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Accenture Acquires Fiftyfive5 to Boost its Customer Intelligence Capability in Australia and New Zealand

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Friday, December 2, 2022

The move will strengthen Accenture Songs (formerly Accenture Interactive ) ability to help clients tap data insights and performance marketing to accelerate growth and innovation across Australia and New Zealand.

Key Points: 
  • The move will strengthen Accenture Songs (formerly Accenture Interactive ) ability to help clients tap data insights and performance marketing to accelerate growth and innovation across Australia and New Zealand.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130005997/en/
    Accenture acquires Fiftyfive5 to boost its customer intelligence capability in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Mark Green, Accenture Songs Australia and New Zealand lead, said: Clients are struggling to keep up with the pace of change today.
  • The team boasts powerful insights and deep customer understanding, which will significantly enhance Accenture Songs customer intelligence capability.

Accenture Promotes 1,214 New Managing Directors and Appoints 119 New Senior Managing Directors

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the promotion of 1,214 people to managing director, and the appointment by Julie Sweet, Accenture chair and chief executive officer, of 119 people to senior managing director.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the promotion of 1,214 people to managing director, and the appointment by Julie Sweet, Accenture chair and chief executive officer, of 119 people to senior managing director.
  • The company also reported its progress on increasing gender representation globally, as well as race and ethnicity representation in the US, the UK and South Africa at the managing director and senior managing director levels.
  • Additionally, 33 women were appointed senior managing director, making up 28% of those appointments, up from 24% in 2021.
  • Overall, the percentage of women managing directors and above at Accenture, which includes managing directors, senior managing directors and members of the Global Management Committee, increased to 29% from 27% in 2021, demonstrating continued momentum towards the companys goal of 30% women managing directors and above globally by 2025.

Qorus and Accenture Announce Winners of 2022 Banking Innovation Awards

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Qorus, a global association for retail financial institutions, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the winners of the ninth annual Qorus-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards during a live ceremony in Barcelona.

Key Points: 
  • Qorus, a global association for retail financial institutions, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the winners of the ninth annual Qorus-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards during a live ceremony in Barcelona.
  • The awards serve as a catalyst for innovation in the banking sector by honoring the best ideas and practices transforming the industry for the benefit of banks and customers alike.
  • The winners of the Qorus-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards 2022 are:
    DBS Group (Singapore) was named Global Innovator 2022 for its inspiring approach to industrializing innovation across the organization.
  • The Qorus-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards aim to foster meaningful innovation within the sector by rewarding impactful ideas and sharing successful experiences, said John Berry, Qorus CEO.

Accenture Launches Velocity, a Platform to Help Clients Drive up to 50% Faster Business Transformation on Amazon Web Services

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

L to R: Chris Niederman (AWS), Chris Wegmann (Accenture), Matt Garman (AWS), Andy Tay (Accenture) and Ruba Borno (AWS).

Key Points: 
  • L to R: Chris Niederman (AWS), Chris Wegmann (Accenture), Matt Garman (AWS), Andy Tay (Accenture) and Ruba Borno (AWS).
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Velocity allows clients to adopt Accenture and AWS innovations more quickly based on the learnings from thousands of Accenture and AWS projects.
  • Together, these repeatable solutions help clients adopt new AWS services without recreating time-consuming, labor-intensive work and recurring costs at the start of every project.
  • Last year, we announced a five-year vision with AWS to take companies further, faster in an era of compressed transformation.

Accenture Invests in KETOS to Advance Water Intelligence Through Real-Time Monitoring

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130005081/en/
    Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in KETOS, a data intelligence innovator that helps organizations monitor and address water efficiency and quality.
  • KETOS as-a-service water monitoring capability using real-time analysis can help industrial organizations reduce the cycle time of their water testing and drive a faster path to our collective sustainability goals.
  • KETOS delivers smarter, safer, and more sustainable water solutions to change the way the world thinks about water.
  • Real-time monitoring and understanding of water, both quantitatively and qualitatively, helps address both water efficiency (leak-detection & usage) and water quality (safety), ultimately increasing water availability.

