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PARIS; April 29, 2021 – Accenture   (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Openminded, a France-based cybersecurity services company that provides advisory, cloud & infrastructure security, cyber defense, and managed security services. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

NEW YORK; April 28, 2021 – Leading companies that amplified their technology investments during the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly extended their growth advantage over competitors, according to new  research  from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The research reveals that technology has undeniably become indispensable to business success and directly enables companies to not only survive, but even thrive during one of the most disruptive times in history.

NEW YORK; April 27, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a leader in three IDC MarketScape supply chain vendor assessments  — IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Oracle Ecosystems 2021, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain SAP Ecosystems 2021  and  IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain All Other Ecosystems 2021* —  for its transformative approach to creating resilient and agile customer-centric supply chains and delivering value through long-term ecosystem relationships.

NEW YORK; April 27, 2021 — A new  report  by Accenture (NYSE:ACN) found banks must extend and scale digital technologies across operations to achieve future-readiness while facing rising consumer expectations and regulatory requirements. 

NEW YORK and WALLDORF, Germany; April 26, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) are expanding their decades-long partnership to help companies embed sustainability across the full spectrum of their business operations — from strategy to execution — to unlock new value throughout their enterprises and in their value and supply chains.  

NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG; April 22, 2021 – Rising demand for digital insurance premiums and their online distribution is expected to displace US$280 billion of current insurance revenues by 2025, challenging current customer retention levels, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

NEW YORK; April 21, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made an investment, through  Accenture Ventures , in Nigeria-based fintech company  Okra , an open finance data infrastructure startup serving the rapidly expanding African financial services market.

NEW YORK, April 19, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a leader in commerce services in “ The Forrester Wave™: Commerce Services, Q1 2021 ”, where  Accenture  scored higher than any other vendor in the Commerce Strategy Services criterion.

GENEVA and NEW YORK; April 14, 2021 – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has selected Accenture (NYSE:ACN) to support finance operations for its  COVAX Facility , a multilateral initiative with the aim of accelerating equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.

NEW DELHI; April 13, 2021 – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are collaborating to transform India’s second largest oil and gas company by digitally reimagining its extensive sales and distribution network. Accenture will use its capabilities in data, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technologies to build, design and implement a digital platform, called IRIS.

NEW YORK; April 11, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people live, work and socialize, accelerating demand for innovatio n, as retailers, consumer goods, and travel companies shift from reacting to the crisis to reinventing products and services, according to findings of a  new global survey  from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). 

NEW YORK and JOINVILLE, Brazil; April 7, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of Pollux, a provider of industrial robotics and automation solutions, headquartered in Joinville, Brazil. Terms of the transaction, which Accenture announced on March 1, were not disclosed.

NEW YORK CITY; April 7, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Core Compete, a cloud analytics services firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with additional offices in the UK and India. Core Compete enables digital transformations with cloud-native solutions that deliver artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning-infused business outcomes, to serve a diverse client base across the US and UK, with particular focus on supply chain, retail and financial services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

NEW YORK; April 7, 2021 – Ten emerging technology companies have been selected to participate in the 2021  FinTech Innovation Lab New York , a 12-week program founded by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Partnership Fund for New York City that helps early- and growth-stage enterprise tech companies accelerate product and business development through in-depth engagement with top financial services and venture capital executives.

NEW YORK; April 7, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is collaborating with SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) on a unique joint initiative to design, develop and deliver new cloud-based capabilities that strengthen existing SAP ® Intelligent Asset Management solutions. Accenture is bringing its industry-specific assets and knowledge to extend asset management solution functionality, helping companies in industries such as energy, life sciences and natural resources improve performance by shifting maintenance strategies from reactive to proactive. This will help enable companies to improve operational safety, minimize environmental impact and reduce maintenance costs.

ABU DHABI; April 5, 2021 – Middle Eastern companies registered a significant surge in their innovation strategy scores on Accenture’s Innovation Maturity Index, as businesses reviewed their strategies due to COVID-19. However, the new report by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) found that despite the pandemic opening doors to embrace new ways of working and doing business, there was only a marginal uptake in companies reimagining themselves, reflected by a 1% increase in the overall index score. This signifies the regional dichotomy between a culture that sets companies up to innovate new ways of working enabled by technology and traditional ways of doing business, which often requires a physical presence.