Technology

Global Eyewear Company: Oracle-Based Planning and Reporting System

2012-02-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps leading global eyewear company implement an integrated planning solution, enabling improved budgeting and reporting.

Making the Case for Connected Health

2012-01-30T06:00:00Z

Accenture study explores the future of integrated healthcare delivery

Are Your Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Brands Maximizing the Return on Your Digital Investment?

2012-01-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture, comScore, and dunnhumbyUSA study shows direct correlation between CPG brand website usage and in-store purchase behavior.

Accenture Exhibits at USGIF’s 2011 GEOINT Symposium

2012-01-29T06:00:00Z

Cloud and Secure Mobility capabilities are demonstrated.

Business Intelligence Is Going Mobile: Are You Ready?

2012-01-27T06:00:00Z

As business intelligence goes mobile, organizations in all industries will gain critical new opportunities—as well as encounter daunting new challenges.

Mobile Work: Have You Adapted your Real Estate Strategy?

2012-01-26T06:00:00Z

Read how companies must alter real estate strategies in line with the realities of mobile work to gain business advantage

Testing Innovations: Improving Requirement and Test Quality with Model-Based Testing

2012-01-25T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research into how model-based testing can improve test quality and achieve high performance.

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Service Providers, Europe

2012-01-23T06:00:00Z

Accenture is Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant

Secure Mobile Voice as a Service: The Next Phase

2012-01-17T06:00:00Z

A cloud-based solution for the next generation of secure mobile conversations.

India Government and Mobile Solutions – The Time for Adoption is Now

2012-01-17T06:00:00Z

India’s government administration must act to retain and expand the development lifeline that mobile technology brings to its society

Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Service Providers, Europe

2012-01-17T06:00:00Z

Accenture is Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant

Making Mobile POS Happen: Five Ways Stores Can Better Compete and Grow

2012-01-16T06:00:00Z

Retailers need to invest now in mobile point of sale to keep up, not only with competition, but also with customers and the new technologies they’re bringing into stores with them.

Competing in a High Tech Industry “Superstack"

2012-01-16T06:00:00Z

Achieving high performance in the emerging integrated High Tech ecosystem—from chipsets to end-user services.

Accenture Technology Vision 2012: Emerging Technology Trends for IT Leaders

2012-01-13T06:00:00Z

Read the Accenture Technology Vision 2012 for the emerging technology trends that will shape business this year.

Connected Store: Delivering a > Shopping Experience

2012-01-13T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture’s connected store offering enables retailers to drive their growth strategy and win consumers by providing a cloud-based, end-to-end retail solution.

Innovations In Hospitality – Video

2012-01-13T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture and Avanade mobile hospitality innovations help clients in the hospitality industry improve guest experiences, build loyalty and deliver results.

How Holiday Bargain Hunters are Revolutionizing the Mobile Retail Landscape

2012-01-12T06:00:00Z

In this High Performance Business Podcast, learn how holiday bargain hunters are revolutionizing the mobile retail landscape and creating new opportunities in cyberspace.

New Book Presents Strategies, Examples to Illustrate IT Function’s Value

2012-01-11T06:00:00Z

Read Bob Kress’s 'Running IT like a business: Accenture’s step-by-step guide' to find out how to maximize IT’s value to the firm.

The 2012 Accenture Consumer Electronics Trends Study

2012-01-09T06:00:00Z

The 2012 Accenture Consumer Electronics Products and Services Usage Report examines consumer electronics trends and growth opportunities in an era of hypermobile consumers.

Accenture Receives High Marks in Gartner’s MarketScope for Business Intelligence and Information Management North America

2012-01-06T06:00:00Z

Read why Gartner has rated Accenture “positive” in its November 2011 MarketScope for business intelligence and information management.

Accenture Receives "Strong Positive" Highest Possible Rating in Gartner’s MarketScope Report for Business Intelligence and Information Management Western Europe

2012-01-06T06:00:00Z

Read why Gartner has rated Accenture “strong positive” in its recent MarketScope for business intelligence and information management.

Rail 2020

2012-01-04T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture report about the Rail 2020 Industry and how its value chain aspects are changing due to trends like growing traffic, price sensitivity, mobility and IT innovations.

Distributed, Decoupled, Analyzed: IT’s Next Frontier

2012-01-03T06:00:00Z

While the big picture may be elusive, there are three forces or undercurrents that seem to be shaping much of IT.

Retail Pricing is About to Get Personal

2011-12-28T06:00:00Z

The day is coming when retailers will have to optimize prices at the individual customer level, on the fly and in full view of everyone.

Doctors Reveal Support for Healthcare IT

2011-12-22T06:00:00Z

Accenture survey shows worldwide agreement amongst doctors on the benefits of healthcare IT and “connected health”, but a generational divide does exist.

Getting Ready for the New Internet Protocol Version 6 - Video

2011-12-22T06:00:00Z

In this video, Shahid Ahmed—lead-Accenture Network Technology Services—looks at the issues around corporate readiness for IPv6 and the correct strategy.

A Model for Data Governance: Does Your Organization Really Have One?

2011-12-21T06:00:00Z

Many capital markets firms lack a data governance model—and most don’t even know it. Accenture and the A-Team Group explain how you can transform your organization’s data into a strategic asset.

Digital Channels - Reaching Doctors in China

2011-12-21T06:00:00Z

Over the last few years, a number of factors converged to expand healthcare opportunities in China.

2012 International CES – Consumer Electronics and Technology Innovations of Tomorrow: Ultrabook™, Mobile Applications, Windows 8

2011-12-20T06:00:00Z

Read about the 2012 International Consumer Electronics and Technology Innovations of Tomorrow featuring Ultrabook, Mobile Applications and Windows 8.

Time to Get Together: Delivering Improved Health Outcomes through Pharmaceutical and Payer Collaboration

2011-12-17T06:00:00Z

With integration increasingly becoming the watchword in the North American life sciences industry, pharmaceutical companies must collaborate with payers and align interests to remain ahead of their competitors in the ever-evolving healthcare marketplace.

Tablet Computer Thunderbolt: How Big Will Usage Strike in the Enterprise?

2011-12-13T06:00:00Z

Promising tablet applications emerging in healthcare, sales, and retail

Improving Public Services in India – The Power of Mobile Technology

2011-12-12T06:00:00Z

Emerging economies have created some innovative mobile applications.

CIO 24/7 Podcast Series No. 11: Transforming Your Applications Portfolio through IT Governance

2011-12-12T06:00:00Z

As part of the ongoing CIO 24/7 podcast series, Chris Crawford of Accenture’s CIO Organization is talking with Bob Kress, senior director of Accenture CIO Business Operations, about rationalizing an applications portfolio through leadership, sponsor management and IT governance.

The Case for Shared Services in the Public Sector

2011-12-09T06:00:00Z

Maximizing the Value of Public Sector Shared Services

2011-12-09T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture report on how public sector shared services can help governments be more client-centered, outcome-oriented and accountable.

Business of Biometrics

2011-12-01T06:00:00Z

How integrated biometrics can help public service organisations achieve better business outcomes.

Global Alcoholic Beverages Company: SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) Implementation -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-30T06:00:00Z

Accenture is helping a global alcoholic beverages company to deploy a SAP Human Capital Management system to improve performance and drive growth.

Leading European House Builder: Back Office and CRM Systems Integration -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-30T06:00:00Z

Accenture is working with a leading European house builder to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that will improve performance.

One of the World’s Leading Brewers: Accenture CAS Solution -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture is working with one of the world’s leading brewers to implement the Accenture CAS mobility solution to improve its performance.

Leading Container Terminal Operator: Port Industry IT Outsourcing -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture is providing IT outsourcing services to a leading container terminal operator to improve performance.

Leading Agribusiness Company: SAP Enabled Business Transformation -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture is working with a leading agribusiness company to deploy an SAP enabled business transformation to improve its performance.

State Railway Company: SAP Maintenance System Implementation -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture is helping a state railway company to implement a SAP maintenance system that will improve performance.

Traditional Approaches to Information Security Are No Longer Sufficient

2011-11-23T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research about the true state of corporate security readiness and how companies are doing when it comes to information and cyber security.

Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company: Mobility (Smartphone) Deployment -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-21T06:00:00Z

Accenture is working with one of the world’s top-10 pharmaceutical companies to deploy secure email and calendar functionality on the smartphones of 20,000 sales representatives around the globe.

AstraZeneca: Digital Application Delivery

2011-11-21T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps AstraZeneca achieve high performance through digital application delivery.

Improving Public Services in India with Cloud, Mobility and Analytics

2011-11-17T06:00:00Z

Watch Accenture’s video to learn how cloud computing, mobility and data analysis will help the Indian Government to improve public service in India.

Accenture Democratizing Innovation Report 2011

2011-11-17T06:00:00Z

Innovation is the key driver of growth in any economy.

A More Effective, Simple and Cost-Efficient Approach to Protecting Critical Enterprise Data

2011-11-04T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture’s four-step framework for protecting critical enterprise data.

MillerCoors: Enhancing Interaction with Promotion Specialists

2011-11-03T05:00:00Z

MillerCoors works with Accenture to equip a promotion on Apple iPads.

Astra Zeneca: Digital Application Delivery

2011-11-03T05:00:00Z

AstraZeneca engages with Accenture to deliver brand promotional content through mobile devices.

Alzheimer’s Association: Patient Tracking Device Launch Strategy

2011-11-03T05:00:00Z

Accenture helped the Alzheimers Association capitalize on new technology through a mobility assessment and definition of mobile strategy.

Webinar: Where Does Hadoop Fit in Your Vision of Data as a Platform?

2011-11-02T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture’s webinar on the concept of big data and learn how Hadoop can help companies create the architecture for data as a platform.

Missing the Boat on HIE

2011-11-02T05:00:00Z

Why the industry isn’t yet fulfilling the promise

Mobility and Customer Service Podcast

2011-11-01T05:00:00Z

In this podcast David Klimek, a senior executive with Accenture’s CRM group, discusses important considerations when developing a mobile customer service application.

Reconsidering Healthcare IT Sourcing

2011-10-28T05:00:00Z

Gain Benefits by Adopting Healthcare IT Sourcing Strategies

In-Memory: The Path to Making Better Decisions More Quickly

2011-10-27T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s article about how in-memory data warehousing can help improve the usefulness of analytics.

Accenture 2011 IT Report: Enabling the New Global Enterprise

2011-10-24T05:00:00Z

The 2011 Accenture IT Report looks at what it takes to build an increasingly virtual global enterprise.

Customer–Centricity: The Key to Differentiation and Growth in the Life Insurance Industry

2011-10-21T05:00:00Z

This whitepaper presents the findings of Accenture’s Consumer-Driven Innovation executives survey, with particular reference to the Life insurance results

Customer–Centricity: The Key to Differentiation and Growth in Property and Casualty Insurance

2011-10-21T05:00:00Z

This whitepaper presents the findings of Accenture’s Consumer-Driven Innovation executives survey, with particular reference to property and casualty insurance results.

Podcast: Cloud and the Future of Business: Impact

2011-10-18T05:00:00Z

Listen for information about the long- and short-term impacts of cloud computing by Leslie Willcocks of Accenture.

Podcast: Cloud and the Future of Business: Challenges

2011-10-18T05:00:00Z

Listen to Accenture podcast on the challenges of cloud computing and the future of business.

The Genie Is Out of the Bottle: Managing the Infiltration of Consumer IT Into the Workforce

2011-10-18T05:00:00Z

With few companies having effectively tackled the implications of IT consumerization, the Accenture Institute for High Performance conducted a research on IT consumerization.

Podcast: Cloud and the Future of Business: Innovation

2011-10-18T05:00:00Z

Learn more about innovation and cloud computing in this podcast from Leslie Willcocks of Accenture.

Collateral Management Services

2011-10-12T05:00:00Z

Accenture helps capital markets firms transform their collateral management architecture.

Delivering the Goods: Technology Investments that Boost Consumer Packaged Goods' Performance

2011-10-05T05:00:00Z

Consumers are more choosy and disciplined than ever, both in purchasing staples and in their discretionary spending.

