PaaS + IaaS Years after UK Post Office scandal broke, Accenture and OneView Commerce bag contract to replace Horizon Service tries to move on from troubled decades of Fujitsu relationship with £410 million in deals for system that hurt so many
Networks Accenture down to buy Downdetector as part of $1.2 billion deal The deal includes all Ookla assets including Speedtest, Ekahau, and RootMetrics
Public Sector Bank of England says it can run £431M settlement system without Accenture Deputy governor tells MPs central bank now has in-house skills and IP to maintain revamped RTGS
Channel OpenAI asks its friends to tell their friends about Frontier Agent-making tool that mimics human workers is about to get its enterprise close up.
AI + ML Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work Consultancy to monitor usage by meatbags with corporate aspirations
Applications Accenture bets AI will ring up retail sales with Profitmind investment Let the bots figure out what to sell for how much
AI + ML British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture Let the co-opetition commence
Off-Prem Uncle Sam sues ex-Accenture manager over Army cloud security claims Justice Department alleges federal auditors were misled over compliance with FedRAMP and DoD requirements
AI + ML If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank
Databases NatWest banks on AWS and Accenture for AI-driven customer overhaul Deal adds to a string of relationships based on improving data and analytics
AI + ML UK tech job openings climb 21% to pre-pandemic highs Accenture points to AI hiring spree, with London dominating demand
Public Sector Accenture: DOGE's federal procurement review is hurting our sales Share price list slides for top ten consultant to US government
Applications Accenture wins £35M more UK tax work without competition despite promise to 'disaggregate' System which went live in 2009 cannot be supported by another supplier, tax collector says
On-Prem Accenture buys Indian chip design firm to expand semiconductor smarts 450 Excelmax Technologies employees to get new badges
PaaS + IaaS Microsoft drops out of top three for UK software and IT services AWS now biggest supplier in Britain, according to TechMarketView
AI + ML Out with the old, in with the new – Accenture declares AI is 'mature and delivers value' Plans to bulk brainbox workforce by 40,000, months after ejecting 19,000 accountants and HR types
CSO While Twitter wants to sell its verification, Microsoft will do it for free on LinkedIn Redmond expands a digital ID process for its platform as Musk seeks cash for blue check marks
Off-Prem Accenture puts 19,000 staffers' heads on the chopping block 2.5% of workforce to go as sales and margin growth forecasts dip
Databases UK.gov finds billions in cash for big data contracts Project two years in the making aims to improve public services... or what's left of them
On-Prem UK hits Russia with British IT services ban Annexed Donetsk? No more consultants for you then
Software Financial exchange's efforts to replace core systems with blockchain founder – again Accenture roped in to find the weakest link
On-Prem Accenture bags IT services contract for UK tax collector Award timing reveals further slippage in HMRC's mega procurement plan
Systems Intel, Accenture put bow on open-source AI kits to push adoption Think ML is hard to implement? That excuse is getting harder to make as you avoid the rush
Software Australia bins $41m app contracted to Accenture Plus: Chinese chips supported in key management spec; Singapore/UK digital services pact; Fujitsu's vision for oldies; and more
Networks India to upgrade mobile networks near Maoist insurgents to 4G They're currently on 2G – a tactic the government uses to suppress communication
Offbeat Accenture announces 'Accenture Song' – not a tune, but a rebrand To deliver post-pandemic accelerated metaverse continuum experience consultancy. Or something
Security Russia's invasion of Ukraine tears open political rift between cybercriminals Is the West OK when the gun points the other way?
Security Global consultancies quit Russia KPMG and PwC follow DXC and Accenture, leaving 14,500 staff – probably – without a gig
On-Prem UK Test and Trace finding consultant habit hard to break: More contracts go to Deloitte and Accenture New agency in charge, still outsourcing like the clappers
Networks UK's NHS hands Accenture another £5m for Test and Trace system for another year What happened to transferring £1,000-per-day consultant work to the civil service?