Accenture to Announce First-Quarter Fiscal 2023 Results

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST on Friday, December 16, 2022 to discuss its first-quarter fiscal 2023 financial results.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST on Friday, December 16, 2022 to discuss its first-quarter fiscal 2023 financial results.
  • The conference call will also be accessible live on the Investor Relations section of the Accenture website at accenture.com .
  • A replay of the conference call will be available at accenture.com beginning at 11:00 a.m. EST on Friday, December 16, 2022.
  • Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.

Companies with Highly Interoperable Technology Achieve Six Times Higher Revenue Growth, According to New Accenture Research

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

New research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) finds that companies with highly interoperable enterprise applications gain greater agility to thrive amid uncertainty and achieve stronger financial performance.

Key Points: 
  • New research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) finds that companies with highly interoperable enterprise applications gain greater agility to thrive amid uncertainty and achieve stronger financial performance.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221129005999/en/
    Companies with highly interoperable enterprise applications gain greater agility to thrive amid uncertainty and achieve stronger financial performance, says Accenture.
  • High interoperability helps these companies achieve the agility they need to undergo compressed transformation.
  • To compress transformation from years to months, or even days, everything must be integrated and interoperable.

Accenture to Acquire ALBERT After Completing Tender Offer

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Accenture (NSE: ACN) is to acquire Japanese data science company ALBERT Inc. (President and CEO: Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market, Securities Code: 3906), after completing a tender offer.

Key Points: 
  • Accenture (NSE: ACN) is to acquire Japanese data science company ALBERT Inc. (President and CEO: Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market, Securities Code: 3906), after completing a tender offer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221114005781/en/
    Japanese data science company ALBERT Inc. will become part of Accenture.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    The tender offer was launched on September 29 and closed on November 14.
  • The number of ALBERT's common shares and stock acquisition rights tendered to Accenture significantly exceeds the threshold required for ALBERT to become part of Accenture, equal to two thirds of the ALBERT stock.

Canadians Cutting Spending Now to Make the Most of Holiday Season, Accenture Survey Finds

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Overall, Canadians expect to spend $643 this season, an increase from last year's average spend of $635 but still less than the pre-pandemic spending level of $721 in 2019.

Key Points: 
  • Overall, Canadians expect to spend $643 this season, an increase from last year's average spend of $635 but still less than the pre-pandemic spending level of $721 in 2019.
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly, many Canadians (25 per cent), anticipate spending less this year compared with than last with 54 per cent sayingthey can't afford to.
  • As in 2021, this year 57 per cent of Canadians say they would do the bulk of their holiday shopping in-store, rather than online.
  • "We're seeing Canadians be more strategic this holiday season and retailers that offer promotions combined with convenient, hassle-free shopping, will be rewarded by consumers."

TVH digitizes its global network of warehouses with Körber and Accenture

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

HAMBURG, Germany, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Körber and Accenture announced that Thermote & Vanhalst (TVH) selected the Körber K. Motion Warehouse Management System (WMS) and K.Motion Warehouse Control System (WCS). This will involve implementations across five continents and 48 sites, including warehouses in North and South America, Western Europe, South Africa, and China. The unique combination of Körber's WMS, WCS and the cloud brings a new level digitization and automation to TVH.

Key Points: 
  • HAMBURG, Germany, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Krber and Accenture announced that Thermote & Vanhalst (TVH) selected the Krber K. Motion Warehouse Management System (WMS) and K.Motion Warehouse Control System (WCS) .
  • The unique combination of Krber's WMS, WCS and the cloud brings a new level digitization and automation to TVH.
  • Lyes Ould Hamouda, EU warehousing lead at Accenture, explained: "At Accenture, we really value our relationship with TVH to be a long-term partner.
  • The Business Area Supply Chain is part of the global technology group Krber.