Six Questions Every Executive in Airlines, Freight and Travel Services Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2011-10-03T05:00:00Z

Read how Cloud computing can help companies in airline, freight and travel services industries overcome their challenges.

A New Era of Innovation: Cloud and the Future of Business

2011-10-03T05:00:00Z

Although many still think of cloud computing’s value primarily in terms of cost reduction, it actually can drive significant innovations in operations, processes and the design of the business itself.

A New Era of Collaboration

2011-10-01T05:00:00Z

For the first time, it is possible to create IT-based solutions that are flexible, timely and able to be tailored to short-term business needs. There’s a catch, however: To tap into the true power of this next generation of solutions, companies need to collaborate across a broader business and IT ecosystem.

Global Retailer: Customer Analytics Capabilities

2011-09-29T05:00:00Z

Accenture helps a global retailer achieve high performance by deploying advanced customer analytics capabilities.

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Leveraging Networks to Reduce the Cost of Turnover

2011-09-21T05:00:00Z

Increased workforce mobility imposes a significant cost on many organizations because of the negative impact departing employees have on informal networks.

Is There a CIO in the House?

2011-09-21T05:00:00Z

Why Hospital CIOs Will Soon Bring More “MD” to their “IT”

Accenture Public Service Platform

2011-09-20T05:00:00Z

Taking SOA from the Whiteboard to the Data Center and Beyond

Delivering Customer Value through Improved Policy Administration and Claims Management Solutions

2011-09-20T05:00:00Z

Read this research on the pain points experienced by property and casualty (P&C) insurers in this market, and how solutions from Microsoft and Accenture can help.

Toward High Performance in Security

2011-09-20T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on achieving high performance in Security Operations and identifying three imperatives for creating a next-generation security function.

Clear View of the Cloud: The Business Impact of Cloud Computing

2011-09-15T05:00:00Z

To effectively capitalize on cloud-based business services, providers and clients alike must understand the impact of the cloud on customer service, IT products and the entire supply industry.

Mobile Application Testing for the Enterprise

2011-09-07T05:00:00Z

Accenture brings together deep knowledge of the enterprise, expertise in mobile technologies and strong end-to-end testing practices to help all enterprises fast-track mobility deployments into their business.

Maximizing the Benefits of Software as a Service

2011-09-05T05:00:00Z

Aligning Technology and Governance to Harness its Speed, Agility and Transformational Power

Strengthening the Public Transit Backbone: Optimizing Costs in the Age of Austerity

2011-09-05T05:00:00Z

Transit agencies are challenged with meeting their customer needs and budget constraints. They need to identify where they can restructure costs without devaluing services.

Using Cloud to Help Drive Future High Performance in the Insurance Industry

2011-09-01T05:00:00Z

Accenture argues that the benefits of cloud computing for the insurance industry go far beyond mere cost reduction.

Realizing a world of talking devices

2011-08-31T05:00:00Z

Accenture Mobility Services addresses the evolving business move of machine to-machine communication (M2M) and how business leaders across industries are recognizing this networked shift.

Accenture Technology Vision 2011

2011-08-31T05:00:00Z

Accenture research has identified the five attributes of high performance in insurance and the technology trends that enable it.

Achieving High Performance Through Solar Photovoltaic Integration with Smart Grid

2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on achieving high performance with solar photovoltaic (PV) integration and the impacts of it into the smart grid.

World Economic Forum: Advancing Cloud Computing: What To Do Now?

2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

Accenture/World Economic Forum Joint-Research Projects

XL Insurance’s Global Claim System

2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

Accenture helped XL Insurance transform its claims operations by consolidating a number of legacy systems into a single powerful claims platform.

Smart Grid Technologies: How Theft Analytics Helps Utilities Protect Assets

2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on leveraging smart grid deployments to prevent electricity theft and enhance revenue protection.

Accenture Underwriting Transformation Services

2011-08-26T05:00:00Z

Underwriting excellence can enable insurers to improve profitability and drive growth. Learn about Accenture Underwriting Transformation Services and how we can help you achieve high performance.

Pursuing Electric: Growth Strategies for Automotive OEMs

2011-08-25T05:00:00Z

How can OEMs position themselves to win with plug-in electric vehicles?

Cloud Security: No Time to Stay on the Sidelines

2011-08-22T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s Alastair MacWillson’s blog on cloud security concerns, risk management for companies and five steps that companies can take to craft a strong strategy for cloud security.

Smart Mobile Cities: Opportunities for Mobile Operators to Deliver Intelligent Cities

2011-08-18T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture research on how Mobile Solutions can help Smart Cities overcome their resource challenges.

Thinking Strategically about Mobility: A Roadmap for Life Sciences Companies

2011-08-17T05:00:00Z

The widespread use and continued innovation in mobile technology presents new opportunities for life sciences companies to improve business performance and enable better patient care.

Essentials for Excelling with Analytics

2011-08-17T05:00:00Z

By leveraging the power of data, managers can provide new insights and make better decisions that produce positive outcomes.

Staying Competitive in the Ever-changing Mobile Ecosystem

2011-08-17T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on staying competitive in the ever–changing Mobile Ecosystem and learn how we can organizations to maximize their mobile services & solutions.

Leveraging Mobility to Maximize Pharmaceutical Sales Force Effectiveness

2011-08-16T05:00:00Z

Traditional pharmaceutical sales approaches are no longer enough.

Leading US Life Insurer: Accenture Life Insurance Platform

2011-08-16T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture’s Life Insurance Platform offers carriers an effective, efficient way to transform their legacy policy administration systems.

Podcast: Data Center Strategy for a Leading Investment Bank

2011-08-15T05:00:00Z

Listen to the podcast about how Accenture helped this leading UK investment bank develop and implement a data center strategy.

Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft Power CRM

2011-08-11T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft are creating CRM solutions for the financial services industry, particularly for Insurance and Wealth Management.

Data Center Energy Forecast Report

2011-08-08T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s Data Center Energy Forecast Report and learn how companies have implemented data center energy saving initiatives and how much energy they were able to save.

Accenture Public Service Platform

2011-08-05T05:00:00Z

Building the foundation for improved citizen services

Renfe Operadora: Strategic Commercial Capabilities

2011-07-29T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s report on how we helped Renfe Operadora develop and implement Distribution and Reservation System Renewal and strategic commercial capabilities.

The Cloud-Enabled Business: Harnessing the Power of the Cloud to Drive High Performance

2011-07-28T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture research on Cloud Computing Strategy and learn how the IT function must transform for a business to become truly cloud-enabled.

Mobile Security Webcast with CIO.com

2011-07-21T05:00:00Z

View the Accenture webcast in which Jay Hennings and Roy Hu discuss the mobile security issues and offer a set of recommendations

Taming the Wild West: How to Build a Strong Cloud Security Strategy

2011-07-20T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture Research stating that to access the benefits of cloud computing, an effective cloud security strategy is must for companies.

Will e-Health Initiatives Provide Better Healthcare for Australians?

2011-07-18T05:00:00Z

Australia’s national e-health program needs to avoid six key pitfalls if it is to succeed.

mHealth: Defining a Role for Biopharmaceutical Companies

2011-07-12T05:00:00Z

Mobile health care has gained significant traction and investment from many participants, as pilots and trials evolve to substantively funded business ventures aimed at reaching broad consumer segments.

Better Information Management Leads to Better Internal Security

2011-07-11T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture & CII report on why effective information management is essential for better internal security, protecting national interests and safeguarding citizens.

Using Predictive Analytics to Combat Claims Fraud Podcast

2011-06-30T05:00:00Z

Listen to Accenture Podcast on how Predictive analytics can help insurers identify and prevent claims fraud.

Meeting the Challenges of Cloud Computing

2011-06-27T05:00:00Z

Although its potential upside is considerable, cloud computing is still young and suffering from growing pains. Here are four key challenges organizations must meet to realize mature value in the cloud.

The Wide World of Consumer IT: A Crash Course for Executives

2011-06-21T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture article on the changing world of consumer IT and how it is bringing new worries to businesses executives, but also opportunities to those that understand them.

Cloud and the Future of Business: Innovation

2011-06-14T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s summary of the Cloud and the Future of Business, from Cloud Innovation to Cloud Costs -by London School of Economics.

Achieving a Competitive Advantage through Consumer-Driven Innovation

2011-06-13T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on Consumer Driven Innovation and what today’s consumers expect from their insurers.

Mobile Ticketing for Public Transportation: Convenience, Efficiency, and Revenue

2011-06-09T05:00:00Z

Today’s consumers perform a wide array of transactions and tasks using their Web-enabled mobile phones, from checking email and downloading videos, to obtaining GPS-powered driving directions and monitoring the performance of their investment portfolios.

Next-Generation Data Center: A Proven Model for High Performance in Federal IT

2011-06-08T05:00:00Z

Based on the strength of Accenture’s global data center experience—and our unmatched ability to align commercial data center innovation with a deep understanding of the federal government—next generation data centers make the most of the latest technologies.

Mobility and Customer Service: Tapping into an Increasingly Powerful Channel

2011-06-08T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture analyses about the importance of mobile channel as an interface for customer service and support & becoming a key lever to achieve high performance.

World IPv6 Day: June 8, 2011

2011-06-08T05:00:00Z

Read more about Accenture participation in World IPv6 day, and helping clients in migrating their internet backbones to the new protocol.

Different Strokes: How to Manage a Global Workforce

2011-06-06T05:00:00Z

As companies stake their growth strategies on global expansion and the pursuit of new markets, their ability to forge a human capital strategy and HR capability that is both globally consistent and locally relevant will be critical to success.

Cloud and the Future of Business: Impacts

2011-06-03T05:00:00Z

Read more about Accenture research that examines the likely cloud computing impacts that will affect the IT industry and business in general.

Cloud and the Future of Business: Challenges

2011-06-03T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture study focuses on cloud computing challenges occurring due to an Expectations Gap between the benefits of cloud & circumspect views of IT executives.

Client Data Management

2011-06-01T05:00:00Z

Read how Client Data Management allows for creation of a high-level plan for the optimum use of client data.

Cloud and the Future of Business: From Costs to Innovation

2011-05-27T05:00:00Z

This five-part research report from The Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics reviews cloud computing’s key features and impacts.

Cloud and the Future of Business: Promise

2011-05-27T05:00:00Z

In this report by the LSE’s Outsourcing Unit, the authors provide a four-dimension framework to help companies assess the true value of cloud offerings.

Achieving Strong Returns in Mobile Banking: Here’s How Leading Banks Do It

2011-05-25T05:00:00Z

Read about research on achieving strong returns in mobile banking and strategies and capabilities of financial services institutions succeeding in this area.

An Integrated Approach to Human Services

2011-05-24T05:00:00Z

From Policy & Practice magazine

Achieving High Performance with Advanced Approaches to Distribution Management

2011-05-23T05:00:00Z

In the smart grid-enabled distribution utility of the future, power will flow in two directions and energy supplies will come from new technologies and various-sized suppliers connected anywhere on the network.

Using Technology to Link Manufacturing Operations and Business Performance

2011-05-20T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s insight on how leading-edge technologies could help Manufacturing Operations make production decisions that align better with overarching business strategies.

The Next-Generation Insurance Contact Center: Driving Efficient Growth

2011-05-18T05:00:00Z

Carriers that establish contact centers as a key part of a comprehensive distribution strategy can drive growth, provide differentiated customer experiences and, ultimately, achieve high performance.

Accenture: Global Video Capabilities

2011-05-16T05:00:00Z

Accenture is leading the way with its multi-channel video strategy across its global workforce.

The Promise of Cloud Computing

2011-05-16T05:00:00Z

New research details how cloud computing can provide tangible business benefits—if it is backed by strong implementation, business sponsorship and a service ethos.

Accenture Named a Leader in Oracle Services Providers, Q2 2011 Report by Independent Research Firm

2011-05-13T05:00:00Z

Leading independent research firm Forrester Research Inc. designated Accenture as a leader in Oracle Services in its recent evaluation.

