Accenture has acquired ATI Solutions Group (ATI), a Perth-based consulting service provider to the mining, energy and rail industries. ATI will enhance Accenture’s capabilities in West Australia, where specialized digital and industrial talent is in high demand. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ATI offers clients a broad skill set and has experience across a wide range…
Accenture has completed the acquisition of Anser Advisory, an advisory and management company for infrastructure projects in the United States. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s ability to help companies and state and local public sector organizations complete large, long-term infrastructure projects more predictably and efficiently—projects that support growth for clients and have a positive impact on communities,…
Accenture has acquired Strongbow Consulting, a data-driven strategic advisory firm with deep expertise in helping organizations plan and execute technology transformation strategies, while minimizing risk and maximizing cost savings. Strongbow Consulting’s team of approximately 60 professionals is joining Accenture’s Technology Strategy & Advisory practice, bringing the capabilities to optimize and modernize companies’ IT infrastructure while seamlessly bridging…
Accenture announced the following leadership appointments, effective September 1, 2023: In their new roles, Sharma, Walsh, Ferneyhough, Daugherty and Narain will serve as members of Accenture’s Global Management Committee. As Chief Executive Officer – North America, Sharma will be responsible for Accenture’s largest geographic market, which generated $29B in revenues in FY22, and will be…
ServiceNow, NVIDIA, and Accenture announced the launch of AI Lighthouse, a first-of-its-kind program designed to fast-track the development and adoption of enterprise generative AI capabilities. Expanding on existing strategic partnerships among ServiceNow, NVIDIA and Accenture, AI Lighthouse will assist pioneering customers across industries in the design, development, and implementation of new generative AI use cases. AI…
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Optimind, a Paris-based independent consulting firm that provides advisory services and solutions to help insurance firms, banks and large corporate clients to meet major challenges of competitiveness, transformation and regulation. Accenture announced its intent to acquire Optimind on March 17, 2023. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Optimind, recipient of…
Indian premium beer company, Bira 91, which spans 24 countries, is collaborating with Accenture to drive growth, increase business agility, and accelerate innovation through an enterprise reinvention program. As part of its transformation strategy, Accenture will help Bira 91 design and deploy a digital core—which includes data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning—using SAP S/4HANA to enable a…
Accenture announced that effective July 1, Rajendra Prasad will become Accenture’s chief information and asset engineering officer, a new role that oversees all internal technology development and support for Accenture systems and Accenture assets for clients. “These leadership changes are integral to our strategic growth ambitions as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation…
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Flutura, an industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Terms of the transaction, which Accenture announced on March 21, 2023, were not disclosed. Flutura strengthens Accenture’s industrial AI services for clients in the energy, chemicals, metals, mining, and pharmaceutical industries, a statement said.
Accenture announced an extension of their strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help clients leverage the value of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI for faster business transformation, utilizing the most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. With a 15-year relationship, and as part of its existing strategic collaboration, Accenture and AWS—through the Accenture AWS…
Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Parfin, a leading provider of responsible, compliant Web3 infrastructure services to financial institutions in Latin America. Founded in 2019, with headquarters in London and Rio de Janeiro, Parfin offers digital asset custody, trading, tokenization and management tools to some of Latin America’s largest financial institutions. Accenture’s investment in…
Accenture has invested in New York-based Praxis Labs, a software-as-a-service virtual reality (VR) company with an end-to-end immersive learning platform that helps users develop soft skills to drive equity, inclusion, and value in the workplace and beyond. The investment was led by Accenture Ventures as part of its broader Project Spotlight initiative. Funded through Accenture’s Black Founders Development Program, this investment reflects…
Accenture announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & AI practice to help clients across all industries rapidly and responsibly advance and use AI to achieve greater growth, efficiency and resilience. “There is unprecedented interest in all areas of AI, and the substantial investment we are making in our Data & AI…
Immersive Labs, a leader in people-centric cyber resilience, and Accenture are working together to launch the Cyber Million program that aims to solve the cybersecurity talent deficit by increasing access to one million entry-level cybersecurity operations jobs over the next decade. The beta version of the program, rolling out today, will be powered by the Immersive Labs platform with…
Global professional services company Accenture has completed its acquisition of Green Domus, a Brazil-based sustainability consultancy with experience helping clients design and implement a range of sustainability initiatives with a focus on measurable decarbonization strategies. Green Domus’ decarbonization strategy expertise and two decades of industry experience will further expand Accenture’s Sustainability Services. Green Domus’ team of sustainability…