity…
Accenture has acquired Workforce Insight, a workforce optimization consultancy that provides workforce management and human capital management advisory and technology services. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s workforce management capabilities and further strengthens its ability to deliver HR transformation to clients, the company said in its statement. Founded in 2006…
Accenture has acquired Cloudworks, a leading Toronto-based Oracle Cloud implementation service provider across North America. The deal further enhances Accenture’s capabilities to deliver Oracle solutions to clients on their journeys to the cloud, the company said in its statement. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cloudworks, founded in 2016, specializes in strategy, business…
Accenture has agreed to acquire Wabion, a Google Cloud services boutique with headquarters in Esslingen, Germany and Olten, Switzerland as well as additional offices in Munich, Cologne and Lausanne. The team of more than 60 professionals will join Accenture’s Google Cloud Business Group, part of Accenture Cloud First. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As a Google Cloud…