Accenture Named a Leader in the Forrester Wave: Salesforce.com Implementation Providers, Q2 2011

2011-05-13T05:00:00Z

Read how Forrester has named Accenture a leader in global Salesforce.com implementation services in its recent evaluation.

Perspectives on In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems and Telematics

2011-05-11T05:00:00Z

How will in-vehicle infotainment systems and telematics figure in consumers’ vehicle buying decisions?

IAOP Ranks Accenture as Top Outsourcing Service Provider—Again

2011-05-09T05:00:00Z

For the fourth year running, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has ranked Accenture as the top outsourcing service provider globally.

Top 10 Healthcare Game Changers

2011-05-04T05:00:00Z

Canada’s Emerging Health Innovations and Trends

Paving a Path to Business Growth with an Agile Infrastructure and Cloud Services

2011-04-28T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research on developing the agile IT infrastructure business needs and learn why CIOs are looking at cloud computing as an option.

Mind the Gap: High-Performance IT in Financial Services

2011-04-26T05:00:00Z

Accenture research shows a widening gap between high-performing IT organizations and those that struggle to improve IT’s role in creating enterprise value.

The Me-tail Technology Guide: Part I - Capturing, Engaging and Serving the Now Consumer

2011-04-22T05:00:00Z

This first component of a two-part guide discusses how personal technology, specifically mobile technology, social networking and customer analytics, has changed the game.

The Me-tail Technology Guide: Part II - Building the Right Infrastructure to Maximize Profitability

2011-04-22T05:00:00Z

In Part II, we discuss the enterprise technology options available to retailers that can improve enterprise performance and strengthen connections with consumers without breaking the bank.

Cyber Security to Improve Corporate and National Defense

2011-04-18T05:00:00Z

Cyber security is now a concern not only to enterprises but to national defense. Effective planning and response must harness advanced technologies, but also a broader approach encompassing processes, education, culture, leadership and collaboration.

Tablets for Enterprise

2011-04-15T05:00:00Z

Mixing Business and Pleasure: How Tablets Are Set For Corporate Lift-Off

Achieving High Performance through Leading Practices in Smart Grid Testing

2011-04-14T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture article on the Smart grid implementation programs for utilities and the leading practices in Smart Grid Testing.

Achieving High Performance with Smart Meter Data Management Systems

2011-04-14T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture article on Smart Meter Data Management Systems that provide utilities with a business-critical solution for storing, validating & processing large volumes of data.

Accenture Field Force Transformation

2011-04-12T05:00:00Z

Improving an enterprise’s field force productivity can have a direct and positive impact on the bottom line.

Unplugged and Exposed: Rethinking Cyber Security for a Mobile World

2011-04-11T05:00:00Z

Accenture suggests four principles to effectively guide development of a security strategy or initiative for mobile technologies.

The Talent to Grow

2011-04-11T05:00:00Z

New research suggests that few executives believe their recession-battered workforces are prepared to fully exploit the global recovery. To drive growth, companies need to embrace a human capital strategy that more closely links workforce planning to business objectives and looks at the broader implications for leadership and the organizational culture.

Social Media for Public Pension Organizations

2011-04-08T05:00:00Z

See Accenture research on social media for public pensions and learn the potential benefits for pension agencies of launching a social media strategy.

Up Close and Personal: How Banks Can Use Digital Channels to Drive Growth

2011-03-30T05:00:00Z

As banks shift their focus from products to consumers, they are using technology to improve distribution and offer more personalized services to a wider range of narrowly defined customer segments.

Has the Cloud Made Outsourcing Obsolete?

2011-03-28T05:00:00Z

Many cloud enthusiasts—proponents of a simple utility model for providing business services—have written off outsourcing companies for dead. But the shakeup within the services industry has meant more complexity, not less, resulting in a critical new role for value-added outsourcing.

Accenture: Cloud Computing to Drive High Performance

2011-03-28T05:00:00Z

Read about how Accenture is focused on applying cloud computing to its own internal IT organization to lower the capital and operating costs and gain IT flexibility.

Accenture and Avanade Awarded Most Microsoft Gold Competencies

2011-03-24T05:00:00Z

Accenture and Avanade have together attained 21 out of a possible 28 Microsoft Gold competencies.

Where the Cloud Meets Reality: Operationally Enabling the Growth of New Business

2011-03-22T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research on exploring the challenges that technology companies are facing as they confront a “X”-as-a-Service (XaaS) driven future.

Five Things Accenture’s CIO Has Learned About Cloud Computing

2011-03-15T05:00:00Z

Stephanie Overby, CIO, March 15, 2011

Research Firm Positions Accenture as a Leader in the Global Infrastructure Outsourcing Marketplace

2011-03-11T06:00:00Z

Learn about Accenture’s Infrastructure Outsourcing that has been designated as a leader in the global IT infrastructure outsourcing marketplace by Forrester Research Inc.

Getting Ready for the New Internet: Migration Strategies to Internet Protocol Version 6

2011-03-09T06:00:00Z

Accenture believes that companies must be strategic about the way they migrate to IPv6.

The Next Healthcare IT Trend

2011-03-08T06:00:00Z

Making Software as a Service for ERP

Making the Most of Android

2011-03-07T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s report on how the growth of Android creates many opportunities for device manufacturers and developers.

Collaborating for High Performance in Cloud-Based Services for High Tech Companies

2011-03-07T06:00:00Z

The cloud is here to stay, and high tech companies must integrate it into their strategies to achieve high performance: Accenture outlines the six capabilities they will need.

What Key IT Infrastructure Decisions CIOs Should Make to Enable the Enterprise to Grow?

2011-03-04T06:00:00Z

Hear Accenture’s Jimmy Harris and Steve Nunn address the key IT Infrastructure decisions that CIOs need to make to enable the enterprise to grow.

Plugging the Hole: Cyber Security in Insurance Podcast

2011-03-01T06:00:00Z

The vital role of cyber security in the world of online and mobile insurance

The Point: Plugging the Hole - Cyber Security in Online and Mobile Banking Podcast

2011-03-01T06:00:00Z

The vital role of cyber security in the world of online and mobile banking.

Accenture 2010 IT Report: Meet the Global Team Driving High Performance IT

2011-02-28T06:00:00Z

This year’s annual report by Accenture’s CIO Organization focuses on the role of the people behind the technology that drives Accenture.

Six Questions Every Telecommunications Senior Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2011-02-15T06:00:00Z

Cloud computing offers huge opportunities—and significant risks—for telecommunications companies.

From Digital Lifestyle to Digital Lifeblood: The Increasing Value of Technology That Works

2011-02-10T06:00:00Z

As consumers become ever more reliant on technology as a means to live, work and play, they increasingly need that technology to work well and to work when they need it to work.

Outsourcing Opportunities and Strategies: Global Fund Manager Survey Report 2010

2011-02-07T06:00:00Z

The investment management industry has come under serious pressure in the wake of the credit crisis.

Proactive Approach to Cyber Security Challenges

2011-02-07T06:00:00Z

Cyber security is becoming an enterprise-level issue as threats and vulnerabilities impact shareholder value.

Cyber Threats: Why You Need to Mount a Defense

2011-02-07T06:00:00Z

Cyber threats are a real problem. Beyond the technical side, cyber security issues affect operational continuity and undermine the confidence of customers and investors.

Cyber Risks: What is the Impact?

2011-02-07T06:00:00Z

Accenture video talks about cyber risks and how simple steps help enlighten organization’s to the global implications of such risks.

Seizing a World of Opportunity: Leveraging Technology to Enable High Performance in the Life Sciences Industry

2011-02-04T06:00:00Z

Information technology executives at life sciences companies are both blessed and cursed by the dynamics shaping their industry.

The Enterprise App Catalog: Open for Business?

2011-02-03T06:00:00Z

Accenture offers insights about the benefits and the future of the enterprise app catalog.

Return on Investment in the Strategic Mobile Channel – Banking

2011-02-03T06:00:00Z

Read about research with financial institutions that uncovers a number of common elements of successful mobile programs.

Accenture Technology Vision 2011 - The Technology Waves That Are Reshaping the Business Landscape

2011-01-19T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Technology Vision takes stock of the evolving trends in IT and how Accenture thinks they will impact business and society as a whole.

Cloud in the Intelligence Community

2011-01-17T06:00:00Z

The Intelligence Community evaluates the potential of cloud computing and its benefits.

From Digital to Integrated Oilfields

2011-01-17T06:00:00Z

The oil industry has seen an evolution of digital oil fields in the last decade thanks to advances in both hardware and software that have enabled operators to extend the monitoring of assets and flows throughout their operations.

Cloud Computing Here and Now

2011-01-04T06:00:00Z

Our youngest experts explain the cloud.

Ten Leading Practices for Smart Grid Analytics

2011-01-01T06:00:00Z

As utilities move to deploy and operate smart grids, they face the prospect of making substantial investments in new technologies and devices without the certainty of either return levels or business benefits.

Customer Relationship Management for Chemicals

2010-12-06T06:00:00Z

Building leaner, more cost-effective businesses has become standard industry practice for chemical companies.

Six Questions Every Supply Chain Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-12-03T06:00:00Z

Cloud computing has the potential to help the supply chain transform itself to become more dynamic in response to market needs.

Six Questions Every Defense Logistician Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-12-03T06:00:00Z

Cloud computing has the potential to help the supply chain transform itself to become more dynamic in response to market needs.

Mind the Gap: Insights from Accenture’s Third Global IT Performance Research Study

2010-11-26T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s latest High Performance IT Research shows a widening gap between high-performing IT organizations and those that struggle to improve IT’s role in creating enterprise value.

Getting Direct about Direct: Harnessing Web 2.0 Creates a Greater Path to Profitability for Insurers

2010-11-24T06:00:00Z

Now more than ever insurers are looking for new ways to improve customer acquisition and retention.

Six Questions for Consumer Goods Executives to Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-11-22T06:00:00Z

For consumer goods and services executives wanting to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their businesses, asking the right questions is a good place to start.

Six Questions Every Utility Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-11-17T06:00:00Z

An introduction to cloud computing in utilities

Cloud Rise: Rewards and Risks at the Dawn of Cloud Computing

2010-11-10T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Institute for High Performance (with the help in China of the Chinese Institute of Electronics) surveyed business leaders from 669 large organizations in nine countries and more than 20 industries.

The Environmental Benefits of Moving to the Cloud

2010-11-04T05:00:00Z

Businesses that choose to run applications in the cloud can reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by 30 percent or more versus running those same applications on their own IT infrastructure.

Accenture SAP Leadership Council 2011

2010-11-01T05:00:00Z

February 13 – 16, 2011
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
Miami

Pushing the boundaries:
Exploring new routes to high performance–inside and beyond the enterprise

Accenture Ranked as a Leader in Independent Research Report on IT Consolidation

2010-10-27T05:00:00Z

The Forrester Wave™: IT Consolidation Consultancies, Q4 2010 report profiles eight external service providers and includes a profile of each provider and its capabilities in the area of IT consolidation.

Six Questions Every Executive in Infrastructure & Transportation Services Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-10-20T05:00:00Z

Infrastructure and Transportation Services (I&TS) executives need to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their business.

Using Cloud Computing to Help Drive Future High Performance in the Insurance Industry

2010-10-19T05:00:00Z

Cloud computing offers insurers benefits way beyond cost-cutting, and can help enable high performance.

Accenture: Ten Steps toward High-Performance IT

2010-10-19T05:00:00Z

Over the past decade, Accenture has simplified and consolidated its IT systems—generating a 300 return on investment and a stronger IT capability.

Information Management in Policing: Improving Efficiency and Performance

2010-10-19T05:00:00Z

Accenture discusses Information Management in Policing and how an effective framework can deliver performance and efficiency benefits across the organization.

Financial Services: Technology—Rebuilding Confidence with Robust Cyber Security Strategies

2010-10-14T05:00:00Z

For financial services companies, digital channels hold the promise of growth and offer a way to rebuild consumer trust in the wake of the 2008 recession.

