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An overview of Accenture global news:

Middle East

Why governments need partnerships to adopt latest technologies To achieve their goals, governments are increasingly turning to technology to improve their public services, own operations, and drive public-private partnerships.
01 March 2024
Middle East

Consulting firms deliver research for World Government Summit In the coming months, the World Government Summit will work together with a select group of knowledge partners – all of which are among the globe’s leading consulting firms – on a range of research r
28 June 2021
United Kingdom

Consultancies win at AWS Global Public Sector Partner Awards Deloitte, Accenture, PA Consulting and Cognizant are among the winners of the 2021 AWS Global Public Sector Partner Awards.
24 June 2021
United States

Accenture Federal Services wins $340 million government contract Accenture’s federal business – Accenture Federal Services (AFS) – has won a $340 million contract from the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to modernize its core business systems.
23 June 2020
United Kingdom

Just one in five UK citizens use government digital services Barely over a fifth of citizens of the UK use online services hosted by local and national government on a regular basis.
24 July 2019
United States

SEC awards $2.5 billion One OIT contract to Attain and two other consultancies Virginia-based management and technology consultancy Attain was one of three consulting firms to be awarded an unrestricted contract slot in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s One OIT project.
31 July 2018
United Kingdom

Blockchain could boost Aerospace and Defence digital thread performance A global survey of senior executives in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific has found that Blockchain technology is increasingly being used to extend the digital capacity of organisations across a
23 July 2018
United Kingdom

The best consulting firms for Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences A new survey has revealed which consulting companies are considered the best in the healthcare, pharmaceuticals and life sciences industry.
16 May 2018
United Kingdom

UK Home Office drafts in five consultancies to develop EU nationals app As the debate as to what kind of deal will be made for EU nationals residing in the UK – not to mention UK nationals residing in the EU – rages on, the UK Government has tapped a collective of five c
11 May 2018
United Kingdom

Accenture helps Canadian government with new border security app The federal government of Canada has hired Accenture to develop a new border security application.
02 March 2018
Canada

Accenture to develop new border security app for Canada The federal government of Canada has hired Accenture to develop a new border security application.
02 March 2018
United Kingdom

Top firms modify offering as NHS consulting spend comes under scrutiny New analysis has shown that the evolving nature of public healthcare has caused the consulting industry in the UK to adapt its offering to the sector.
20 February 2018
United Kingdom

Improving next generation's tech literacy could add £11 billion to UK GDP A new report into tech literacy has shown that the next generation could bring in an additional £11 billion to Britain’s GDP growth, if they are properly trained and utilised in the future economy.
14 December 2017
United Kingdom

Accenture wins IT contract with Metropolitan Police Service The London’s Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service have selected Accenture to deliver a range of digital technologies and transformations within the MPS over the c
23 March 2016
United Kingdom

Digital fluency can accelerate transition to gender parity Improving digital fluency among women improves gender equality.
08 March 2016
United Kingdom

European Commission awards cloud contract to 6 firms To develop the European Commission’s cloud infrastructure, the Commission recently launched three tenders.
15 February 2016
United Kingdom

Accenture partners with Code.org and Hour of Code Yesterday the Hour of Code campaign kicked off as part of the Computer Science Education Week , a global initiative with the aim of stimulating millions of students globally to follow a one-hour intr
08 December 2015
United Kingdom

Accenture: Labour agencies seeking improved metrics Many governments have employment programmes aimed at helping those temporarily between jobs and to measure the effectiveness of those programmes they have systems in place. Yet are these systems effective? In a recent survey, Accenture finds that a
03 September 2015
United Kingdom

Top 5 cities that support innovation & entrepreneurship New York, London, Helsinki, Barcelona and Amsterdam are top five performing cities when it comes to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, research by Accenture shows. In its report, the consulting firm considers different ways in which local
20 July 2015
United Kingdom

NHS awards Accenture cloud email service contract Accenture and subsidiary Avanade have been awarded a contract to provide the NHS in England and Scotland with a cloud-based secure email and collaboration service.
20 July 2015
United Kingdom

Less than one in five UK patients is aware of services Less than one in five UK patients is aware of the services available to them, research by Accenture shows.
10 June 2015
United Kingdom

Accenture and Entreculturas equipping 95,000 youth Accenture and Entreculturas Foundation have successfully equipped 95,000 young Latin American people with the skills needed to secure employment or become an entrepreneur.
15 May 2015
United Kingdom

Accenture: Dutch citizens expect police to embrace digital The Dutch police have in recent years booked considerable progress in embracing digital tools, yet in the view of citizens there still is a long way to go, says consultancy Accenture.
29 December 2014
United Kingdom

Consulting firms key in apprenticeship standards UK Eleven consulting firms have signed up to develop the new standard for management consultancy apprenticeships as part of the UK Government Trailblazers scheme to reform all apprenticeships in the UK
22 December 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture: UK citizens want more digital police tools Three out of four UK citizens feel that the police should expand its use of digital tools as this would improve its services, concludes a UK-analysis by Accenture of its global digital police solutio
18 December 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture develops connected physician solution Accenture has, in collaboration with Salesforce.com, developed a mobile healthcare solution aimed at improving patient interactions and outcomes. To achieve this goal, the solution will enable physicians to access needed information anywhere and st
28 October 2014
United Kingdom

Philips and Accenture innovation helps ALS patients Accenture and Philips have developed a prototype application that allows ALS patients to control their devices through mind control and by using voice and eye commands.
07 August 2014
United Kingdom

Atos, Accenture and HP develop Schengen Customs IT The European Agency for Large-Scale IT Systems (eu-LISA) has awarded a consortium of Atos, Accenture and HP a framework contract to maintain and enhance the second-generation Schengen Information Sys
18 July 2014
United Kingdom

Accenture donates 2.5m to African non-profit care foundation Accenture has over the past years donated more than €2.5 million to the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), a nonprofit organization that aims at improving health care in Africa. The donation consists of
14 September 2012

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