PaaS + IaaS UK government names suppliers on £3.5bn contact centre, shared services, and outsourcing framework The usual suspects
Security Lockbit ransomware attack didn't affect ops, claims Accenture amid lurid payoff rumours No word on whether gang got their mitts on data, though
Software NASSCOM shakeup: Accenture's Rehka Menon becomes first woman to chair Indian IT trade org Also, Dell and HP miss out on expanded board positions
SaaS UK government rings £1.5bn dinner bell for software design and implementation, 54 vendors come running Though framework agreement 'cannot guarantee any business'
Devops Accenture, Capita, IBM jump on £800m framework to make the NHS more agile as UK.gov announces further reforms Fail fast, fail often
SaaS Salesforce pinches Accenture tech veteran to head up UK & Ireland operations Cloudy CRM monster's veep merry-go-round keeps spinning
Software IBM joins Accenture in the 'no competition' UK govt club: Fights off no one for £25m contract extension from DWP 'High risk of disruption' means Big Blue makes gov bods 'appy' for next 3 years
Software Accenture scores £20m contract extension with UK pensions department: Competition? We've heard of it But it's a complex technology stack, so we're the sole contender
On-Prem UK utility Thames Water splashes cash as host of IT consultancies appointed to handle £100m worth of deals Just how 'digital' does an H2O supplier have to be?
SaaS Peak greenwashing: SAP backs oil and gas giants with Accenture partnership, eco-credentials go up in smoke It will be carbon-neutral by 2025, whatever that eventually means
Security Accenture pays for CSS injection from Symantec parent Broadcom: Yep, it bought its cybersecurity services arm Price tag undisclosed but we're guessing it won't have made seller rich
On-Prem The two towers: Met Police to consolidate £500m worth of tech outsourcing deals BT, DXC, Accenture, Keysource snouts removed from trough as contracts re-tendered
Software Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for 'defective' cyber-revamp Rental firm fuming after consultancy 'never delivered a functional site or mobile app'
Legal New age discrim row: Accenture, Facebook sued by sales boss for favoring 'new blood' Bloke hits out after losing job to former underling in his 30s
SaaS Et tu Accenture? Then fall S3er: Consultancy giant leaks private keys, emails and more online AWS config blunder spills secrets all over the internet
On-Prem Huge Apple news confirmed. Software deal with Accenture is official That's the announcement everyone's been waiting for, right?
On-Prem Oracle breaks silence to deny 'even considering' buying Accenture In other news: Bear claims to have always used indoor facilities for ablutions
On-Prem Oracle doing due diligence on Accenture. Yep, you read that right Big Red hires consultancies to eye up consultancy
On-Prem Police Scotland and Accenture were at odds over ill-fated IT project i6 Audit uncovers rows over what was required, deliverable
Channel Despite best efforts, fewer and fewer women are working in tech It's not the boardroom that needs a change, it's the classroom
AI + ML How to steal the mind of an AI: Machine-learning models vulnerable to reverse engineering Think database enumeration attacks on steroids
Legal NSW Dept of Education IT system still in slow-motion collapse Sydney TAFE can't track enrolments, graduates, resources, or fees
Channel Accenture leans back, receives £86m Met Police contract Supplier is the latest big name to get a slice of the outsourcing
Channel Europe makes it rain for cloud biz: £30m of gold showered on BT, IBM etc And Accenture and Atos and ... wait, no Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure?
Channel We're all really excited about new smartphones, laptops, tablets – said no one ever Consumer apathy hurls companies in direction of IoT
Channel Accenture extends tentacles with €25m Dublin R&D centre No particular reason for the Emerald Isle, with its really low corporation tax
Channel Buyout-happy Accenture hits $30bn in sales – as profits slide 10 per cent US outsourcing whale posts bumper results while still digesting the minnows
Channel Accenture barges way into cloud market, buys Cloud Sherpas It's a game changer, a paradigm shift, we've reached 'tipping point,' says chief BS officer
Channel Accenture still a little peckish as it snaps up digi biz Chaotic Moon Massive outsourcer seeks to reinvent itself
SaaS Tech giants gang up on Obama over encryption key demands C'mon, Barry. Quit trying to kick down our front doors
Channel Oracle, Accenture, in cloudy consulting cuddle This is how Big Red is going to migrate you to the cloud
Channel Europe drags, as Accenture posts steady growth Outsourcing giant sees 13 per cent North American increase
Legal SUPER-SUEBALL heading IBM's way in Australia Billion-dollar blowout for health payroll debacle headed for court despite past settlement
Channel Huawei and Accenture pucker up for enterprise love-in It's all about the cloud, people –cloud, cloud, cloud
Software Nokia tears devs' hearts out, shutters Symbian and Meego stores early Open until 2016? Nah, we actually meant early 2014
SaaS GE partners with Amazon for 'industrial internet' Proprietary cloud for the internet of things, with help from Accenture and Pivotal
Legal Taxpayers were beta testers for ATO IT project Report tells government ‘avoid single-vendor big bang projects’
Channel Accenture denies British Gas 'millions of errors' billing system claim 'Exceptions' not glitches
Channel Judge rejects Accenture appeal against £182m lawsuit Billing system cockup goes all the way to court