Accenture Technology R&D: Web Services - Micro Services

2010-10-13T05:00:00Z

Accenture researchers also envision a person-to-person, micro-service market emerging, where people can call on other people for assistance with everything from personal security to elder care-services that currently have a high cost associated with them, but could be delivered affordably through Web services.

The Analytics Advantage

2010-10-01T05:00:00Z

BPO Analytics builds on the extensive and high-quality data generated as part of a BPO relationship, enabling companies to achieve higher levels of analytical sophistication.

Cloud Computing: Where is the Rain?

2010-10-01T05:00:00Z

Cloud computing makes traditional IT faster, better and cheaper—and it has the potential to change both the business and IT landscapes in fundamental ways.

The Coming of the Cloud Corporation

2010-10-01T05:00:00Z

Cloud computing is unleashing innovation among existing and new players in a way that underscores the continued importance of outsourcing providers.

Six Questions Every Automotive Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-09-24T05:00:00Z

Executives in the automotive industry need to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their business. Asking the right questions is the place to start.

Six Questions Every Industrial Equipment Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-09-24T05:00:00Z

Industrial equipment executives need to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their business. Asking the right questions is the place to start.

Safer Route to Cloud Computing -- Summary

2010-09-24T05:00:00Z

Many organizations are interested in the benefits of cloud computing, which include reduced costs, greater flexibility and better performance.

Can Enterprise IT Survive the Meteor of Consumer Technology?

2010-09-22T05:00:00Z

Today’s employees are increasingly abandoning enterprise IT—both hardware and software—in favor of consumer technologies that promise greater freedom and more fun.

Accenture and Microsoft Upstream Oil and Gas Computing Trends Survey 2010

2010-09-17T05:00:00Z

For almost a decade, Accenture and Microsoft have teamed to deliver business and technology solutions on the Microsoft platform, quickly and at scale.

Oracle OpenWorld 2010

2010-09-14T05:00:00Z

Please join Accenture at the world’s largest gathering of Oracle customers, partners and technology enthusiasts.

A New Model for Platform Rationalization in the Life Insurance Industry

2010-09-13T05:00:00Z

Platform rationalization is critical to unlocking high performance in life insurance. But rationalizing to one platform is typically not affordable, not deliverable—and not necessarily desirable.

Six Questions every Executive in the Capital Markets Industry should Ask about Cloud Computing

2010-09-01T05:00:00Z

No leader today in business or government can afford to ignore cloud computing.

Accelerating Successful Smart Grid Pilots

2010-09-01T05:00:00Z

World Economic Forum in association with Accenture

Emerging Stronger: The Relevance of the CIO in Challenging Times

2010-08-16T05:00:00Z

This detailed discussion addresses the evolving role of the CIO and outlines four areas where CIOs must focus to make IT an integral part of a high-performance government:

Changing the Game: Unlocking the Power of Your Customer Database through Display Advertising

2010-08-05T05:00:00Z

Those companies who move first and use banners to drive new levels of personalization and conversion will win the battle for customer relevance.

What Enterprises Need to Know: Four Key Questions to Ask about HTML5

2010-08-03T05:00:00Z

As the Web develops into a significant platform for inter-connected business, the way that enterprise software is developed will change.

The Forrester Wave: Information Security and Risk Consulting Services, Q3 2010

2010-08-02T05:00:00Z

Learn more from the Forrester Research report about how Accenture is a market leader in information security and risk consulting.

Countering Today's Cyber Threats

2010-08-01T05:00:00Z

New and escalating information security threats have made cyber risk management a management priority requiring attention at the highest levels of the enterprise.

Achieving High Performance in Capital Projects

2010-07-30T05:00:00Z

Securing India’s Future through Infrastructure Development

The Next Wave of Service-Oriented Architecture

2010-07-29T05:00:00Z

The next wave of service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the basis for mission success by improving operations and business systems while responding to warfighter demands.

Six Questions Every Executive in the Energy Industry Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-07-19T05:00:00Z

To help energy industry decision makers make the right cloud computing choices, the Accenture Institute for High Performance developed six questions that energy companies should ask about this still-new phenomenon.

IT Simplification for Banking

2010-07-11T05:00:00Z

As economic conditions improve, banks are focusing on simplifying the business to improve flexibility, rebuild profitability and achieve growth. This simplification necessarily includes IT and, of course, legacy systems. CIOs play a critical role in this process. By leveraging tools, technology and resources, banks can dramatically simplify IT infrastructure.

Accenture Helps European Public Service Agency Achieve High Performance with Security Management

2010-07-01T05:00:00Z

The client, a European public service agency, engaged Accenture to help it comply with IT security management regulations across its organization.

Extracting Maximum Value from SAP Solutions for Manufacturers

2010-06-16T05:00:00Z

Accenture's ongoing research into the characteristics of high-performance businesses reveals that top companies regard information technology (IT) as a source of both operational excellence and competitive advantage.

The Point: Sitting on Top of the World Podcast

2010-06-15T05:00:00Z

Competitive and cost advantages of cloud computing for banks

Agile IT: Reinventing the Enterprise

2010-06-15T05:00:00Z

An open technology and business environment, enabled by cloud computing and new outsourcing models, is creating a radically new approach to the delivery of business services and processes—and with it, a new, more flexible operating platform.

Mounting a Security Offensive Against the Cyber Rogues

2010-06-14T05:00:00Z

Organizations of all types are increasingly using the Internet and other networks outside of the corporate firewall to provide open, distributed computing.

Capture More Business Value Faster from Your SAP Investments

2010-06-04T05:00:00Z

Part of the Systems Integration Consulting podcast series

Six Questions Every Health Industry Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-06-02T05:00:00Z

Health industry executives need to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their organizations. Asking the right questions is the place to start.

Mobilizing the World of Work

2010-06-01T05:00:00Z

The mobile broadband sector is driving yet another sweeping transformation of the telecommunications industry, says AT&T Mobility executive Ralph de la Vega. And the current changes are “just the tip of the spear.”

IT 2015

2010-06-01T05:00:00Z

IT’s future will be determined by the imminent collision of assumptions about operating systems, networks and mobility.

Tableta Rasa: A New Era of Profitability for the Newspaper Industry in Digital Content?

2010-05-25T05:00:00Z

Accenture explores the implications of tablet computers (or iPads) on the newspaper industry’s reading experiences and business models.

Turning From the Past to Create the Future: Property and Casualty Underwriting

2010-05-24T05:00:00Z

It is not a stretch to say that fluctuations of every sort ultimately affect the fate of insurers: changes in economies and in government regulations, weather related catastrophes and the new breed of business-related catastrophes.

Six Questions Every Retail Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-05-20T05:00:00Z

Retail executives need to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their business. Asking the right questions is the place to start.

Insurance: Modernize Policy Administration Says Research

2010-05-18T05:00:00Z

As property and casualty (P&C) insurers look to achieve profitable growth in a vastly different business and customer landscape, their legacy policy administration systems are a major hurdle.

Sourcing and Procurement in the Cloud

2010-05-18T05:00:00Z

Accenture’s Kris Timmermans talks about the impact of cloud computing on supply chain and procurement processes.

The Point: Maximizing IT Coming Out of the Downturn Podcast

2010-05-15T05:00:00Z

A framework for high performance application outsourcing

Social Networks: Enabling the Market of Me

2010-05-10T05:00:00Z

Social networking sites are extremely valuable to marketers—not so much in themselves but for the detailed information they can provide.

Journey to a Smarter Grid—Networks for High Performance in Utilities

2010-05-06T05:00:00Z

The evolution of smart grid initiatives is ushering in a new era of energy generation, transmission, distribution and customer interaction.

China’s Pragmatic Path to Cloud Computing

2010-05-04T05:00:00Z

Cloud computing is coming to China.

Expanding Network Capacity at Less Cost: The Future of Network Outsourcing

2010-05-01T05:00:00Z

Network executives are under pressure to increase capacity to meet the growing demand for data services, even as their companies struggle to reduce costs in light of continued economic uncertainty.

Six Questions Government Executives Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-04-20T05:00:00Z

At its most basic level, cloud computing allows users—from citizens to departmental employees to IT staff—to obtain computing capabilities through the Internet, regardless of their physical location.

Bringing TV to Life: Over-the-Top TV

2010-04-08T05:00:00Z

The Web has created a new generation of television and video consumers, with expectations about freedom and flexibility from which there really is no retreat.

Infrastructure Transformation: A Holistic Approach to Achieve High Performance

2010-04-01T05:00:00Z

Despite considerable investment, most companies still lack an IT infrastructure that supports the drive to achieve high performance.

Insights into Automated Border Clearance

2010-03-25T05:00:00Z

Accenture believes the combination of multi-modal biometrics and integrated automated technologies presents a sizeable opportunity for air, land and sea ports.

Cloud Computing for Banking

2010-03-25T05:00:00Z

What does the future of cloud computing for banking look like—both in the near and long terms? Accenture sees cloud computing as an important step in the continuing industrialization of IT and thus capable of ultimately playing a key role in enabling high performance.

Future Information Management Trends: Information 2015 - Reforming the Paradigm

2010-03-12T06:00:00Z

Organizations need the right information at the right time to make accurate decisions and to optimize business processes.

Achieving High Performance in Smart Grid Data Management

2010-03-11T06:00:00Z

Accenture explains the challenges and strategic options to achieve high performance associated with smart grid data management.

Accenture and Microsoft: Oil and Gas Industry Collaboration Survey 2010

2010-03-09T06:00:00Z

For almost a decade, Accenture and Microsoft have been teaming to deliver business and technology solutions on the Microsoft platform, quickly and at scale.

Riding the Mobile Innovation Wave in Emerging Markets

2010-03-03T06:00:00Z

If communications, media and technology companies are to achieve their growth targets over the next few years, they should look to the emerging economies.

Accenture Mobility Services and GSMA: The Embedded Mobile Market Study

2010-03-01T06:00:00Z

Learn about two research studies on the embedded mobile market, assessing the market opportunity and the main barriers to its development.

A Strategic Approach to IT Cost Cutting in Higher Education

2010-03-01T06:00:00Z

With a widespread economic downturn well underway, top leadership is prioritizing cost reduction as never before—and they are looking for new solutions and proven practices.

AMI: Smart Enough? Metering Potential and Limitations for Smart Grid Design

2010-02-17T06:00:00Z

The emergence of advanced meter infrastructure (AMI), intelligent sensors and other technologies creates new opportunities to rethink traditional approaches to commercial and residential metering.

Everything Elastic: Accenture Technology Vision 2010

2010-02-11T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Technology Vision is an analysis of emerging trends and major technological changes that will have a significant business impact on Accenture and our clients in the next three to five years.

Accenture Technology Vision 2010 – Everything Elastic

2010-02-11T06:00:00Z

Revised annually, the Accenture Technology Vision is a comprehensive analysis of emerging trends and major technological changes that will have a significant business impact on Accenture and its clients in the next three to five years.

Global Research on Millennials’ Use of Technology

2010-02-10T06:00:00Z

Part of the ongoing Accenture High Performance IT research program, this survey uncovers how the Millennial generation uses technology.

Transforming Rights Management for High Performance

2010-02-10T06:00:00Z

Achieving growth through innovation: rising to the challenge of managing television content in the digital era

How to Manage Information to Achieve High Performance in Government

2010-02-08T06:00:00Z

Leading public service agencies are adopting information management practices commonly seen in top corporations.

How Secure Is Your Confidential Data?

2010-02-01T06:00:00Z

A company’s approach to data protection and privacy should be more than legally compliant. It must be a core part of both the organization’s business value proposition and its culture, as well as global in scope. Here’s how it’s done.

Industrialize and Innovate

2010-02-01T06:00:00Z

Outsourcing has succeeded because of its ability to reduce risk, drive standardization, increase productivity, and improve reliability and predictability—in other words, its ability to industrialize an ever-increasing range of business activities.

On the Edge: Do You Have Executive "Tele"presence?

2010-02-01T06:00:00Z

Videoconferencing is rapidly emerging as an important way for executives to communicate with their employees, upper management and customers. Those executives who want to significantly improve their effectiveness must understand this new medium—and master its dynamics.

