Digitalisation is something we, as consumers, are innately hardwired by. “Googling”, “Hey Siri” and “Alexa” are phrases we use to find information, reviews and offers on the products or services we’re interested in.
Getting your foot in the door at one of the top consulting firms is no easy task. At McKinsey, for example, more than 750k people apply in a given year.
Accenture acquired Organize Cloud Labs, a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based company operating as ServiceNow’s first Elite partner in Latin America.
Dutch management consulting firm Vintura has launched in the United Kingdom, marking its first international operation since teaming up with PharmaLex.
The artist formerly known as Ernst & Young is preparing to transfer the majority of its in-house compute function to IBM, with 800 people in various corners of the world set to make the move from October onwards.
IT services major Wipro said it has partnered Intel to enable its LIVE Workspace solution with the latter's vPro platform that will help customers drive business continuity by enabling remote IT support and solutions.
Consulting giant Deloitte has promoted local chief marketing officer Matt McGrath to global CMO.
Capgemini plans to reskill about 50,000 employees in India over the next six months to help clients meet changing business needs by adopting emerging technologies.
French IT giant Atos has signed a four-year contract worth £5 million ($6.5m) with the University of Oxford to deliver a supercomputer for artificial intelligence workloads.
Laura Schweitzer, a 24-year veteran of PwC, has been appointed director of the data and analytics practice at Herndon, Va.-based health information technology contractor B3 Group.
Major League Baseball has named Michele Meyer-Shipp to oversee all of MLB’s human resources activities, including talent processes and programs, workplace culture and diversity and inclusion.
Street Talk understands the management consultancy firm has brought Mark Potter on board as a partner to lead its financial services offering, alongside Tim Morse.
Accenture completed the acquisition of PLM Systems, a Turin, Italy-based boutique systems integrator.
The terms of the transaction, which was announced on May 19, 2020, were not disclosed.
Global analytics software provider FICO has named Louise Lunn to lead its newly created Global Analytics Delivery organization. Lunn, who is based in the UK, will oversee the teams of data scientists worldwide that develop custom analytics solutions and exploratory analytics projects for the world's top banks, as well as retailers, telecommunications firms, insurance companies and other businesses.
In between advising clients on how to manage staff from home (phone them) and helping them emerge fight fit from the COVID-19 pandemic (cut costs, keep close to customers), Accenture's management consultants appear to be stepping into the world of deals.
Noida-based IT company HCL Technologies has bagged an over-$600 million deal from Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson. HCL under this agreement will provide infrastructure management, cloud and application services to Ericsson
Wipro Limited, announced that Metro Bank, a large UK-based retail and commercial bank, has awarded a multi-year contract to deliver and transform testing and environment management services.
For the next three years, UK Government departments will be able to purchase IBM cloud services at a discount, as per a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the pair.
The Bank of England will work with Accenture to develop and build this new world-class payment service.