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Accenture Federal Services Wins $789 Million U.S. Navy SHARKCAGE Cybersecurity Contract

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a ten-year, $789 million contract to support global U.S. Navy maritime forces with conducting unified cybersecurity operations across the SHARKCAGE environment, the Navy’s shared set of systems built to protect a single, common, continuous security perimeter.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a ten-year, $789 million contract to support global U.S. Navy maritime forces with conducting unified cybersecurity operations across the SHARKCAGE environment, the Navy’s shared set of systems built to protect a single, common, continuous security perimeter.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240509381282/en/
    Rick Driggers, Accenture Federal Services managing director and cyber practice lead (Photo: Business Wire)
    “The role of cybersecurity in modern maritime military readiness has evolved and expanded.
  • “Accenture Federal Services will help provide U.S. Navy fleets with the enhanced attack sensing and warning capabilities that these times demand.”
    Specifically, Accenture Federal Services will provide the Navy’s Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Program Manager, Warfare Cybersecurity with ashore and afloat SHARKCAGE systems.
  • “Accenture Federal Services will support the U.S. Navy by empowering SHARKAGE with the ability to synthesize critical cyber event data from across its platforms and networks,” said Paul Ott, Accenture Federal Services managing director.

Virgin Media O2 Partners with Accenture to Enhance Private 5G Solutions for UK Businesses, Tapping into Estimated Half a Billion Pound UK Market

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Virgin Media O2 and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have today announced a new collaboration to seize opportunities in the UK’s growing mobile private network market estimated to reach £528M by 2030*.

Key Points: 
  • Virgin Media O2 and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have today announced a new collaboration to seize opportunities in the UK’s growing mobile private network market estimated to reach £528M by 2030*.
  • Liberty Global, the joint owner of Virgin Media O2 alongside Telefónica, is also exploring opportunities for these solutions in other geographic markets outside of the UK.
  • The collaboration will scale up in the coming months as joint customer implementations begin to be deployed.
  • Access to a private mobile network improved clinician workflow, efficient patient record management, monitoring of smart medicine storage and seamless integration of diverse connected devices.

Accenture and Mandiant Team to Help Organizations Strengthen Business Resilience Against Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Threats

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, are teaming up to collaboratively deliver cyber resilience services to help organizations more efficiently detect, investigate, respond to and recover from cyberattacks.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, are teaming up to collaboratively deliver cyber resilience services to help organizations more efficiently detect, investigate, respond to and recover from cyberattacks.
  • As part of the partnership, Accenture will utilize Mandiant Threat Intelligence, a comprehensive and actionable platform, and Mandiant expertise in its Cyber Resilience services.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240507058713/en/
    Accenture and Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, are teaming up to collaboratively deliver cyber resilience services to help organizations more efficiently detect, investigate, respond to and recover from cyberattacks.
  • Organizations need trusted partners that can help manage the entire crisis response lifecycle from prevention to response and recovery,” said Robert Boyce, Global Cyber Resilience lead, Accenture.

Accenture Federal Services Wins U.S. Army Cloud Modernization and Migration Award

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Monday, May 6, 2024

Accenture Federal Services will use its cloud migration and modernization approach to perform large-scale application assessments, migrations, and modernizations to the cloud.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture Federal Services will use its cloud migration and modernization approach to perform large-scale application assessments, migrations, and modernizations to the cloud.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240506635344/en/
    Dana Oliver, Accenture Federal Services Managing Director and Army Client Account Lead (Photo: Business Wire)
    “The U.S. Army’s cloud modernization journey is foundational to the Army’s overall modernization strategy and reflects its digital-first mindset,” said Accenture Federal Services Managing Director and Army Client Account Lead Dana Oliver.
  • “Accenture Federal Services will deliver proven federal cloud modernization capabilities and an approach that meets the Army’s mission requirements.”
    Accenture Federal Services has been tasked to assess applications and provide migration and modernization recommendations to execute moving applications out of Army data centers and into the cloud.
  • “Accenture Federal Services will build upon our successful scaled federal cloud deliveries, including at the U.S. Air Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to support a wide spectrum of defense missions in the cloud using our Cloud Migration and Modernization Factory ,” said Justin Shirk, Accenture Federal Services Managing Director for Federal Cloud & Secure Missions.

