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• BAE Systems and Accenture pull out of UK's ID card projectTwo firms shortlisted for the Home Office's £5.4bn ID card project have dropped out of the bidding to run the National Identity Scheme.News Date: 11:31 25 Jan 2008
• British Gas sues Accenture over problems with billing systemBritish Gas is suing Accenture for £182m over problems with a customer billing system it says has severely impacted on customer service operations.News Date: 10:32 13 May 2008
• Accenture and Cisco form enterprise agility group<p>Accenture and Cisco are today launching the Accenture and Cisco Business Group to help large enterprises increase business agility by embedding collaboration...</p>News Date: 11:09 24 Feb 2009
• Accenture system helps New York bank cut compliance staffA New York bank is to cut the staff employed on compliance reporting from 365 to 12 following the introduction of a new compliance and IT security monitoring service from Accenture.News Date: 01:00 11 Jun 2007

• Accenture to implement tax system for MarylandUnder the contract, Accenture will implement the Accenture Enterprise Revenue Solution (AERS), which includes enhanced tax administration processing, receivables management, analytics, and data warehouse capabi...News Source: enterpriseapplications.cbronline.com Date: 01:00 16 Dec 2008
• BAE and Accenture pull out of ID cards bidTwo leading systems integrators (SIs) have withdrawn from the shortlist of bidders looking to run the National Identity Scheme (NIS) framework procurement programme.News
• Accenture warns demand for IT services will remain tightAccenture has seen its fiscal Q4 profits slump 41% to $254.7m and warned that demand for technology outsourcing and consultancy services will remain tight again in the next financial year.News Source: www.microscope.co.uk
• Accenture establishes global mobility businessHow does ready-to-deploy mobile applications help mobile operators and enterprises?News Source: mobility.cbronline.com Date: 01:34 18 Feb 2009

• Accenture harnesses web mashups to bring workforce together<p> <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/29/232480/accenture-posts-strong-full-year-results.htm"> IT services firm Accenture</a> has been ramping...</p>In Depth Date: 15:30 18 Dec 2008
• Interview: Accenture boss David Thomlinson puts one foot in tomorrowFrom civil engineering through social engineering, Accenture's UK managing director David Thomlinson has been part of some major projects in his time.In Depth Date: 15:01 06 Oct 2009
• Barclays and Accenture in £450m dealBarclays will announce an IT outsourcing deal with Accenture valued at £450m within the next two weeks. The contract to outsource the bank's application development division is one of the largest UK outsourcing...In Depth Date: 12:19 14 Jun 2004
• Contrite Revenue rewrites set-up with AccentureThe Inland Revenue is reassessing its working arrangements to make amends for what the Commons watchdog described as a "cavalier"...In Depth Date: 09:33 28 Mar 2002

• Accenture report upholds EPA data-center findingsITworld.com helps information technology professionals make informed strategic decisions by providing insight on a wide range of technical topics, including security, storage, networking, wireless, utility comp...Article Source: www.itworld.com Date: 21:22 29 Jun 2008
• About Accenture: PolandAccenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance busines...Web
• Apriso and Accenture collaborate on software to support lean manufacturingThe FlexNet Lean Material Flow solution fills some of the gaps that ERP applications don't cover when it comes to managing lean manufacturing environment, according to a joint Apriso-Accenture press release.Article Source: www.mbtmag.com Date: 13:15 11 Jun 2009
• SOA Shortfall Cited by Accenture ExecutiveCIOs need to deliver on the promise of service-oriented architecture. If they don't, SOA may end up as another over hyped and underused technology.Article Source: www.cio.com Date: 05:00 30 Nov 2007

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Podcast: Accenture CIO Frank Modruson on how to exploit the power of social networking within the business

Podcast | www.computerweekly.com| 04 Jun 2008

Accenture's CIO Frank Modruson talks to Computer Weekly's Bill Goodwin about Accenture's moves to exploit social networking technology within the business to maximise employees' collaborative potential.

• Gordon Brown's HM Revenue and Customs is locked into Accenture - perhaps indefinitelySeveral years ago, executives at Accenture, who were working on a replacement National Insurance Recording System, NIRS2, joked privately that the system was so complicated nobody else could run it. They have b...Blog Date: 11:53 21 Mar 2007
• The NAO's most serious criticism of any IT-based project?At a press conference yesterday, senior officials at the National Audit Office made some of the most serious criticisms anyone at the NAO has made about an IT-based programme.Philip Gibby, a mild-mannered Direc...Blog Date: 12:45 15 Oct 2009
• HMRC cuts annual IT costs and gives Capgemini contract extension worth more than £1bnHM Revenue and Customs has struck a deal with its IT supplier Capgemini that cuts the annual technology spend by hundreds of millions over the life of the contract. The agreement compensates the company with a ...Blog Date: 13:45 09 Nov 2007

• Accenture Ltd. F2Q09 (Qtr End 02/28/09) Earnings Call Transcript.Accenture Ltd. (ACN)F2Q09 (Qtr End 02/28/09) Earnings CallMarch 26, 2009, 4:30 pm ETComplete Story <aBlog Source: seekingalpha.com Date: 23:14 26 Mar 2009
• HR Tech: Levi Strauss and Accenture Presentation | Performance and Talent Management BlogI spent today at HR Tech in Chicago. Generally some very favorable impressions. It’s a small world we operate in, I tell you. You see the same faces over and over, but there’s definately a sense that what’s hap...Blog
• Accenture Mini Talk on Dynamic Networks with JBI - using GlassFish and OpenESBA blog about Open Source Java EE (J2EE), GlassFish, XML, Web Services, AJAX, SOA.Blog Source: blogs.sun.com Date: 03:19 02 Aug 2008
• First look at Accenture in SL : KzeroThis is an extremely similiar strategy to PA Consulting which was the first consulting company to open up in Second Life several months ago. Here is more information about PA Consulting in Second Life.Blog