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Accenture report reveals most B2B companies likely wasting up to half of their investment on ineffective customer experience initiatives

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, June 2014

NEW YORK, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The overwhelming majority of business-to-business (B2B) organizations are spending more on initiatives to improve their customers’ experience but many are not getting the most return on those investments, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). … Read the full press release

Accenture named HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security at HP Discover 2014 in Las Vegas

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, June 2014

Accenture Recognized as HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security NEW YORK, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year for Software – Enterprise Security at HP Discover 2014 in … Read the full press release

Accenture and leading financial institutions launched Asia-Pacific-wide competitive search for the region’s top financial technology innovators

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, June 2014

New Hong Kong Accelerator Offers Cutting-Edge Financial-Technology Entrepreneurs Access to Leading Institutions in Asia  Accenture, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Barclays, China Construction Bank (Asia), DBS, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Ping An and UBS, … Read the full press release

Accenture chief executive for United States Jorge Benitez to retire on June 1

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, May 2014

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced today that Jorge Benitez will step down on June 1 as chief executive – United States and senior managing director – North America and retire from the company on Aug. 31, 2014. … Read the full press release

Accenture named Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, May 2014

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by Forrester Research, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm. Accenture received the highest scores in numerous criteria, including Cloud deployment for Oracle, Experience … Read the full press release

Accenture appoints new Group Chief Executives; Stephen J. Rohleder for North America and Daniel T. London for Health & Public Service

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, May 2014

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Stephen J. Rohleder to the newly created position of group chief executive – North America, to support the company’s continued focus on building a strong leadership position in key geographic markets. … Read the full press release

Helena Andreas appointed Head of Group Marketing and Communications at Nordea

PRESS RELEASE -- 1, May 2014

Helena Andreas has been appointed Head of the new unit Group Marketing and Communications. She will join Nordea on 1 June. Stockholm, Sweden, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Helena Andreas comes from a position as Head of Retail Management at Vodafone Group, based in … Read the full press release

Accenture 2012–2013 Corporate Citizenship Report explores company’s corporate citizenship goals, progress and challenges

PRESS RELEASE -- 31, March 2014

Skills to Succeed initiative exceeds goal to equip more than half a million people with job skills NEW YORK, 31-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the publication of its 2012–2013 Corporate Citizenship Report, “Our Communities, Our Commitments,” which explores the company’s corporate … Read the full press release

Accenture’s cloud-supporting services now available to public sector organizations through UK government’s Cloudstore platform

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, February 2014

More than 50 services offered on Cloudstore, digital capabilities available to help design and enhance public services London, UK, 4-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has qualified as an approved vendor to offer the U.K. Government its portfolio of services under G-Cloud 4 … Read the full press release

Accenture announced it completed ClientHouse acquisition

PRESS RELEASE -- 3, February 2014

Gena, Germany, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In a strategic move to expand its Salesforce capabilities in Europe, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of ClientHouse, an independent provider of salesforce.com and Veeva Systems solutions based in Jena, Germany. The acquisition, announced … Read the full press release

SAS UK research finds big data specialists in high demand

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, December 2013

HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATES IN STEM SUBJECTS, WITH 69,000 BIG DATA SPECIALISTS NEEDED BY 2017 Buckinghamshire, UK, 04-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — As UK businesses look to exploit the proliferation of data to support evidence-based decisions in the information economy, it’s becoming ever … Read the full press release

Accenture named “Leader” in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Management Service Providers

PRESS RELEASE -- 18, November 2013

Accenture Positioned Within the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Management Service Providers, with Highest Ability to Execute New York, NY, United States, 18-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a “Leader” in Gartner Inc.’s recently … Read the full press release

Accenture to optimize Zurich Insurance Group’s global finance IT function under five-year application services agreement

PRESS RELEASE -- 7, November 2013

Zurich, Switzerland, 7-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is assisting Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) to streamline Zurich’s global finance IT function under a five-year application services agreement signed in 2012. The initiative, which is being implemented through Accenture Finance and Risk … Read the full press release

Report by Marks & Spencer, Accenture and the charity Business in the Community finds UK business could benefit from £100bn sustainable innovation opportunity

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, July 2013

2-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — UK business could secure £100bn in annual productivity gains generated by innovations designed to address environmental and social challenges, according to a new report by Accenture (NYSE: ACN), the charity Business in the Community and Marks & Spencer. The report, Fortune Favours The … Read the full press release

INSEAD Unveils Results of Study at Heart of the Debates at the 7th “Etats de la France” entitled “Reconciling Competitiveness and Justice”

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, December 2012

Study carried out by INSEAD shows why economic recovery and equity need not be antinomic Abu Dhabi, Fontainebleau and Singapore, 13-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — INSEAD, the leading international business school revealed today the results of a report, developed by Bruno Lanvin, Executive … Read the full press release

Digital Agenda: Tech CEOs and leaders kickstart new EU cloud computing board

PRESS RELEASE -- 21, November 2012

Brussels, 21-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The Steering Board of the new European Cloud Partnership (ECP) met for the first time in Brussels today, kicking-off a process where public authorities and industry work together to help building the EU Digital Single Market for cloud computing pursuant … Read the full press release

Cassidian CyberSecurity joins Fondation Télécom as a strategic partner

PRESS RELEASE -- 20, November 2012

Paris,  20-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — On 5 November Cassidian CyberSecurity, a subsidiary of Cassidian (EADS Group) and Fondation Télécom signed a strategic partnership agreement. The cyber security specialist will participate in the development and support of Fondation Télécom’s programmes, thus taking an … Read the full press release