Accenture and Oracle Collaborate to Help Clients Accelerate Generative AI Adoption, Starting with the Finance Organization

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Monday, May 6, 2024

(Graphic: Business Wire)

Key Points: 
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Together, Accenture and Oracle will help clients across industries reinvent their businesses with generative AI, moving from experimentation to adoption at scale.
  • The companies will leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI to help increase efficiency, improve resilience, and deliver superior customer and employee experiences, while keeping client’s data private and secure.
  • Leveraging its extensive AI engineering capabilities and drawing on its experience from hundreds of generative AI client engagements, Accenture provided early feedback to help shape and evolve the OCI Generative AI and product roadmap.
  • Accenture and Oracle plan to launch a specialized Oracle training program for clients within Accenture's AI academy to help cultivate future-ready talent and accelerate transformation with OCI.

Accenture Named Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner of the National Football League

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Monday, May 6, 2024

The National Football League and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced today a partnership naming Accenture the Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner of the NFL.

Key Points: 
  • The National Football League and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced today a partnership naming Accenture the Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner of the NFL.
  • Throughout the five-year partnership, the NFL will harness Accenture’s technology and data expertise to help shape the future of football.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240506242221/en/
    The National Football League and Accenture announced a partnership on technology, naming Accenture the Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner of the NFL.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “We are thrilled to welcome Accenture as the Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner of the NFL,” said Tracie Rodburg, senior vice president of sponsorship management at the NFL.

Accenture and Hyperproof Form a Strategic Alliance to Help Enterprises Accelerate GRC Transformation

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Recognizing the need for disruption through automation to enhance efficiency and bolster trust, Hyperproof is proud to announce a strategic alliance with Accenture, the leading global IT services company.

Key Points: 
  • Recognizing the need for disruption through automation to enhance efficiency and bolster trust, Hyperproof is proud to announce a strategic alliance with Accenture, the leading global IT services company.
  • Combining Hyperproof's cutting-edge GRC operations with Accenture's industry-leading services, the alliance empowers enterprises to conquer their most challenging GRC obstacles by harmonizing control management and enabling continuous control testing.
  • "The objective of our alliance with Accenture is clear: to enable enterprises to solve their most pressing GRC challenges," said Craig Unger, CEO and Founder of Hyperproof.
  • Key benefits of the Hyperproof and Accenture alliance include:
    Access to top experts: Customers can collaborate with industry-leading experts, ensuring swift and effective implementation of new regulations and frameworks.

Accenture to Acquire SOKO to Expand Creative and Brand Experience Capabilities in Brazil

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

SOKO will become part of the world-renowned creative agency Droga5, deepening the agency’s influence and relevance in Brazil while strengthening the market’s creative and brand capabilities within Accenture Song—the world’s largest tech-powered creative group.

Key Points: 
  • SOKO will become part of the world-renowned creative agency Droga5, deepening the agency’s influence and relevance in Brazil while strengthening the market’s creative and brand capabilities within Accenture Song—the world’s largest tech-powered creative group.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240501392302/en/
    Accenture has agreed to acquire SOKO, an independent Brazilian creative agency that—by blending creativity, data and a comprehensive understanding of culture—develops brand stories with deep impact in the industry and in society.
  • “SOKO already lives Droga5’s values—they are a creatively-led, strategically-driven, humanity-obsessed agency with massive ambition,” said David Droga, CEO at Accenture Song.
  • He was also named by Wired Magazine as one of the 50 most creative people in Brazil in 2020.

Accenture to Acquire Parsionate, Expanding its Ability to Help Clients Accelerate Data Readiness and Drive Generative AI Adoption

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

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.

Key Points: 
  • 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.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430329877/en/
    Accenture 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.
  • “Data readiness is essential to a company’s ability to harness advances in AI.
  • “Our clients value us for giving them a competitive edge by enhancing their data readiness and enabling data as an asset.

Accenture Debuts Global Creative Campaign Spotlighting Stories of Reinvention

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today unveiled a new global creative campaign, “Reinvented with Accenture.” The campaign spotlights how the company is working with clients to drive some of their most significant business reinventions, including through the transformative power of technologies like generative AI.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today unveiled a new global creative campaign, “Reinvented with Accenture.” The campaign spotlights how the company is working with clients to drive some of their most significant business reinventions, including through the transformative power of technologies like generative AI.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240422772780/en/
    “Reinvented with Accenture” showcases the company’s transformative work with clients across industries worldwide (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “This campaign is about our clients.
  • Accenture collaborated with global business publication Fortune to develop Fortune Analytics, an AI-powered product, custom built and trained on more than 20 years of data from the iconic Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 lists.
  • And connections to almost any industry you can think of,” said Neil Heymann, global chief creative officer, Accenture Song.