Accenture Increases Funding for Skills to Succeed in Brazil
October 18th, 2011Source: MarketWatch
Accenture and Conexao today announced that the Accenture Foundations have awarded Conexao an additional grant of US$1.1 million to help the organization expand its efforts to provide employment skills for underprivileged young people and mentor local entrepreneurs in Brazil. This grant brings Accenture’s direct support to Conexao to more than $3.9 million.
The award reflects Accenture’s global corporate citizenship initiative, Skills to Succeed, which will equip 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. The one-year grant will help Conexao provide vocational skills for an additional 5,700 young people and mentoring and coaching for approximately 100 entrepreneurs.
In addition to the grant, Accenture will continue supporting Conexao with pro bono services as it has done since the organization’s inception in 2007. Specifically, Accenture employee volunteers will teach professional training courses and provide mentoring support to the entrepreneurs. Earlier this …
At Panama Summit, A Second Look at Buy vs. Build
August 29th, 2011
Shared services showdown: Panama City
By Luke Bujarski
At last week’s IQPC’s Shared Service and Outsourcing Summit in Panama City, Panama, the most popular people at the conference were the corporate buyers weighing in on BPO vs. owned centers and whether to take established captives and merge them with third-party providers.
The big question we came away with: who is closing whom?
Arrogance, Attrition or Economics: What’s Troubling Accenture Argentina?
August 25th, 2011
A CIO and his deputy point to underperformance by both Accenture and Cognizant
Social Media Calling, Call Centers Answering
July 28th, 2011
Contact centers can embrace social media to get closer to customers, spot trends, and create customer advocates
By Patrick Haller
Social media is finding its way into the contact center ecosystem at a rapid rate. Operators are integrating social media methodologies into daily processes, and tech-savvy customers are indicating that they prefer alternate methods of contact to phone-based customer service.
Latam just has more 'warmth' says Widjaja
By Patrick Haller
The Latin America IT and software development community is starting to become a stand-out location for social media management. At least that’s the opinion of Michael Widjaja, who is a Senior Executive with Accenture in Europe, and a private investor. Widjaja, currently on paternity leave in Buenos Aires, spoke to us about how LatAm can leverage this unique positioning, and also offered a set of views on the investment climate in the region.
Accenture Chosen as FBI’s New IT Services Provider
December 17th, 2010Accenture to be consulted on all areas of Federal Bureau of Investigations’ operations
Accenture has been selected as one of the prime contractors eligible to compete for services as part of the FBI IT Supplies and Support Services contract that has a $30bn ceiling.
The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a one-year base contracting period plus seven additional one-year options.
Accenture is qualified to compete for work in four of five contracting areas under the contract: hardware, software and related services; operations and maintenance; technical and development; and ‘other’ which includes briefings, process improvements, training and other duties as the FBI determines.
The contract is open to all FBI organisations and other US Department of Justice (DOJ) agencies that seek to acquire IT services and supplies.
Under the contract, Accenture is eligible to provide the FBI and other DOJ agencies with advanced analytics …
Accenture Gets Top Honors in IAOP’s Global Outsourcing 100
April 19th, 2010POUGHKEEPSIE, NY–(Marketwire – April 19, 2010) – Accenture was named the world’s best outsourcing provider for the third consecutive year and TPI topped the list of leading advisors to the industry in the 2010 Global Outsourcing 100® rankings released today by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP).
The Global Outsourcing 100® — an independently judged, opt-in ranking of the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors — has become an important resource to help companies compare providers and advisors using an objective methodology. This is the sixth provider list and second advisor ranking.
The leading players on both lists possess strong customer references, management capabilities, balanced performance and demonstrated competencies in an industry that is increasingly becoming more strategic and used for higher skilled knowledge-based activities.
“These firms on the Global Outsourcing 100 are leaders who are helping the companies that use their …
Accenture reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, ended Feb. 28, 2010, with net revenues of $5.18 billion, a decrease of 2 percent in U.S. dollars and 8 percent in local currency from the same period last year and within the company’s guided range. Diluted earnings per share were $0.60.
Operating income was $651 million and operating margin was 12.6 percent, compared with operating income of $677 million and operating margin of 12.9 percent in the second quarter last year. Operating margin of 12.9 percent in the second quarter last year included a 30-basis-point …
IBM and Accenture Lead the Pack in Latest Gartner Ranking of SAP Outsourcing Leaders
February 18th, 2010IBM and Accenture lead the field of SAP outsourcing providers, with CSC, Capgemini and HP giving chase, according to a recent Gartner Magic Quadrant report.
Accenture has among the largest and most-extensive range of SAP capabilities, and IBM has the size, longevity and scale of operations to match, the report states. Methodologies like IBM SmartRun and the vendor’s alignment with Run SAP methodology make for quality service. And IBM has good partnering skills.
It’s the first year that Gartner has completed a Magic Quadrant report dedicated to SAP outsourcing. They’ve seen a spike in demand for SAP outsourcing services because of the weak economy, said Ben Pring, Gartner research vice president and the report’s author.
“People are looking for more than just staff augmentation and are looking for full application management,” Pring said. “And people are looking increasingly across the whole stack, infrastructure and application …
What Do Tiger Woods and Global Outsourcing Have to Do with Each Other? Just Ask Accenture
December 11th, 2009SOURCE: CIOMAGAZINE
// Since 2003, Tiger Woods has literally become the sole face, the strategic embodiment, the business essence of Accenture, the $22 billion global IT, outsourcing and business consultancy.
And why not? Woods’ well-chronicled rise to his status as “best golfer in the world” has been legendary. He’s been a force the sporting world hasn’t seen before, a global icon with few if any equals, and a natural fit for Accenture’s customer base (golf and business go together quite well, in case you needed reminding).
I happened to catch the Woods-Accenture partnership near its zenith at one of …
