Accenture Acquisitions Expand Consulting Capabilities

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1. Financial, M & A Updates...................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates.................................................................................................................................................14
3. Rewards and Recognition Updates...................................................................................................................18
4. Customer Success Updates................................................................................................................................31
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates.......................................................................................................................38
6. Environmental & Social Updates.....................................................................................................................49

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Accenture Acquires Openmind in Italy to Help Clients Reimagine Commerce
Experiences
Accenture has acquired Openmind, a boutique commerce agency in
Italy with key capabilities in cloud-based platforms, to meet client
demand in the rapidly growing commerce market and deliver
transformative experiences. Notably the first acquisition for
Accenture Interactive in the country, Openmind boasts a
multidisciplinary consulting approach in the areas of commerce,
content, strategy, experience design and technology, which will
enhance Accenture Interactive’s capabilities to deliver greater
operational excellence to clients across all industry sectors,
particularly luxury and fashion. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.
Executive Commentary
“We are delighted to welcome the Openmind team who will join
us in our mission to drive greater impact and commerce
efficiencies for our clients in Italy and around the world,” said
president of Europe for Accenture Interactive. “The pandemic
accelerated the shift to buying things online in a major way and
has opened up a world of opportunities to brands to transform the
commerce experience. They cannot ignore the direction their
customers are heading in and the deep experience of the
Openmind team will ensure our clients have the tools needed to
create these seamless experiences.”
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Accenture to Acquire HRC Retail Advisory to Expand Retail Strategy Capabilities
Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire HRC Retail Advisory, a
retail-focused strategy consultancy with critical in-demand skills and solutions to
help clients across the retail value chain — from customer-centric merchandising and
omnichannel capabilities to the evolving store footprint and creating
high-performance organizations. HRC Retail Advisory’s team of more than 30
people across North America will join Accenture’s Retail Strategy group, expanding
its capabilities for helping clients leverage the power of technology to transform their
businesses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HRC Retail
Advisory’s seasoned experts will add to Accenture’s deep bench of talented
professionals who understand the key-value drivers, trends and omni-channel
environment of the retail industry. With its highly focused set of skills and
capabilities for strategy consulting, benchmarking, retail performance improvement,
analytics and organizational design, HRC Retail Advisory has an extensive track
record for helping large retailers across North America improve profitability and
working capital, while better meeting growing customer, employee and investor
expectations.
“With new consumer habits that formed in the last year enduring into the
foreseeable future, retailers need to be able to think fast and make decisions with
insight,” said Accenture senior managing director and global retail industry
group lead. “The addition of HRC Retail Advisory will further strengthen our
retail strategy and consulting services, which combine deep industry expertise,
advanced analytics capabilities and human-centered approaches to enable 360°
value creation for our clients.”
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Accenture Acquires Workforce Insight, Expanding Enterprise Workforce Management
Capabilities
Accenture has acquired Workforce Insight, a workforce optimization
consultancy that provides workforce management and human capital
management advisory and technology services. The acquisition enhances
Accenture’s workforce management capabilities and further strengthens its
ability to deliver HR transformation to clients. Founded in 2006 with
headquarters in Denver, Colorado, Workforce Insight is a UKG, Workforce
Software and Workday solutions provider, helping clients across the
healthcare, manufacturing, retail and public sector industries evaluate,
implement and adopt optimal workforce strategies and technologies. Its
talented team of nearly 300 professionals is joining Accenture’s Workforce
Management practice, part of the Intelligent Platform Services group,
expanding its advisory and planning capabilities, and providing
complementary data and analytics technology solutions.
“With an increased focus on business resilience and agility to compete
and thrive during these extraordinary times, companies need a holistic,
connected approach to workforce and human capital management to
achieve and sustain operational excellence,” said global lead of
Intelligent Platform Services at Accenture. “Workforce Insight’s
dedicated team of professionals, with deep industry knowledge and
trusted relationships with technology providers, coupled with its
solutions that address complex business challenges using advanced
analytics, ideally complement Accenture’s capabilities and better
position us to drive value for our clients.”