Six Questions Every Executive Should Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-01-26T06:00:00Z

Business leaders need to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their business and how it can affect competition in their industry.

Mobilizing Value from Enterprise Resource Planning

2010-01-25T06:00:00Z

As businesses plan for growth while keeping costs in focus, operational efficiency is vital.

Capital Markets -- Trading Systems Development: Discipline Drives Success

2010-01-13T06:00:00Z

Take advantage of new market opportunities by developing effective and innovative trading systems.

You’re Offshoring. Now What? -- Summary

2010-01-13T06:00:00Z

Most companies are already using offshoring to reduce the costs of supporting their applications.

Telecom Asia Roundtable Discussion

2010-01-12T06:00:00Z

The Singapore government will spend SGD$1 billion over the next five years to help roll out the most far-reaching and pervasive telecommunications infrastructure to date.

Banking Technology Vision

2010-01-08T06:00:00Z

In this increasingly complex and unpredictable economic environment, banks must anticipate and adapt to shifting risks and opportunities. Capitalizing on these technology trends and influencing factors is vital to building the adaptive business capabilities that banks will require to adjust to volatility and reach new levels of performance in the coming years.

The Talent Management Technology Debate: ERP Versus Best of Breed

2009-12-22T06:00:00Z

Talent management is an important consideration for organizations investing in HCM technology.

Mastering the Challenge of REACH

2009-12-22T06:00:00Z

Since June 2007, companies in the European Union that use, produce or import more than one ton of a chemical substance per year will need to comply with the "Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals" legislation, better known as REACH.

How Global Organizations Approach the Challenge of Protecting Personal Data

2009-12-16T06:00:00Z

Companies collect valuable personal data, but often how they keep it and protect it is not adequate enough—even though security breaches can have catastrophic results.

Network Outsourcing to Drive Cost-Effective Growth

2009-12-15T06:00:00Z

Network outsourcing is a way to achieve lower-cost service delivery while supporting long-term growth.

The Accenture CIO Organization: 2009 IT Report

2009-12-13T06:00:00Z

“Innovation through Collaboration” is the theme of the Accenture CIO Organization’s 2009 Annual Report.

Networks for High Performance: The journey to smart grid communications infrastructure

2009-12-09T06:00:00Z

Smart grid initiatives are changing the generation, transmission and distribution of energy, as well as how utilities will interact with customers.

Five Priorities for IT’s Upturn Agenda

2009-11-25T06:00:00Z

When the economy fell off a cliff, companies put the brakes on non-essential spending.

When 'Carbon Neutral' Equals 'Cost Neutral' -- Summary

2009-11-17T06:00:00Z

IT has a vital role to play in helping the enterprise reduce its carbon footprint—as well as its costs of doing business.

Next-Generation Intelligent Networks

2009-11-17T06:00:00Z

The technical and business challenges facing global communications operators are formidable.

Getting Ahead of the M&A Curve to Drive High Performance

2009-11-12T06:00:00Z

Mergers remain an important source of growth for companies on the road to high performance—and yet the majority of them fail.

Mobile Expansion Rural India

2009-11-10T06:00:00Z

Driving high performance for mobile network operators in India through profitable expansion into India's rural markets

Helping India on the Journey to High Performance -- Summary

2009-11-06T06:00:00Z

India is on the march.

Safeguarding Investment to Enable High Performance in the Nuclear Industry

2009-11-06T06:00:00Z

The new age of nuclear energy is fraught with challenges of cost and complexity.

Betting on Science: Disruptive Technologies in Transport Fuels

2009-11-04T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s new research report, Betting on Science, Disruptive Technologies in Transport Fuels, identifies 12 technologies that have the potential to disrupt current supply, demand and GHG forecasts.

Smarter On-boarding: The Key to Higher Client Retention and Cross-sell

2009-11-01T05:00:00Z

These are challenging times for investment banks. Trading as a source of revenue is declining and at the same time, the buy-side is becoming more demanding and reducing broker mandates.

The New Normal: Transforming Government by Leveraging Technology

2009-10-27T05:00:00Z

With the current economic crisis, changing demographics, increasing citizen demands and a major political push towards transparency and accountability, governments at all levels are moving to a “new normal.” Governments are being forced to adapt and change to meet these challenges.

Increasing IT Capability While Cutting Costs

2009-10-23T05:00:00Z

To best position IT operations for success, CIOs must strive to find sustainable reductions in fixed IT costs.

What the Enterprise Needs to Know About Cloud Computing

2009-10-21T05:00:00Z

Cloud computing is becoming a real alternative for companies and governments looking to provide better services while reducing costs.

A New Value Proposition

2009-10-21T05:00:00Z

Over the past two decades, outsourcing has dramatically changed the way companies create and distribute value.

Transformative IT Cost Strategies for Hard Times

2009-10-18T05:00:00Z

Now the business can more easily understand the trade-offs in managing IT costs.

Survey Finds Consumers Value "Digital Home" Services

2009-10-12T05:00:00Z

The Accenture Digital Home Consumer Poll

Choosing Accenture for Oracle Solutions

2009-10-08T05:00:00Z

Find out why Accenture’s methodologies, versatility and global technical strength make it the right choice to help organizations use Oracle to achieve high performance.

Boost Business Performance, Reduce IT Cost and Enhance Business Process Flexibility through SOA - Podcast

2009-10-06T05:00:00Z

Part of the Systems Integration Consulting Podcast Series : By Rob Calloway, Accenture Executive Director-Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)

Web 2.0 in the Public Sector

2009-09-25T05:00:00Z

In this podcast, Greg Parston, director of Accenture's Institute for Health & Public Service Value, covers a range of topics and provides additional insight into the measurement and promise of Web 2.0 initiatives.

Interoperability: Enabling Public-Safety Agencies to Achieve High Performance

2009-09-23T05:00:00Z

Accenture outlines the road map for interoperability in the public and other sectors, as well as how Unified Interoperable Communications contribute to high performance.

How Star Performers Compete (and Win) with Analytics

2009-09-22T05:00:00Z

How do star performers use analytics to beat the competition?

Analytics Panel at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

2009-09-22T05:00:00Z

Accenture leads a panel discussion in conjunction with the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival to discuss how organizations are using analytics to improve their decision making.

Driving Growth and High Performance in China's Communications Industry

2009-09-20T05:00:00Z

To realize a sufficient ROI in a new broadband communications infrastructure, service providers in China's communications industry must create a next-generation operations support system.

Use IT to Reduce Business Costs -- Summary

2009-09-17T05:00:00Z

In this article, Jeanne Harris, senior executive research fellow-Accenture Institute for High Performance; Allan Alter, research fellow-Accenture Institute for High Performance; and Marshall Wells, lead-Global Strategy, Accenture Technology Consulting, explore ways in which IT can help businesses reduce the cost of doing business.

Disruptive Technology R&D

2009-09-12T05:00:00Z

Emerging trends and major technological changes that will have a significant business impact on Accenture and our clients

Carbon Capture and Storage in a Low Carbon Economy

2009-09-09T05:00:00Z

There is an urgent need to close the sizable gap between intentions and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

How to Drive Revenue Growth and High Performance from Broadband Investments

2009-09-01T05:00:00Z

Broadband network deployment is likely to be painful for many companies, and achieving adequate revenue returns will take time.

Overview of Trends in Tax Administration: Web 2.0 Around the World

2009-09-01T05:00:00Z

David Regan, global managing director of Revenue & Customs, Accenture, identifies leading practices around Web 2.0 and 2.2 technologies and how various countries are adopting them. He also gives a broad overview of the trends seen in revenue agencies around the world.

Combining Superior Resources for High Performance in Information Security

2009-08-31T05:00:00Z

Accenture leverages its leading-edge research and strategic relationships to deliver comprehensive solutions that help intelligence and defense clients securely protect and share information.

The Oracle ECM (formerly Stellent) Alliance

2009-08-28T05:00:00Z

Accenture has deep experience with Oracle ECM (formerly Stellent).

The Secure Enterprise Network Consortium for Government and Commercial Organizations

2009-08-24T05:00:00Z

Defense organizations and the intelligence community must quickly combat cyber perpetrators with trusted solutions that protect intellectual assets while keeping pace with evolving technology threats.

Security for Defense and Intelligence

2009-08-17T05:00:00Z

Increasing Capability to Protect and Share Information

Next Generation Data Centers for Intelligence

2009-08-17T05:00:00Z

A New Model for High Performance in IT

Driving High Performance: Medicaid Health Intelligence

2009-08-11T05:00:00Z

Accenture examines how new ways of looking at data can help Medicaid agencies gain a better understanding of the Medicaid environment and population.

Preparing for ICD-10 and ANSI 5010: Health Organizations

2009-08-06T05:00:00Z

The US CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) has mandated that all health organizations be compliant with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Transaction Version 5010 (ANSI v5010) by January 1, 2012, and ICD-10 (Internal Classification of Diseases) regulations by October 1, 2013.

Achieving High Performance through Implementation of Health Information

2009-08-06T05:00:00Z

Health care reform is being pushed aggressively to the top of the federal government's agenda.

Transforming Mobile Handset Testing

2009-07-24T05:00:00Z

Mobile devices are no longer simply seen as “talk and text” enablers. Mobile technology has evolved to provide entertainment, financial services and enterprise mobility.

Making Tough Information Security Spending Decisions in Financial Services

2009-07-23T05:00:00Z

For financial services companies, the current economic crisis has increased the pressure to secure their IT systems—but within severe budget constraints.

Always On, Always Connected: Continuous Healthcare

2009-07-21T05:00:00Z

In this article, Accenture outlines the emerging model of continuous health care.

Carbon Connections: Quantifying Mobile’s Role in Tackling Climate Change

2009-07-20T05:00:00Z

This report, jointly authored by Accenture and Vodacom, was prompted by the need to rise to the challenge of climate change. It identifies the ways in which mobile technologies, in particular, can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Here Comes Everything: Bringing Networking to Everyday Devices

2009-07-16T05:00:00Z

Companies are about to make networking a commonplace feature of the objects and devices we use every day.

Accenture Partners with World Economic Forum on Thought-Provoking Smart Grid Point of View

2009-07-15T05:00:00Z

Smart grid white paper developed by the World Economic Forum in partnership with Accenture

Technology in Turbulent Times: How CIOs Can Increase IT Capability while Cutting Costs

2009-07-13T05:00:00Z

Reducing IT costs while improving IT capabilities may appear to be a paradox.

Foundations First: How Master Data Management Helps Executives Get the Right Information

2009-06-26T05:00:00Z

Ever experienced the frustration of searching for information you know you have but cannot find? Perhaps your data is in too many places.

Accenture Life Insurance Platform Rated Positive in Gartner's MarketScope

2009-06-24T05:00:00Z

The Accenture Life Insurance Platform has received a “Positive” rating, in Gartner’s MarketScope for North American Life Insurance Policy Administration Vendors, published June 24, 2009.

Next Generation Workplace

2009-06-15T05:00:00Z

Today’s workers operate from wherever they find themselves, whenever the work demands. Technology plays a key role in enabling this flexible approach, furnishing the agility needed to achieve high performance in the rapidly changing markets of the always-on global business environment.

Open Source Podcast: Increase Flexibility at a Faster Pace and Lower Cost

2009-06-11T05:00:00Z

Part of the Systems Integration Consulting Podcast Series: by Tony Roby, Accenture Executive Director-Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Technology Architecture

Technology in Turbulent Times: Creating an IT Updraft

2009-06-10T05:00:00Z

To respond to the downturn, companies are cutting costs across the board—including IT costs.

Meeting the Mandate for Global IT

2009-06-06T05:00:00Z

Creating a fully global IT operating model presents a range of opportunities to support the business—opportunities that can be grouped in two main categories.

Managing the Risk of Technology Innovation

2009-06-04T05:00:00Z

Technology innovation holds the key to improved business performance—but it also exposes both companies and governments to increased risk and complexity.

Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools for the Next Generation of Public Service -- Summary

2009-05-28T05:00:00Z

Driving high performance through more engaging, accountable and citizen-focused service

Television: Entering the Era of Mass Fragmentation

2009-05-26T05:00:00Z

As video content companies battle for revenues amid the accelerating migration to digital, they face an ever-intensifying need to respond to changing consumption habits.

Not Just Blue-Sky Thinking: Cloud Computing and the Digital Supply Chain

2009-05-22T05:00:00Z

Accenture's work with first-generation digital supply chain solutions shows great promise for cloud computing to move broadcast, studio and entertainment companies to the next generation of value.

The Point: Core Systems Replacement

2009-05-21T05:00:00Z

Why now may be the right time for financial services companies to act

The Power Within: How Human Capital Management Helps Organizations Achieve High Performance

2009-05-18T05:00:00Z

To overcome challenges of globalization and economic volatility, Accenture believes that organizations must take steps to unleash the talent of their existing workforces.

Application Development and Maintenance: Costs and Complexity of Managing Suppliers

2009-05-08T05:00:00Z

Everest Research Institute White Paper, 2009

Accenture Technology Services for Customer Relationship Management

2009-05-03T05:00:00Z

We help organizations improve the way they market, sell to and service their customers.

Resolving Intelligent Network Interoperability Challenges

2009-04-17T05:00:00Z

As Power and IT industries work towards a smart grid, modern utility intelligent networks (UINs) can help utilities overcome their smart grid challenges.

Sustainable IT Cost Reduction -- Summary

2009-04-17T05:00:00Z

Current economic uncertainty has major implications for companies' efforts to achieve and sustain high performance.

Achieving Business Value Faster with Software as a Service Podcast

2009-04-15T05:00:00Z

Part of the Systems Integration Consulting Podcast Series: Saideep Raj, Accenture Managing Director - SaaS Group

The Future of Cardholder Verification: Biometrics Key to Security and High Performance

2009-04-14T05:00:00Z

Biometrics can help both companies and governments secure data to enable a host of joined-up, or integrated, services.

The Future of Cardholder Verification: Biometrics Key to Security and High Performance

2009-04-14T05:00:00Z

Biometrics can help both companies and governments secure data to enable a host of joined-up, or integrated, services.

High Performance Through IT in China 2009

2009-04-06T05:00:00Z

As part of the ongoing Accenture High Performance Business research initiative, Accenture investigated the current role of IT in the Chinese economy.

Biofuels Study, Part Two: Biofuels' Time of Transition

2009-03-25T05:00:00Z

In spite of practical and political challenges, biofuels are gaining global momentum as a renewable and sustainable transportation fuel.

Claims Information Management

2009-03-17T05:00:00Z

Build more customer-centric and competitive claims processing.

Capture the Next-Generation Customer with Information Management

2009-03-16T05:00:00Z

Many communications, entertainment and high-tech companies have lost sight of what customers want.

2008/2009 Accenture US Consumer Technology Research Findings

2009-03-11T05:00:00Z

Accenture has been conducting in-depth research on usage patterns of various consumer technology products and services among US consumers—comparing results from 2008-09 to those in 2007-08.

Accenture Innovation Center for Open Source

2009-03-10T05:00:00Z

Open source software (OSS) represents a significant shift in traditional enterprise IT.

Behind the Screens: Keys to High Performance in a Convergent World

2009-03-08T06:00:00Z

New-product development in the communications, media and technology industries is still essential, even in a challenging economy.

Portals Must Evolve for Web 2.0 Consumers

2009-02-24T06:00:00Z

Today's 'Web 2.0' websites, like Netflix, Facebook and YouTube, are intensely user determined.

Surviving the Sea Change with Information Management

2009-02-20T06:00:00Z

As organizations brave the stormy seas of economic change, their information assets can be critical to survival.

The Long and Short of IT: IT Strategies for Insurers

2009-02-04T06:00:00Z

This short article by Accenture directors Michael Costonis and Michele Martin discusses the merits of continuing to invest the right amount in IT, even during an economic downturn.

New, Easy, Connected!

2009-02-03T06:00:00Z

Why Customer-Centric Convergence Is the Path toward High Performance

Accenture Telecom Expense Management

2009-01-30T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s High Performance Business Research indicates organizations that typically outperform their peers demonstrate a mastery of finance and accounting processes.

The New CIO Agenda: Supporting High Performance in a Changing Energy Industry

2009-01-26T06:00:00Z

IT executives in the energy industry need to develop plans for delivering technological innovations, more IT-enabled business processes and high-value information.

This Time, It's Personal... and Mobile

2009-01-22T06:00:00Z

Company-issued mobile devices must support Web access, which means they are still not protected from viruses, hackers, phishing and all the perils and vices of the Internet.

Does Your Company Have an IT Generation Gap?

2009-01-22T06:00:00Z

New research from Accenture into how young people think about and work with information technology clearly shows how blurred the boundary between business and personal use of technology tools has already become.

The Point: The Path to Success in Application Outsourcing

2009-01-06T06:00:00Z

Doing the right things right in IT

Operational Excellence: The New Force Driving High Performance Through Outsourcing

2008-12-18T06:00:00Z

Today's multinational companies are increasingly relying on a broad range of outsourcing options to drive efficiencies and greater business value.

The Future of Broadcasting: Sustaining Shareholder Value and High Performance in a Changing Industry

2008-12-15T06:00:00Z

In an Accenture "one-two" punch, a comprehensive global research study into consumption of broadcast media is followed up with an in-depth shareholder value analysis of the broadcast industry.

Premium Technology Services Are Growing and Enhancing Customer Relationships

2008-12-10T06:00:00Z

Consumers are grappling with the complexity that accompanies the evolution of digital products.

Clinical Trial Management: Enabling Operational Efficiency

2008-12-09T06:00:00Z

Read more about Accenture’s view of macro and micro trends in the biopharmaceutical industry and how these will help drive faster technology adoption.

Converged Customer Management

2008-11-17T06:00:00Z

Leveraging Customer Data to Achieve High Performance

Consumer Power in a Networked World

2008-11-07T06:00:00Z

A growing number of consumers in both developed and developing countries don't need to be convinced about the importance of a networked, digital world.

Automation & Industrial Solutions

2008-10-27T05:00:00Z

Accenture Automation and Industrial Solutions help companies achieve high performance by enabling plant-to-business integration.

Driving IT Value in a Multisourced Environment

2008-10-08T05:00:00Z

Multisourcing—the use of multiple outsourcing providers—has become the de facto standard for IT outsourcing, but it does create a complex environment.

Navigating Information Management: A Strategy for High Performance

2008-10-07T05:00:00Z

Organizations are struggling with a sea of information that can be hard to navigate.

High Performance IT 2008: There’s No Substitute for Substitution

2008-10-07T05:00:00Z

Accenture surveyed 260 chief information officers to better understand the impact of IT innovation and IT execution on high performance IT.

Paul Daugherty Profile: Innovation as a Task - CIO Magazine -- Summary

2008-10-07T05:00:00Z

Hotze Zijlstra, Chief Editor:CIO Magazine (Dutch edition), profiles Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology Architect-Accenture.

Mission Resilience: The New Imperative for High Performance in Public Service

2008-10-02T05:00:00Z

Public service agencies must move beyond traditional approaches to risk management by becoming “mission resilient.”

A Smart Start to Strong Enterprise Resource Planning Requests for Proposals

2008-08-26T05:00:00Z

The procurement process for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can be long and complicated—involving a cross-functional team that represents business owners, technical experts and procurement and legal specialists.

Accenture CIO Survey: Information Management Trends for Spain

2008-07-23T05:00:00Z

Spanish CIOs tell us that they would like to develop an enterprise-wide information management strategy.

Mapping the Route to Business Transformation through IT Outsourcing -- Summary

2008-07-14T05:00:00Z

Many organizations fail to leverage their IT investments to gain competitive advantage.

Achieving High Performance in Communications Technology

2008-07-13T05:00:00Z

Learn More About How Fortune 500 Companies Nokia & Cisco Achieve High Performance

Delivering High Performance: Using Enterprise Systems to Create Distinctive Capabilities

2008-06-20T05:00:00Z

There’s no longer any real argument about whether enterprise systems add value.

It’s Never Too Late to Profit from Enterprise Systems

2008-06-17T05:00:00Z

High-performance enterprise systems, the behemoth software programs that connect all of a company’s functions, promise to make business operations not just smoother but smarter. But after all the expense and effort to install these massive programs, many companies find they aren’t getting enough return on their investment.

Modern Industrialization: Re-defining IT Infrastructure in a Multi-polar World -- Summary

2008-06-11T05:00:00Z

Today, IT infrastructure is industrializing in much the same way that manufacturing did in the Twentieth Century.

Change Drivers, Strategic Responses and the Role of IT in Freight and Logistics Companies

2008-05-30T05:00:00Z

High-performance freight and logistics companies are differentiating themselves by building specialized offerings for their customers.

Managing the Digital Home

2008-05-28T05:00:00Z

Consumers Need Help, and High-Performance Service
Providers Must Be Ready to Meet that Need
by Larry Socher

How Governments Are Using Analytics to Improve Service and Efficiency

2008-05-27T05:00:00Z

Accenture research suggests that many top government agencies can be classed as high performers—on a par with commercial businesses such as Procter & Gamble or General Electric.

The Major Trends that will Shape IT

2008-05-22T05:00:00Z

Researchers at Accenture Technology Labs recently conducted a rigorous and fact-based analysis of more than 150 technologies to understand and quantify the major trends that will shape information technology during the next decade.

Public Service Business Intelligence Services and Solutions

2008-05-16T05:00:00Z

Accenture helps public service organizations use business intelligence (BI) and data analytics to improve service and efficiency among constituents.

Computing in the Clouds

2008-05-15T05:00:00Z

The cloud computing paradigm promises sourcing flexibility, variable IT costs and improved data security.

Getting to Know You: Analytics for High Performance

2008-05-13T05:00:00Z

Leading organizations are getting to know their customers better through the smart use of analytics.

Optimizing Your Applications Portfolio to Achieve High Performance -- Summary

2008-05-12T05:00:00Z

Organizations can achieve savings and business results by industrializing their applications development and maintenance, and then optimizing these applications.

Open for Business: The Role of Open Architecture in Driving High performance for Software Developers and Device Manufacturers

2008-05-08T05:00:00Z

Several key marketplace, consumer, business and technology trends are converging today that favor more advanced open development architectures and capabilities.

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Strategy Book

2008-05-08T05:00:00Z

The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) may be found on many a chief information officer’s bookcase, as the indispensable theory and practice that underpins IT’s role as an enabler of high performance for businesses and governments.

In Search of Answers: Enterprise Search and the High-Performance Business

2008-05-08T05:00:00Z

Just a decade ago, Google was a startup company based on a compelling idea: easy, query-based access to information on the Internet.

Analytics: See the Opportunity — But Don't Ignore the Pitfalls

2008-05-07T05:00:00Z

Picture the scene.

The Information Future of the Corporate Board

2008-04-25T05:00:00Z

The Information Future of the Corporate Board
By Joshua B.Bellin and Robert J Thomas

Accenture Consumer Broadcast Survey 2008: Television in Transition

2008-04-23T05:00:00Z

Evolving consumption habits in broadcast media worldwide

Accenture Upstream Production Solutions

2008-04-21T05:00:00Z

Today’s upstream energy companies are under pressure to gain access to resources and extract more from existing ones, and to do so with ever-greater operational reliability and efficiency.

Event Monitoring

2008-04-09T05:00:00Z

Accenture draws on its extensive experience with business intelligence and metrics management to offer Event Monitoring solutions—allowing executives and managers to monitor and adjust business events in near real-time, enabling them to make more timely and proactive business decisions.

The Accenture Enterprise Metrics Management Solution

2008-04-09T05:00:00Z

For companies in any industry, the journey to high performance is a blind trek if they cannot tell how fast they are moving or how far they have traveled.

