Accenture Technology Research

What the Enterprise Needs to Know About Cloud Computing

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:48:37 GMT

Cloud computing is becoming a real alternative for companies and governments needing to provide better services while reducing costs. Accenture leverages its High Performance Business research and the extensive experience in commercializing new technologies of Accenture Technology Labs to outline the opportunities and challenges.

French Revenue Agency: Online Tax Filing System

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:09:00 GMT

The Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFIP, formerly DGI, Direction Générale des Impôts) belongs to the French Ministry of Budget, Public Accounting and Public Service and collects taxpayer income tax returns on behalf of the Government of France. In 2002, DGFIP teamed with Accenture to launch an Internet-based income tax return filing service. Successful results led to the development of a larger, multi-year technology solution based on a large-scale, highly flexible and secure service-oriented architecture. The solution today allows taxpayers to easily and securely file taxes online while helping more than 80,000 DGFIP agents work more effectively.

On the Edge: Why is My CEO Ambivalent about IT?

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:34:47 GMT

By Kishore S. Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, Accenture

SOA: Tailwind for IT Investments

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:40:40 GMT

Service-oriented architecture is about to overturn what most business leaders think they know about IT. CEOs who ask the right questions—and act quickly on the answers—will be surprised by how much more they can get out of their existing IT investments. Several early examples show why.

Catching the Next Wave of Innovation

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:09:47 GMT

The Internet's ability to enable collaboration will be the key to breakthrough innovation, says this industry pioneer, from business to education to scientific research.

Computing in the Clouds

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:00:15 GMT

Geeks are not generally known for colorful metaphors. But "cloud computing," a metaphor that captures the imagination as well as the essence of an emerging computing paradigm, may be one of those rare exceptions.

Does Your Company Have an IT Generation Gap?

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:20:08 GMT

By Gary A. Curtis, Kelly Dempski and Catherine S. Farley

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

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:13:41 GMT

By Kishore S. Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, Accenture Outlook Journal, January 2009

Finding the Mobile Competitive Edge: Winning the Race to High Performance in the Wireless Technology and Services Industries

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:35:57 GMT

Outlook Point of View March 2009, No. 1

Meeting the Mandate for Global IT

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:56:00 GMT

CIOs are coming under more and more pressure to control costs, recruit the best talent and serve both the company and its customers from a global perspective. Here's what many of them in North America are doing to meet the challenge of fully globalizing IT capabilities.

Case Study: Travel & Transportation--KLM's IT Makeover

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:13:02 GMT

Compared with other major airlines, KLM was late to embrace the potential of the Internet. Today, it’s an industry leader in Web applications. How did it come so far so fast?

Think the Internet has Nothing New to Offer? Think Again.

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:03:54 GMT

Outlook Journal, May 2007

Everything Elastic

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:10:00 GMT

By Kishore S. Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, Accenture

The Business Case for A Greener IT Agenda

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:37:32 GMT

As one of the organization’s hungriest consumers of energy, IT has unusual leverage to effect green change on an enterprise scale. Here are five moves that IT leaders should be making now.

The Benefits of RFID for Slab- and Coil-Logistics

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:49:44 GMT

Modern identification technologies such as radio frequency identification, or RFID, have become increasingly important for streamlining production and logistics operations in almost every industry. RFID enables process automation—reducing the need for manual labor and speeding up execution of critical business processes while improving information security and worker safety.

Cutting IT Costs While Achieving High Performance

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:43:00 GMT

In this video, Accenture Senior Executive Michael Nieves explores the question: “What does IT deliver for your business?” You might answer many things, among them operational efficiency, effective execution of strategy, the ability to create an integrated, global enterprise, or the agility that IT can bring.

Transforming Mobile Handset Testing

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:51:00 GMT

Mobile devices are no longer simply seen as “talk and text” enablers. Mobile technology has evolved to provide entertainment, financial services and enterprise mobility. Thanks to the ever-growing list of specifications of mobile devices, the demands on product testing are rapidly increasing.

Technology in Turbulent Times: Creating an IT Updraft

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

By Jeanne G. Harris, Allan E. Alter, Michael Nieves

Technology in Turbulent Times: How CIO’s Can Increase IT Capability While Cutting Costs

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:23:00 GMT

By Jeanne G. Harris, Allan E. Alter and Michael K. Nieves

ABN AMRO: Digital Optimization

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:11:00 GMT

ABN AMRO Bank NV (Netherlands) is a multinational universal bank with offices in 56 countries. The bank offers a combination of consumer, commercial and investment banking services and pursues an aggressive e-commerce strategy.

UK Department for Work and Pensions: Service-Oriented Architecture

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:50:17 GMT

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Simplifying Passenger Travel Interest Group: Heathrow Biometrics Pilot

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:55:46 GMT

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How Governments Are Using Analytics to Improve Service and Efficiency

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:35:25 GMT

Change is sweeping through the public sector. Accenture’s ongoing research suggests that many top government agencies can be classed as high performers—easily on a par with high-performance businesses in the commercial sector, such as Procter & Gamble or General Electric.

Sustainable IT Cost Reduction

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:46:00 GMT

Current economic uncertainty has major implications for companies' efforts to achieve and sustain high performance. Chief information officers (CIOs) face the challenge of reducing IT costs while maintaining service and supporting the business-efficiency agenda. Accenture's experience has shown that a significant and sustainable reduction in costs—as much as 25 to 40 percent—can be achieved while improving organizational performance. The Accenture cost reduction approach aims to deliver sustainable savings in tandem with greater business agility.

2008/2009 Accenture US Consumer Technology Research Findings

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:23:45 GMT

For the past two years, Accenture has been conducting in-depth research about the usage patterns of various types of consumer technology products and services among United States consumers—comparing research results from 2008-09 to those compiled in 2007-08.

Portals Must Evolve for Web 2.0 Consumers

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:27:11 GMT

Today's "Web 2.0" websites, like Netflix, Facebook and YouTube, are intensely user determined. Ever-changing, more dynamic interfaces often provide users what they want before they even know they need it. What is the fate of the portal in this Web 2.0 world?

The Road to Agility: Shifting to Service

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:57:16 GMT

Aerospace and defense (A&D) companies are entering a new line of business. Rather than simply manufacture and deliver products and spare parts, they must provide a suite of services around those products to help their customers achieve program cost and performance goals. In both commercial and defense markets, the A&D business model will shift from one in which the product and program rule to one in which services are used to differentiate products, provide distinct competitive advantage and drive longer term revenue streams.

Eight Trends to Watch in Mobile Computing

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:55 GMT

Outlook Point of View June 2008, No. 2

Performance Management and Technology in Corporate Governance

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:59:34 GMT

George Marcotte, Joshua J. Bellin, Robert J. Thomas and Anthony J. Relvas

New Growth from Enterprise Systems: How Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail Organizations Achieve High Performance through Distinctive Capabilities

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:38:51 GMT

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WR Hambrecht + Co: Custom Solutions

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:11:07 GMT

Accenture helped WR Hambrecht + Co redevelop the technology platform for its innovative OpenFollowOn offering, which offers post-listing equity options. The new platform supports the company's drive to service a wider marketplace and configure deal more quickly, which in turn has helped the firm in its progress toward high performance.