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Accenture to Acquire Wabion to Accelerate Cloud First Strategies with Expanded
Google Cloud Capabilities
Accenture has agreed to acquire Wabion, a Google Cloud services boutique with
headquarters in Esslingen, Germany and Olten, Switzerland as well as additional
offices in Munich, Cologne and Lausanne. The team of more than 60
professionals will join Accenture’s Google Cloud Business Group, part of
Accenture Cloud First. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As a Google
Cloud services provider, Wabion provides a full spectrum of consulting and
implementation services for Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace
solution, including integration, development, licensing and training. Founded in
2004, Wabion has worked with established companies and digital natives on their
cloud migrations, on cloud native app development to build new cloud-based
solutions and on Google Workspace deployments for online collaboration and
workforce productivity. Wabion is a Google Cloud Premier partner and
well-recognized for its deep expertise of Google Cloud innovations and
technological developments.
Market unit lead for Accenture in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Russia,
said, “Acquiring Wabion strengthens both our global and local Cloud First
capabilities, enabling clients throughout our region to create more value and
accelerate their digital transformations. The combination of Wabion’s
expertise with Accenture’s industry knowledge and end-to-end business
transformation experience will help clients within the DACH market tap into
local talent in addition to the vast resources of our Accenture Google Cloud
Business Group.”
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Accenture Acquires CS Technology to Expand Cloud First Infrastructure Engineering
Capabilities
Accenture has acquired CS Technology, a technology firm and provider
of infrastructure transformation services. CS Technology offers a broad
range of cloud infrastructure engineering capabilities with strengths in
the areas of infrastructure and cloud planning, critical facilities design,
data center and modern workplace technologies. CS Technology brings
decades of experience executing strategic initiatives on behalf of its
clients. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The addition of CS
Technology will boost Accenture Cloud First’s capabilities in
infrastructure engineering. This will enhance Accenture’s portfolio of
cloud services aimed at helping clients take full advantage of the benefits
that cloud and distributed edge computing platforms offer in order to
optimize the return on their cloud investments.
“Accenture’s acquisition of CS Technology expands the hybrid cloud
infrastructure capabilities our clients need to become cloud-first
enterprises and realize value faster,” said global lead of Accenture
Cloud First. “The emerging applications of tomorrow require a range
of technologies across the cloud continuum. Companies must evolve
their technology infrastructure in a compressed timeframe, which
requires moving quickly and with confidence. The addition of CS
Technology better positions Accenture Cloud First to design and
execute fit-for-purpose, hybrid cloud strategies that achieve
measurable business outcomes.”
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Accenture Expands Oracle Capabilities in Canada with Cloudworks Acquisition
Accenture has acquired Cloudworks, a leading Toronto-based Oracle
Cloud implementation service provider across North America. The deal
further enhances Accenture’s capabilities to deliver Oracle solutions to
clients on their journeys to the cloud. The financial terms of the
acquisition were not disclosed. Cloudworks, founded in 2016,
specializes in strategy, business and technology consulting and has
become well known for Oracle Cloud-based solutions in Enterprise
Resource Planning, Enterprise Performance Management and Human
Capital Management. Cloudworks has leading capabilities in robotic
process automation (RPA), data analytics and AI, which help maximize
the business value for clients’ investments in Oracle Cloud.
Accenture Technology led for Canada said, “Cloudworks is a
well-known Oracle services provider that has worked with
organizations across Canada and across industries. We are thrilled to
grow our Technology practice in Canada with the Cloudworks team
who strengthen our ability to meet the growing need from Canadian
organizations to unleash the power of cloud, data and innovation to
create truly future-ready organizations.”
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Atos acquires Visual BI to enhance its ability to address customers’ increasing need
for analytics in the cloud
Atos announces it has reached an agreement to acquire Visual BI, one of the
leading and fastest growing firms focusing exclusively on Cloud Data
Analytics and Business Intelligence in the US. Visual BI is a Snowflake
Elite partner, Microsoft Gold Partner for Data & Analytics and is an SAP
partner. The company also supports the technology platforms from market
leading partners such as Fishtown Analytics, Fivetran, Tableau, HVR
Software, Qlik, Theobald Software and Alteryx. By adding Visual BI’s
cloud data-related capabilities, consulting services and partnerships to its
technology portfolio, Atos will enhance its ability to address customers’
increasing need for BI and analytics in cloud environments. Atos will also
benefit from the expertise of Visual BI’s 180+ employees worldwide, based
in the United States, Canada, and India, who will reinforce its Data
Analytics and Cloud Enterprise Solutions practices.
