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ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 4-8 December

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from 4-8 December.

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Accenture and Bricorama paint the town red with shopping assistant

Accenture and French home improvement retailer, Bricorama, have collaborated to develop ‘pAInt,’ a generative AI-powered shopping assistant.

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Analytics and AI

Accenture joins forces with Unilever to unleash the power of AI

Accenture has entered into a collaboration with Unilever to leverage Unilever’s AI research and implementation of technologies that drive productivity, efficiencies and accelerate disruptive and AI-powered innovations at scale.

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Data and Data Management

Union Bank of India branches out with Accenture

Accenture has announced a collaboration with Union Bank of India, a public sector bank in India, to design and develop a scalable and secure enterprise data lake platform with advanced analytics and reporting capabilities.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Accenture unveils series of acquisitions to help clients around the globe

Accenture has announced a series of new acquisitions and expansion of capabilities to boost its portfolio and to aid its clients, worldwide.

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Supply Chain Management

Accenture and SAP to deliver new supply chain nerve center

Accenture and SAP will expand their partnership with a new supply chain nerve center that can reduce risk and enhance visibility.

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Digital Commerce

Accenture Song’s ‘Content Atelier’ assists Accor

Accenture has been appointed by global hospitality group, Accor, to support its content production capabilities, driving scale and establishing consistency in local and global marketing communications across its hotel brands to tailor to guests’ needs.

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Enterprise Architecture

Accenture to acquire New Zealand-based IT services firm, Solnet

Accenture has agreed to acquire Solnet, an IT services provider with technology experience for New Zealand government and private organizations across multiple industries.

Human Capital Management

Workday rising – and dancing – with EMEA industry takeover

Workday Rising EMEA highlighted customers wins with over 100 European-headquartered companies from more than 35 different industries.

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Service Management

Vodafone dials into Accenture’s tech and transformation services

Vodafone Group Plc is forming a strategic partnership with Accenture to enhance its shared operations, aiming for accelerated growth, improved customer service, and increased efficiencies, with Accenture investing €150m for a minority stake and the partnership expected to be finalized in spring 2024.

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Analytics and AI

Accenture to launch GenAI studios to boost capabilities in NA

Accenture has announced its intentions to launch a network of GenAI studios in North America where companies can explore ways to optimize and reinvent their business through the responsible use of GenAI applications.

Accenture and Salesforce team up to help life science companies

Accenture and Salesforce have announced they are investing in the development of Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud.

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Peugeot fine tunes creative communications with Accenture Song

Accenture Song, the tech-powered creative group of Accenture, has been appointed by PEUGEOT as its global creative agency record, as of January 2024.

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ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 30 October-3 November

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from the week of 30 October-3 November.

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Accenture to acquire technology consultancy 6point6

Accenture will utilize 6point6's expertize to enhance its strategy and architecture capabilities.

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Financial Management

Accenture’s North America take-over continues with Comtech Group acquisition

Accenture has acquired Comtech Group, a consulting and program management company for infrastructure projects, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Accenture to acquire ConcentricLife to boost marketing capabilities

Accenture has agreed to acquire ConcentricLife, a healthcare marketing agency helping Life Sciences brands build optimal experiences.

Accenture acquires cybersecurity company, MNEMO Mexico

Accenture has acquired MNEMO Mexico, hopping to help organizations build more cyber-resilient businesses and secure their digital cores, technologies and supply chains.

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ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 16-20 October

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from 16-20 October.

Accenture and Google Public Sector launch cybersecurity CoE

Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector have announced the launch of a new Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to help U.S. federal agencies rapidly detect and respond to cyberattacks.

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SAP and Accenture partner to help businesses adopt GenAI

SAP has announced it is collaborating with Accenture to support organizations to adopt generative AI across their core business processes.

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No salary hikes for Accenture employees in India and Sri Lanka

Accenture will not be paying salary hikes to its employees in India and Sri Lanka in 2023, except where it is legally mandated or based on individual performance where applicable.

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Accenture writes new narratives for businesses with The Storytellers

Accenture has acquired The Storytellers, a UK creative management consultancy that partners with CEOs and other leaders to develop their narratives to boost business growth and accelerate performance in their organizations.

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Accenture boosts marketing capabilities with Tokyo firm SIGNAL

Accenture has recently acquired SIGNAL, an integrated marketing firm based in Tokyo, Japan. This acquisition strengthens the company’s ability to support clients’ marketing transformation across owned, paid and earned media.

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Accenture sails ahead with strong fourth quarter performance

Accenture has reported its fourth-quarter results with revenues of $15.99bn, meeting expectations set back in Q3 and an increase of four percent in U.S. dollars and local currency.

Amadeus revamps travel tech with Microsoft and Accenture

Amadeus' partnerships with Microsoft and Accenture will bring a chatbot to make travel suggestions, and a new plugin for Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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Quantum creeps closer – ready or not?

Will quantum computing decrypt all our secrets in the next decade? IBM, Deloitte and Accenture security and quantum compute experts think so.

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GenAI guardrails ahoy with LLM sandboxes

GenAI LLMs can transform enterprises without rocking the boat. Jeremy Barnes, ServiceNow and Dave Kanter, Accenture ServiceNow Business Group, explain.

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Accenture explores space with Open Cosmos investment

Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Open Cosmos, a space technology company that focuses on the design, manufacturing and integration of satellites.

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Nautilus Consulting becomes part of Accenture

Accenture has acquired Nautilus Consulting, a digital healthcare consultancy in the UK that specializes in Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solutions.