Tagged: accenture

January 9, 2025 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech with experience in banking tech transformation. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s banking modernization capabilities, helping financial services clients in Asia Pacific “accelerate the reinvention of their core systems,… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) finds a new era of digitization is unfolding—one in which AI continuously learns and drives new levels of autonomy across organizations, positioning trust in its performance “as the most important measure organizations will need for AI to achieve its promise.”… Read More

December 19, 2024 @ 4:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Sabadell has completed a joint project with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and QuSecure to explore the adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) technologies in the bank’s infrastructure. This project is a step forward in improving resistance to quantum attacks, with Banco Sabadell leveraging QuSecure’s software for… Read More

October 27, 2024 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has announced recently that it made an investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Reality Defender, an RSA Innovation cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake detection. Accenture and Reality Defender will now aim to equip clients in the financial services, and high-tech industries with the “ability… Read More

September 20, 2024 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The continued disruption around the world has put most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) out of reach, with only 17% of set targets currently on track to meet the 2030 deadline. Concurrently, the emergence of generative AI is “reshaping the world of business, with… Read More

August 28, 2024 @ 6:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TIAA, which claims to be the largest U.S. provider of lifetime income, announced a strategic partnership with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to accelerate the transformation of TIAA’s retirement recordkeeping capabilities and operations. The agreement capitalizes on the strengths of “both organizations to provide next-generation technologies and… Read More

August 27, 2024 @ 7:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create Accenture Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform powered by AWS to help organizations adopt and scale AI rapidly with trust and confidence throughout their enterprise. The rapid rise of… Read More

August 5, 2024 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired BOSLAN, a provider of management services for large infrastructure projects, headquartered in Bilbao, Spain. With BOSLAN, Accenture will reinvent “how clients engineer and execute net-zero infrastructure projects.” By applying artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies “to asset lifecycle management,… Read More

August 1, 2024 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and SandboxAQ are expanding their partnership to address the critical need for enterprise data encryption that can defend against current data breaches, as well as future AI and quantum threats. Together, Accenture and SandboxAQ are “helping organizations secure sensitive data and strengthen… Read More

May 14, 2024 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced an expansion of their long-standing strategic alliance. New offerings will combine Precision AI technology from Palo Alto Networks and Accenture’s secure generative AI services to help organizations embrace “the potential of AI with cybersecurity.” The… Read More

May 3, 2024 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Parsionate, a data consultancy specialized in data products and modern data foundation services, ranging from data strategy development to technology implementation. With deep industry-specific capabilities in the retail and industrial sector, as well as in the consumer goods… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture Federal Services has entered into an agreement to acquire Cognosante, a mission-driven provider of digital transformation and cloud modernization solutions for federal health, defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. Founded in 2008 by Michele Kang, Cognosante has grown “to become a trusted provider of innovative… Read More

April 14, 2024 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK), the global financial services company, is collaborating with Accenture (NYSE:ACN), a professional services company, “to modernize financial services offerings with an initial focus on data management and analytics product development and delivery.” The companies will use technologies to unleash the power of… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Axis Corporate, a Spanish management and technology business consulting firm specialized in financial services. Axis Corporate enhances Accenture’s strategy and technology offerings “that enable companies in Spain to reinvent their business models, more effectively manage costs and develop new products… Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and AI company Anthropic are coming together to help organizations—especially those in highly-regulated industries including healthcare, public sector, banking and insurance—responsibly adopt and scale customized generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology “within their organizations to speed innovation, improve customer… Read More

January 18, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Impendi, a sourcing and procurement services provider with a focus on private equity clients, expanding a critical capability to Accenture’s growing offerings for this industry. Impendi helps private equity companies “make sourcing and procurement decisions that increase their profitability and… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of 6point6, a U.K. technology consultancy, specializing in cloud, data, and cybersecurity. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s strategy and architecture capabilities, “with a particular emphasis on central government, defense and security, and financial services.” The acquisition was previously “announced… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed an agreement to acquire Customer Management IT and SirfinPA, a pair of jointly-owned Italian technology consultancies supporting the public sector and specializing in justice and public safety. The acquisition aligns with Accenture’s focus “on helping Italian public service organizations build… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed a strategic agreement with the Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) in order to drive its technology transformation program and “further enhance its banking services to personal and business customers.” Accenture will set up “a development center of excellence (COE) to… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced the two companies will collaborate to help developers and enterprise customers accelerate the adoption of advanced generative AI technology. Generative AI shows promise in “transforming software development and application modernization.” Building on its AI-focused strategic… Read More