“Atos has made it its mission to help businesses easily and safely
mobilize and leverage data from multiple sources to fuel decision
making. With the acquisition of Visual BI, we gain access to a broader
set of analytics capabilities and tools, greatly enhancing our customers’
ability to tackle their most complex business challenges using data,”
said SVP Cloud Enterprise Solutions at Atos. “This strategic acquisition
allows us to further accelerate our global leadership in data-driven
transformation, in line with the recent launch of our Atos Digital Hub
initiative.”
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Atos expands its manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of IDEAL GRP in
the Nordics
Atos announced that it has completed the acquisition of IDEAL
GRP, a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system integrator
and platinum-level solution partner of Siemens Digital Industries
Software, headquartered in Finland. IDEAL GRP offers consulting,
integration, software and maintenance services for businesses in the
manufacturing sector. The acquisition will add a highly skilled team
of approximately 100 experts to Atos with double platinum status.
The past few months have exposed the fragility of modern supply
chains, leading manufacturing organizations to accelerate their
digital transformation in the search for increased resilience and
operational excellence. PLM provides a product information
backbone by integrating data, processes and business systems.
“Over the past years IDEAL GRP customers have seen the
significant change of PLM becoming more strategic and
integrated, touching the whole value-chain of manufacturing.
With Atos, we are now fully equipped to provide truly global and
scalable services while maintaining the close relationship and
local agility with our customers in the Nordics and Baltics. We
believe that transformation will only accelerate, and we are
excited to have the opportunity to work with Atos to help our
customers create a digital advantage at the heart of this dynamic
evolution.” said CEO at IDEAL GRP.
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Atos strengthens its leading position in HPC cloud enablement and acquires
leading global HPC cloud platform provider Nimbix
Atos announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Nimbix, a
global leading high-performance computing (HPC) cloud platform
provider based in the US, to strengthen its HPC offering. With this
acquisition, Atos, already a European leader in HPC enhances its
existing capabilities and position itself as a leader in HPC cloud
enablement. Established in 2010 and headquartered just outside
Dallas, Texas, Nimbix offers cloud and on premises HPC, giving
engineers and scientist’s access to infrastructure and software
needed to build, compute, analyze, scale, and deploy simulations,
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
applications. The company has executed thousands of cloud HPC
projects in 68 countries.
“Two-thirds of HPC users are already incorporating cloud
computing as part of their overall strategy, and that number
continues to grow. We’ve seen double-digit growth in cloud for
five years, and that trend will continue for the next five. But it’s
important to realize that these are hybrid strategies, in which
cloud resources are complementing on-premises computing, not
replacing it. The Atos acquisition of Nimbix addresses this trend
precisely, wrapping hybrid cloud know-how with
domain-specific HPC expertise. The reach and experience of
Nimbix will give Atos reach to more HPC users and use cases.”
said Chief Executive Officer at Intersect360 Research
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Cognizant Enhances its Smart Manufacturing Offerings with the Acquisition of
TQS Integration
Cognizant announced it has agreed to acquire TQS Integration, a
privately owned global industrial data and intelligence company
based in Lismore, Ireland. TQS delivers manufacturing data
intelligence, global technology consulting and digital systems
integration to help manufacturers accelerate their digital
transformations. Founded in 1998, TQS services clients in the life
sciences, food and beverage, and energy and renewables industries.
"TQS enhances Cognizant's end-to-end smart factory
capabilities, helping clients realize information and operational
technology convergence and drive digital transformation in their
manufacturing operations," said senior vice president and global
markets lead, Life Sciences, Cognizant. "With TQS, Cognizant
not only becomes one of the industry's most comprehensive
solutions for Manufacturing 4.0 for life sciences. We also
strengthen our data historian and analytics capabilities to help all
our manufacturing clients harness the power of data intelligence
to compete in new ways."
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Cyient Strengthens its Digital Solutions Suite, IntelliCyient, through Proposed
Acquisition of WorkForce Delta
Cyient a global engineering, manufacturing, and digital technology
solutions company, announced that it has agreed to acquire
WorkForce Delta, a leading consulting firm in mobile workforce
management. The acquisition will bolster the IntelliCyient portfolio
by expanding its front-end consulting capabilities for digital mobile
workforce management solutions. There has been a growing
demand for comprehensive field force management solutions in the
Utilities and Telecom industries. With rapid sectoral growth across
regions, Cyient continues to invest in expanding its market presence
while creating sustainable value for all stakeholders. With this
acquisition, Cyient will be taking full ownership of WorkForce
Delta.
