Accenture Technology to Help Airport Scan Faces and E-Verify Passports
Dublin Airport is testing an automated border control system that uses technology from Accenture and SITA designed to electronically verify passports, TechCentral.ie reported Monday. According to the article, Accenture’s platform uses facial recognition technology to scan passports and validate passenger information. The e-gate system at the airport’s Terminal One is open to passengers older than [...]
Accenture to Acquire Service Design Consultancy Fjord; Brian Whipple Comments
May 8, 2013 No Comment
Accenture will buy service design consulting firm Fjord for an undisclosed amount in a move to expand its offerings to digital and marketing clients. The deal complements operations in Accenture’s interactive business and gives customers access to Fjord services across multiple digital platforms, according to an Accenture statement. “In order to capitalize on the disruptions being [...]
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Accenture Engineers Salesforce-Based Collaboration Platform; Marc Mathieu Comments
May 3, 2013 No CommentAccenture has developed new digital platform intended to help Unilever teams in 190 countries connect with each other and exchange business insights. The company engineered the Salesforce-based platform to use social networking application Chatter and help Unilever marketers, brand managers and partners share best practices and assets, Accenture said Thursday. Marc Mathieu, senior vice president [...]
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Accenture to Spend More Than $400M on Cloud Technologies; Jack Sepple Comments
April 8, 2013 No CommentAccenture plans to invest more than $400 million in cloud computing as it looks to shift its public, private and hybrid offerings to the cloud, according to an Economic Times article. The company will focus on cloud technologies, capabilities and training by 2015 to deploy cloud services from its chain of providers and combine its offerings with [...]
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Accenture has introduced a new product and services suite aimed at helping enterprises operate in hybrid cloud environments and derive value out of cloud computing. The Accenture Cloud Platform is already being used on more than 200 projects and represents a step in Accenture’s strategic plan to invest more than $400 million in cloud solutions [...]
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Accenture Buys Analytics Tool Provider for Change Mgmt Programs; David Smith Comments
April 3, 2013 No Comment
Accenture has acquired analytics tools and change management services provider ChangeTrack Research for an undisclosed sum in a bid to help customers measure and track progress of their change programs. ChangeTrack Research’s products include ChangeTracking, an analytics tool built to collect data on people and processes in a change program and use predictive analytics to implement [...]
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Government contracting firms are constantly partnering with academia and other organizations to develop state-of-the-art technologies for government and private industry. These same firms also invest in smaller companies to aid them in developing key pieces of tech that larger companies can use to build new offerings. Accenture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formed [...]
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TheNewNewInternet is now the third site in Executive Mosaic‘s umbrella of GovCon media properties to upgrade its look and feel but its core mission remains to stay ahead of the latest technological developments in the industry. Readers will find a new banner across the top featuring EM’s other media properties, allowing for a full-spectrum view [...]
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Accenture, MIT Forge Business Analytics Alliance; Narendra Mulani Comments
March 14, 2013 No CommentAccenture PLC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formed a research partnership to apply advanced analytics technologies to specific industry and government needs. The five-year Alliance in Business Analytics will bring together Accenture’s analytics portfolio and MIT’s technologies in an effort to develop a solution that can extract insights from big data and support decision-making [...]
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Nearly two-fifths, or 42 percent, of chief information officers told an Accenture survey managing increased use of mobile devices is one of their top five priorities. Thirty-four percent of the 413 CIOs surveyed said mobility was a priority of theirs for 2013, Silicon Republic reports. Tina Costanza writes 43 percent said their biggest need was [...]
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