30/30 Vision: A Preview of Technology in 2038 -- Summary

2008-04-07T05:00:00Z

30/30 Vision: A Preview of Technology in 2038 Don Rippert, Accenture CTO 2008 Global Convergence Forum

Accenture Global Content Study 2008: The Challenge of Change – Media & Entertainment Industry

2008-04-03T05:00:00Z

Perspectives on the future for content providers

Industrialize Your Applications Delivery to Achieve High Performance

2008-04-02T05:00:00Z

Accenture's experience shows that businesses can achieve savings and results—beyond those associated with labor arbitrage—when they industrialize their application development and maintenance processes.

In Sports or in Business, Analytics for the Win

2008-03-25T05:00:00Z

When France lost soccer's 2006 World Cup to Italy, many fans blamed French superstar Zidane, red-carded off the pitch for head-butting an Italian player.

Green IT: Beyond the Data Center

2008-03-20T05:00:00Z

CIOs are under pressure to demonstrate IT’s contribution to the organization’s green agenda.

Achieving High Performance in Media and Entertainment via Application Outsourcing

2008-03-20T05:00:00Z

In an evolving market where new digital distribution channels launch daily, entertainment companies must digitalize production and distribution infrastructure to streamline operations and cut costs.

Accenture CIO Survey: Information Management Trends in Business Intelligence

2008-03-12T05:00:00Z

IT leaders seek to make business intelligence (BI) a critical tool for competitive differentiation and responsiveness within three years.

ITIL 3: Making the CIO Non-Optional

2008-02-13T06:00:00Z

ITIL has emerged over the past few decades as the premier framework for IT service management in both the public and private sectors.

Claims Masters – IT Transforming the Claims Business

2008-02-13T06:00:00Z

Achieving top-flight claims performance requires a high level of IT/business alignment to deliver high-tech, high-touch service in the customer’s hour of need.

Optimizing the IT Investment Portfolio

2008-02-12T06:00:00Z

Organizations need to manage their IT investments and apply IT resources in a way that delivers the greatest business value.

Accenture CIO Survey: Information Management Trends in Data Management and Architecture

2008-01-28T06:00:00Z

In 2007, Accenture undertook a global survey of 162 chief information officers in North America and Europe in a wide range of industries.

Accenture CIO Survey: Information Management Trends in Portals and Content Management

2008-01-23T06:00:00Z

An easy interface provides employees, partners and customers with the right information at the right time.

IT Disaster: It's Not a Matter of If—It's a Matter of When

2008-01-15T06:00:00Z

Complacency, complexity and strained legacy systems are conspiring to raise the risk of an unexpected IT disaster to alarming levels.

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3

2008-01-15T06:00:00Z

Over the last 20 years, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has emerged as the leading framework for managing IT in the public and private sectors worldwide.

Business Process-centric IT: Aligning Business and Technology

2008-01-09T06:00:00Z

Process-centric IT uncouples business processes from technology to give organizations the flexibility they need to create new business processes rapidly.

Information Management in the Insurance Industry

2007-12-06T06:00:00Z

Organizations in any industry need top-class information management to provide visibility across the enterprise.

Mastering Data Makes the Difference in Consumer Goods

2007-12-05T06:00:00Z

A manufacturer corrected a weight error on one item and saved US$2.2 million in annual transportation costs. Imagine the potential in your organization.

Application Testing Services: Are Yours Making the Grade?

2007-10-23T05:00:00Z

Competitive pressures have made technology a critical resource and put a premium on speed to market.

The Point: On the Madness of Crowds

2007-10-18T05:00:00Z

Why information management is vital to high performance in financial services

Three Keys to Effective Service-oriented Architecture Governance

2007-10-12T05:00:00Z

Many organizations find their adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) slowed by questions about who owns the business services—and who controls them.

Eight Trends that Are Redefining IT

2007-09-15T05:00:00Z

Converging IT trends are creating a new technology ecosystem that will address concerns ranging from hardware, applications and infrastructure to systems development.

Accenture CIO Survey: Information Management Trends for France

2007-09-12T05:00:00Z

CIOs in France believe that investing in an enterprise-wide information management strategy is critical to "stay in the game" and achieve growth and competitive differentiation.

China: Information Management Trends - CIO Survey

2007-08-09T05:00:00Z

Accenture research into enterprise the systems strategies of 125 large state-owned, private, domestic and multinational organizations operating in China shows that gaps in enterprise software strategies may prevent Chinese enterprises from building competitive advantage.

Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (Podcast)

2007-08-09T05:00:00Z

It is becoming clear that if business process management (BPM) is implemented as part of service-oriented architecture (SOA), the business and IT benefits can be substantial.

Information Management Trends: Accenture CIO Survey

2007-08-09T05:00:00Z

CIOs have set their sights on adopting an enterprise-wide information management strategy within three years to differentiate their organizations and seek high performance, according to Accenture's latest research.

Biofuels Study, Part One: Irrational Exuberance?

2007-08-03T05:00:00Z

A global industry is emerging around the production, processing and distribution of biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel).

Podcast: Information Security—the Complexity Issue

2007-08-01T05:00:00Z

Accenture’s managing director of its Global Security group, Alastair MacWillson, explains that the sophistication of IT security breeches is increasing all the time.

Accenture Technology R&D: A Web 2.0 Primer

2007-07-23T05:00:00Z

The component technologies of Web 2.0 (an umbrella term) are new, innovative, largely untried and perhaps slightly scary.

Accenture Technology R&D: A Web 2.0 Primer

2007-07-23T05:00:00Z

The component technologies of Web 2.0 (an umbrella term) are new, innovative, largely untried and perhaps slightly scary. Nonetheless, Accenture believes that Web 2.0 will be embraced by those businesses seeking to achieve high performance

How Consumer Goods Companies Compete on Analytics to Achieve High Performance

2007-07-11T05:00:00Z

Leading consumer goods companies are finding ways to use sophisticated analytics to be more competitive.

The Point: Taking IT from the Top

2007-06-22T05:00:00Z

How IT Investment Portfolio Management Can Drive High Performance

Identity Management in the Department of Motor Vehicles

2007-06-14T05:00:00Z

In the United States, the state-issued driver's license has become the nation's most ubiquitous identity credential.

Accelerating Business Transformation through SOA—A Guide for Chinese Executives in the Private and Public Sectors

2007-06-14T05:00:00Z

Accenture research investigates the current state of service-oriented architecture at Chinese organizations.

New Growth from Enterprise Systems for the Consumer Goods and Services

2007-06-11T05:00:00Z

New research by the Accenture Institute for High Performance shows that companies in the consumer packaged goods and retail industries recognize the potential of enterprise systems to create distinctive capabilities to enable high performance.

Top Six Wireless Carrier Handset Inventory Comparison: First Quarter 2007

2007-06-08T05:00:00Z

This quarterly study aims to quantify and benchmark relative performance among the largest US wireless carriers in respect to handset inventory management.

Canadian Satellite Radio: Application Outsourcing -- Summary

2007-06-08T05:00:00Z

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. operates as XM Canada™ through its subsidiary, Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. (CSR).

Service-Oriented Architecture for Revenue Organizations

2007-06-04T05:00:00Z

SOA can help revenue agencies by enabling innovative capabilities to improve customer service.

The Point: Final Exam

2007-05-21T05:00:00Z

Is Application Testing in Financial Services Making the Grade?

Managing a Multi-model Improvement Effort to Achieve High Performance -- Summary

2007-05-16T05:00:00Z

More and more companies are finding that they need to integrate more than one industry standard to achieve high performance.

Choosing the Right Improvement Frameworks to Achieve High Performance -- Summary

2007-05-16T05:00:00Z

Implementing the right delivery excellence programs is an important step in the journey to high performance in every major industry and geography.

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3: ITIL Service Strategy Book

2007-05-01T05:00:00Z

Service Strategy forms part of the long-awaited new version of the ITIL Service Management Practices series.

Key Stages of the Service-oriented Architecture Journey

2007-04-10T05:00:00Z

Service-oriented architecture has a critical role to play in helping enterprises align their IT more effectively with their business goals, and thus in their ability to achieve high performance. Accenture outlines a four-phase approach to help implement service-oriented architecture successfully.

Succeeding in the Services-based Evolution

2007-04-10T05:00:00Z

Service-oriented architecture allows CIOs to take full advantage of the potential of IT to enable high performance across organizations. To this end, Accenture outlines 10 challenges that CIOs should address in order to implement service-oriented architecture comprehensively and successfully.

Legacy Systems Solutions: Legacy Modernization - Accenture

2007-04-06T05:00:00Z

Health care insurance customers are demanding flexibility in services and products, and they want more choices with higher quality and lower costs.

Health Care's Digital Transformation: The Critical Role of the Clinician

2007-04-05T05:00:00Z

Global momentum is quickly building for the widespread adoption of electronic health records and related information technology to improve health care quality, safety and operating efficiencies.

Electronic Health Records EHRs: Clinical Information Systems - Accenture

2007-04-03T05:00:00Z

Industry, government and health care providers are all clamoring for electronic health records (EHRs)—so much so that the advent of EHRs appears to be only a matter of time.

Avoiding Pitfalls in Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems

2007-04-03T05:00:00Z

A recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association challenges the assumption that computerized physician order entry systems reduce medication errors.

Workforce of One: Confronting Organizational Challenge

2007-02-28T06:00:00Z

By Susan Cantrell, Susan Miele and Nicole Di Paolo Foster

IT Investment: Performance and Priorities in South East Asia's Major Economies

2007-02-27T06:00:00Z

New research from Accenture shows that South East Asian chief information officers are moving into the boardroom as the role of information technology in helping companies achieve high performance is recognized.

Accenture Global Communications Accelerator

2007-02-26T06:00:00Z

Accenture Global Communications Accelerator is a collaboration toolset, developed by Accenture Technology Labs in conjunction with our India Delivery Center.

Event Monitoring Enables Fast and Well-Informed Decisions

2007-02-22T06:00:00Z

Much of the information organizations use to make operational decisions comes piecemeal or too late.

Service-oriented Architecture: How to Get Started on the Journey to High Performance (Podcast)

2007-02-21T06:00:00Z

Accenture's Paul Daugherty explains how to profit from the experience of high performers.

The Point: Untangling the Web

2007-02-16T06:00:00Z

Reducing IT Diversity and Complexity for High Performance

The Point: Untangling the Web

2007-02-16T06:00:00Z

Reducing IT Diversity and Complexity for High Performance

The Architecture of Business Intelligence -- Summary

2007-02-12T06:00:00Z

Before companies can use data as a source of competitive advantage and an enabler of high performance, they must construct a robust business intelligence architecture.

Intelligent Device Architecture

2007-02-06T06:00:00Z

Delivering the Rapid Development of Future-proofed, Sensor-based Business Solutions

Using Enterprise Systems to Gain Uncommon Competitive Advantage

2007-01-15T06:00:00Z

There's no longer any real argument about whether enterprise systems add value. The eye-opener now is just how far those systems can catapult companies ahead of their competitors.

Embedding Change Management into Your Service-Oriented Architecture Development Strategy

2007-01-10T06:00:00Z

A major shift in information systems and business solutions development is now under way: a move from application-centric to services-centric computing, also known as service-oriented architecture.

The Point: New Name of the Game

2006-12-19T06:00:00Z

The Growing Emphasis on Quality in Financial Services IT Outsourcing

Service-oriented Architecture’s Impact in the Banking Industry (Podcast)

2006-11-30T06:00:00Z

CIO Magazine talks to Accenture’s Jim Adamczyk about the impact of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in the banking industry.

Achieving "360-Degree Insight" with Integrated Business Intelligence

2006-09-20T05:00:00Z

To make the best decisions, you need the best information.

New Growth from Enterprise Systems: Achieving High Performance through Distinctive Capabilities

2006-08-04T05:00:00Z

New Accenture research shows us, clearly and unequivocally, that successful enterprise systems implementations drive corporate financial performance.

In Pursuit of High Performance: Defining High-Performance Information Technology

2006-08-03T05:00:00Z

In surveys across a spectrum of business categories, Accenture researchers found increasing evidence that a policy of high-level integration of the information technology functions across an enterprise is becoming a crucial contributor to achieving high performance.

