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Accenture Acquires Sentor, Enhancing Its Cyber Defense and Managed Security Services in Sweden

STOCKHOLM; June 29, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Sentor, a Sweden-based independent provider of cyber defense and managed security services. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Accenture Invests in Cloud Data Security Provider Symmetry Systems

NEW YORK; June 23, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures , in Symmetry Systems, a San Francisco-based provider of data store and object-level security (DSOS) solutions that give organizations visibility into, and unified access control of, their most valuable data assets.

Accenture Report Finds Consumer Values and Buying Motivations Have Fundamentally Changed, Shifting Away from Price and Quality

NEW YORK; June 23, 2021 – A majority of consumers — across demographics and geographies — are reimagining their values and basing purchasing decisions on factors beyond price and quality, according to a new report by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in Digital Payments Company Imburse

LONDON AND ZURICH; June 22, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through  Accenture Ventures , in Imburse, a cloud-based, payments-as-a-service enterprise platform that simplifies the way businesses around the world access the global payments ecosystem.  

Accenture Positioned as a Leader in Digital Strategy Consulting Services by the IDC MarketScape

NEW YORK; June 21, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a leader in digital strategy consulting services in a new IDC MarketScape report.

Digital Innovation Is Essential to Meeting Healthcare Consumers' Expectations Post-Pandemic, According to Accenture Report

NEW YORK; June 21, 2021 – Senior healthcare executives say that moving to the cloud is among their top priorities as they reimagine how their organizations provide healthcare services to meet consumers’ evolving expectations post-pandemic, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).  

Specsavers Selects Accenture to Transform Technology Capabilities Using the Cloud

LONDON; June 21, 2021 – Specsavers has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to help improve and modernise its technology capabilities. This will drive efficiencies across its business and enhance the service experience for its customers, store partners, and colleagues.  

Accenture Federal Services Wins $112 million Task Order to Protect Federal Agencies from Cyber Breaches

ARLINGTON, Va.; June 18, 2021 – Accenture Federal Services  (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been awarded a $112 million prime task order by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to protect Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) systems against cyberattacks.

Accenture Announces Intent to Acquire Strategy and Business Management Consultancy Exton Consulting

PARIS; June 18, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Exton Consulting, a French consulting firm providing strategy and business management support to financial services clients across Europe. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

Accenture and Avanade Named to the Leaders Category in Worldwide Microsoft Implementation Services, According to 2021 IDC MarketScape Report

NEW YORK and SEATTLE; June 17, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Avanade have been jointly recognized as a Leader in the “ IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Microsoft Implementation Services 2021 Vendor Assessment , ” based on current capabilities and future strategies. 

Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in Beamery to Transform Talent Recruitment and Management

London; June 17, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through  Accenture Ventures , in  Beamery , a London-based startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help the world’s largest companies attract, engage and retain talent at a global scale. 

Accenture to Acquire Engineering Capabilities from DI Square to Strengthen PLM and ALM Capabilities for Manufacturing Clients

TOKYO; June 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement with DI Square to acquire the company’s consulting capabilities for product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) systems integration. The acquisition will expand Accenture’s engineering expertise for automotive and other manufacturing clients in Japan and other markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Accenture Federal Services Opens Innovation Space at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE, AL ;  June 14, 2021 –  Accenture Federal Services  (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has opened a new innovation space at the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s  Invention to Innovation Center  (I 2 C).

Accenture to Acquire Umlaut

NEW YORK and AACHEN, GERMANY; June 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire umlaut, an engineering consulting and services firm headquartered in Aachen, Germany. The move will significantly scale Accenture’s deep engineering capabilities to help companies use digital technologies like cloud, artificial intelligence, and 5G to transform how they design, engineer and manufacture their products as well as embed sustainability.

Accenture Announces U.S. Innovation Challenge Winner

ARLINGTON, Va.; June 14, 2021 – A team of undergraduate students from Cornell University has won the 2021  U.S. Accenture Innovation Challenge . This year’s Challenge partner was Covenant House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving children and youth facing homelessness.

Accenture Receives Three 'Partner of the Year' Awards from Adobe

NEW YORK; June 11, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been recognized with three Adobe Partner of the Year Awards for 2021, in honor of its contributions to Adobe’s business and its significant impact on customer success.

Accenture Launches myNav Green Cloud Advisor to Help Companies Realize Sustainability Goals Through the Cloud

NEW YORK; June 10, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today launched Green Cloud Advisor, a new capability for the  Accenture myNav platform  that enables enterprises to operate more sustainable and efficient cloud environments.

Accenture Business Futures 2021 Report Identifies the Signals to Guide Companies Navigating Change in the Era of Compressed Transformation

NEW YORK; June 10, 2021 – A new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) shows that while 88% of companies finally have a clear picture of the challenges they face today, only 6% are completely confident in their current abilities to foresee and respond to future disruption.  Business Futures 2021  aims to help leaders make sense of a new reality by identifying the Signals of business change that are reshaping organizations globally and will be critically important for leaders to understand in order to drive success today and beyond.

Accenture Selected to Lead Merger Integration Planning for S&P Global and IHS Markit

NEW YORK and LONDON; June 9, 2021 – S&P Global, the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics in the global capital and commodity markets, has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to help lead its merger integration planning with IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and markets that drive economies worldwide. The combination of the two companies, announced in November of last year, will result in a world-class organization that will power the markets of the future.

Efma and Accenture Announce the Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards 2021

PARIS; June 3, 2021 – Efma, an association of more than 2,550 retail financial services companies in 133 countries, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the winners of the sixth annual Innovation in Insurance Awards during a virtual ceremony.

Alstom Chooses Accenture and Dassault Systèmes to Develop New Cloud Platform for PLM to Increase Competitiveness and Support Growth

PARIS ; June 3, 2021 – Alstom has chosen Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) to develop a new cloud platform for product lifecycle management (PLM) that is designed to increase the company’s competitiveness and support its growth.

Accenture Federal Services to Acquire Novetta and Bring More Advanced AI, Cyber, and Cloud Capabilities to Client Missions

ARLINGTON, Va.; June 1, 2021 –   Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has entered into an agreement to acquire Novetta, an advanced analytics company serving U.S. federal organizations that are pushing the limits of what’s possible with machine learning, cyber, and cloud engineering.