Accenture SAP for Industrial Manufacturing

2006-06-06T05:00:00Z

The industrial manufacturing industry confronts multiple challenges, but it is how they respond to these challenges that separates the high-performance businesses from their competitors.

Supporting Operational Agility Through A New Generation of Learning Technologies

2006-05-09T05:00:00Z

As the pace of change increases, many organizations in both the public and private sectors have recognized an urgent need to achieve greater operational agility.

Embedded Software: Industrializing for High Performance

2006-05-02T05:00:00Z

In our work with leading global electronics and high tech companies, we've seen firsthand the challenges that organizations face in creating embedded software.

Mobile Valet: Creating a Remote Control for the World

2006-05-01T05:00:00Z

Already, there are almost 400 million mobile phone users, with the number projected to reach over one billion by 2005.

Perfecting a Disruptor: The Reinvention of Software as a Service

2006-04-27T05:00:00Z

Enterprise software stands at the verge of a tumultuous time.

Multi-User Display Walls: Lessons Learned

2006-04-22T05:00:00Z

As pixels continue to get cheaper, computer displays tend toward larger sizes, and crop up in new environments.

Publications: Context-Sensitive eCommerce

2006-04-01T06:00:00Z

Physical commerce has existed for thousands of years.

Application Outsourcing

2006-03-17T06:00:00Z

Accenture delivers innovative application outsourcing solutions that can help your business achieve high performance.

Measuring the Value of Human Capital Investments: The SAP Case

2006-02-28T06:00:00Z

Executives rarely know whether company spending on human capital is financially justifiable.

The Persuasive Mirror

2006-02-28T06:00:00Z

The Persuasive Mirror is an example of computerized persuasion.

High-Performance IT: Research Results from China

2006-02-21T06:00:00Z

Based on the comparison of the more than 400 global and Chinese CIO self assessments in the Accenture High Performance IT research, our report outlines the most important opportunities Chinese CIOs have today to increase the performance of their IT investments.

How Portals Enhance Business Performance

2006-02-02T06:00:00Z

Log onto Yahoo and you're on a portal.

Focusing HR on Growth at Harley-Davidson

2006-01-30T06:00:00Z

Harley-Davidson was eager to maintain its continual expansion, but was aware it needed to invest in its people in order to keep momentum high.

Digital Reflection: Simulating the Mirroring Effect

2006-01-14T06:00:00Z

This article presents an image-processing framework that permits replicating mirror reflection digitally in a natural way.

Transportation Companies: Using Sensor Telemetry to Map their Route

2006-01-09T06:00:00Z

Surprising though it may seem, for many organizations—from chemicals companies to manufacturers—transportation is the second largest cost of doing business.

Application Outsourcing Services for Electronics and High Tech

2005-11-08T06:00:00Z

Electronics and high tech companies rely on business application systems to manage markets and supply chains, drive operations, maintain customer relations and report to stockholders.

Touchable Interactive Walls: Opportunities and Challenges

2005-09-19T05:00:00Z

Very large, high-resolution, interactive screens—also known as interactive walls—can be used to deliver entertainment and advertising content that is qualitatively different from what is available in television, kiosk or desktop formats.

Privacy & Trust: The Dimensions of Trust

2005-08-29T05:00:00Z

What is trust?

Emotional Intelligence: Deciphering Emotions for Future Health

2005-08-09T05:00:00Z

Emotional intelligence applications not only decipher people's emotional health but also take action.

Activity Monitoring

2005-08-09T05:00:00Z

Fostering independence with camera-based tracking

Technology Research Awareness Workshop

2005-08-09T05:00:00Z

Big changes are on the way.

Publications: Enhanced Reflection to Encourage Healthy Living

2005-08-08T05:00:00Z

In this paper, we present the Persuasive Mirror, an example of persuasive technology, created at the Accenture Technology Labs, which aims at encouraging people to keep up a healthy lifestyle.

IT Investing for High Performance: A Global Survey of CIOs

2005-07-13T05:00:00Z

Accenture surveyed more than 300 chief information officers to better understand the relationship between the real business value of IT investments and the impact IT has on achieving high performance.

Sentiment Monitoring Services: Online Customer Insight

2005-02-21T06:00:00Z

Several companies have used Sentiment Monitoring Services to better understand their customers' opinions and needs.

Quantum Cryptography Represents the Next Line of IT Defense

2005-02-07T06:00:00Z

Quantum cryptography may sound futuristic, but with commercial quantum cryptography products already available, some organizations are considering it now as a viable means to improve IT security.

Sensor Telemetry

2005-01-19T06:00:00Z

Emerging Trend of Sensor Telemetry Offers Organizations Unprecedented Visibility

Technology Triumphs Over Troublesome Toaster

2005-01-14T06:00:00Z

Murphy's law says the likelihood an appliance will fail is directly proportional to the extent that it is needed at a given moment.

Supporting Collaborative Touch Interaction with High Resolution Wall Displays

2005-01-09T06:00:00Z

In this paper, we present a platform that enables multiple people to interact naturally, using touch and gesture, with a large, high-resolution display.

Predicting Customer Shopping Lists from Point-of-sale Purchase Data

2004-08-01T05:00:00Z

This paper describes a prototype that predicts the shopping lists for customers in a retail store.

To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade… Market Adoption Accelerator Makes the Answer Easy

2004-07-01T05:00:00Z

Getting your new technology product past the early adopters and into the mainstream market as quickly as possible is critical for success in today's technology market.

Information Source: Delivering Information You Need When You Need It

2004-05-01T05:00:00Z

Shortening time constraints coupled with "information overload" have made it more difficult than ever for business executives to find the information they need, when they need it.

Industry Focus: Communications, Media and Technology

2004-05-01T05:00:00Z

Bridging the Gap between Technology Innovation and Market Adoption to Achieve High Performance.

2004 eGovernment report: High Performance, Maximum Value

2004-05-01T05:00:00Z

In the 12 months since our last report on global eGovernment maturity, it has become clear that governments around the world are at a crossroads with their online programs. With few exceptions, their advances in eGovernment maturity have slowed.

Publications: Protecting People on the Move through Virtual Personal Security

2004-04-13T05:00:00Z

Ensuring personal safety for people on the move is becoming a heightened priority in today's uncertain environment.

Publications: Personalized Ubiquitous Commerce

2004-03-05T06:00:00Z

To appear as a chapter in Designing Personalized User Experiences for e-Commerce, edited by Clare-Marie Karat, Jan Blom, and John Karat, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.

Where Seeing is Believing

2004-01-01T06:00:00Z

As camera phones become part of our daily lives, we'll expect to use them not just with our friends and family, but also with the organizations with which we interact.

2002 eGovernment Report: Realizing the Vision

2003-12-22T06:00:00Z

In our third annual survey of e-Government leadership, we set out to find how governments in 23 countries are realizing their vision for online Government.

Supporting People on the Move Through Virtual Personal Security

2003-10-12T05:00:00Z

Ensuring personal safety for people on the move is becoming a heightened priority in today's uncertain environment.

Points of View: Digital Pen and Paper

2003-09-10T05:00:00Z

In our Point of View series, leaders from Accenture Technology Labs offer their opinions on new and emerging technologies and trends, on technology innovation as a key driver of high performance and much more.

The Use of Broadcast Infrastructures for On-Demand Services

2003-05-31T05:00:00Z

Most on-demand architectures focus on delivering services through new delivery mechanisms such as broadband networking or digital cable.

Publications: Building Minority Language Corpora by Learning to Generate Web Search Queries

2003-04-03T06:00:00Z

The web is a source of valuable information but the process of collecting, organizing and effectively utilizing the resources it contains is difficult.

Providing the Context that Makes You Smarter

2003-03-01T06:00:00Z

At a Glance

Publications: Using Text Mining to Infer Semantic Attributes for Retail Data Mining

2002-12-09T06:00:00Z

Using Text Mining to Infer Semantic Attributes for Retail Data Mining

Technology Visioning

2002-10-14T05:00:00Z

One of the biggest challenges facing CIOs today is identifying those emerging technologies that will help steer a technology course for their organizations’ long-term growth.

Manufacturing Services

2002-06-17T05:00:00Z

Sensors Create an Aware Environment

Integrated Computing Environment for High Performance Discovery -- Summary

2002-05-21T05:00:00Z

Complexities associated with implementing new breakthroughs in science, technology and organizational tools have restricted industry leaders from achieving the ambitious pipeline goals they predicted in 1997, according to Accenture research. As a result, the industry must now increase the number of NME (new molecular entities) by 50 percent in order to meet 10-year growth projections.

Publications: Combining Labeled and Unlabeled Data for MultiClass Text Categorization

2002-04-22T05:00:00Z

Supervised learning techniques for text classification often require a large number of labeled examples to learn accurately.

Publications: Online Learning for Query Generation

2002-04-17T05:00:00Z

This paper describes an approach for learning to generate web-search queries for collecting documents matching a minority concept.

Publications: Hypertext Categorization using Hyperlink Patterns and Meta Data

2002-04-17T05:00:00Z

Hypertext poses new text classification research challenges as hyperlinks, content of linked documents, and meta data about related web sites all provide richer sources of information for hypertext classification that are not available in traditional text classification.

Publications: UniCast, OutCast & GroupCast: Three Steps Toward Ubiquitous Peripheral Displays

2001-09-30T05:00:00Z

UniCast, OutCast & GroupCast: Three Steps Toward Ubiquitous Peripheral Displays

Publications: What are a Location's "File" and "Edit" Menus?

2001-05-01T05:00:00Z

The promise of mobile devices lies not in their capacity to duplicate the capabilities of desktop machines, but rather in their promise of enabling location-specific tasks.

Publications: Magic Medicine Cabinet: A Situated Portal for Consumer Healthcare

2001-04-09T05:00:00Z

In this paper, we introduce a smart appliance for consumer healthcare called "Magic Medicine Cabinet."

Publications: Magic Wardrobe: Situated Shopping from Your Own Bedroom

2001-04-09T05:00:00Z

In this paper, we describe a research prototype, called Magic Wardrobe, which serves as a physical interface between the consumer and the online marketplace.

2001 Governments Closing Gap Between Political Rhetoric and eGovernment Reality

2001-04-01T06:00:00Z

Online service delivery has never been higher on the political agenda than it is today.

Publications: Data Mining on Symbolic Knowledge Extracted from the Web

2000-08-17T05:00:00Z

Information extractors and classifiers operating on unrestricted, unstructured texts are an errorful source of large amounts of potentially useful information, especially when combined with a crawler which automatically augments the knowledge base from the world-wide web.

Augmented Reality

2000-08-09T05:00:00Z

Have you ever gone shopping and hauled a great new sofa home, only to discover that it was an inch too wide and the fabric almost matched your drapes? Did you know that Accenture is researching ways to help solve this problem?

Publications: Magic Home: Exploiting the Duality between the Physical and the Virtual Worlds

2000-04-01T06:00:00Z

In this paper, we present a concept prototype, called Magic Home, which illustrates what the shopping experience will be like in the new world of the hybrid reality—a seamless integration of the physical and the virtual worlds.

Can You Get There From Here? The Long Road from Transaction Data to Better Decisions

1999-11-15T06:00:00Z

Managers go through four distinct stages of trying to realize value from transaction data—and leave their information systems trying to play catch-up at every turn.

Publications: Distributed Case-Based Learning

1999-07-27T05:00:00Z

Multi-agent systems exploiting case based reasoning techniques have to deal with the problem of retrieving episodes that are themselves distributed across a set of agents.

Publications: In Search of A New Generation of Knowledge Management Applications

1999-07-01T05:00:00Z

Today's typical Knowledge Management systems are not much different from document management systems.

Publications: Toward Software Plug-and-Play

1997-05-17T05:00:00Z

The growing size and complexity of systems has revealed many shortcomings of existing software engineering practices, for example, lack of scalability.

Leighton Contractors: Strategic Technology Design and Implementation

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Craig McGrory, project director at Leighton Contractors, explains how Accenture is helping Leighton Contractors, a rapidly growing construction and mining company, consolidate multiple legacy systems and deploy Oracle E-Business Suite to create an IT platform for further growth.