Commenting on the proposed acquisition Cyient's MD and CEO
said, "Workforce Delta's growing footprint is a testament to their
expertise and the growing market need for streamlined mobile
workforce management processes. By leveraging their team of
consultants, we aim to become an industry leader in this area
across sectors. This acquisition is also in line with our strategic
path forward on enabling digital transformation success via our
IntelliCyient framework for our customers."
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Globant acquires majority stake in Walmeric to strengthen its digital sales
products portfolio
Globant a digitally native technology services company, announced its
acquisition of an 80 percent stake in Walmeric, a firm specialized in
developing marketing automation technology combining lead
management, online marketing and sales enablement. The agreement
includes an option to purchase the remaining minority stake through a
three year term. This first product-oriented acquisition strengthens
Globant´s portfolio of digital marketing and digital sales. Walmeric
offers a multi-channel marketing platform focused on lead to revenue
management with strong B2B2C expertise. Their main product is the
cloud-based platform (SaaS) Delio, a complete lead management
platform that helps companies to track and qualify leads, discover their
interests and contact them with all that information to convert them
efficiently into sales.
"Walmeric joins in our quest to help organizations reinvent
themselves as they go through profound digital transformations. As
an important part of this journey, we are betting big time on disrupting
our clients´ digital sales strategy, a fundamental approach to create
more engaging experiences and conquer the digital and cognitive
revolution”, said CEO and Co-Founder of Globant.
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Hitachi Completes Acquisition of GlobalLogic
Hitachi, Ltd. announced that it has completed the acquisition of GlobalLogic Inc.
pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement signed on March 31, 2021. As
announced in the press release dated March 31, Hitachi Global Digital Holdings LLC
("HGDH"), a U.S. subsidiary of Hitachi, has acquired 100% of the outstanding
shares of GlobalLogic Worldwide Holdings, Inc. ("GlobalLogic Worldwide
Holdings"), the parent company of GlobalLogic, and GlobalLogic Worldwide
Holdings and GlobalLogic have become wholly owned subsidiaries of HGDH. With
more than 21,000 professionals working in engineering centers, and design studios
around the globe, GlobalLogic specializes in advanced digital engineering,
experience design, and data services to help clients accelerate innovation and the
development of new digital products and experiences, through collaborative creation
on a global scale. The acquisition of GlobalLogic will enhance Hitachi Group’s
ability to deliver on its strategy to promote Social Innovation Business through
digital technology to solve the issues faced by customers and society.
“We are very pleased to welcome GlobalLogic to the Hitachi Group.” Said
Executive Chairman & CEO, Hitachi Ltd. “Hitachi aims to become a global
leader in the social innovation business by accelerating digital transformation of
social infrastructure by combining the innovativeness of GlobalLogic's advanced
digital product engineering and experience design capabilities with the reliability
that Hitachi has established in mission-critical fields. Through collaborative
creation with customers around the world, Hitachi and GlobalLogic will work
together to resolve issues faced by society and customers leveraging Lumada and
contribute to improve people's quality of life by focusing on three key areas of
Environment, Resilience, and Security & Safety.”
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Atos takes data sharing to the next level with “Atos Digital Hub”
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Atos Technology Days’ event, Atos announced the launch of a major initiative that positions the Group as a main actor in the
growing data economy and outlines its strategic vision for the coming years: “Atos Digital Hub”, a one-of-a-kind solution
whose primary objective is to serve as an accelerator for the building of ecosystem platforms. Based on the observation that
data is still too siloed within and across organizations and that value creation often lies in data federation, Atos' approach is to
provide trusted digital ecosystem hubs for organizations – with equity, reliability, and security at the heart. When it comes to
data value, rarely does any one entity hold all the necessary "pieces of the puzzle". However, many organizations remain
steadfast in their belief that the pieces they do hold have a differentiating value. Hence their reluctance to openly share data
without a defined path to monetization, not to mention the dynamics of data privacy regulations. Despite this, the ability to
collaborate with an ecosystem and share data is providing great flexibility to businesses – enabling them to quickly adapt to
changes and to satisfy new customer demands which no one entity could answer alone.

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Genpact Launches 24-Hour 'Melting Point' Challenge, Leveraging
Technology to Help Fight Climate Change
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Ahead of this weekend's Formula E London E-Prix at the city's iconic Royal Docks and ExCel exhibition centre, Genpact a global professional services
firm focused on delivering digital transformation, is enabling people around the world to join in the fight against climate change with a new social media
challenge, "Melting Point," designed to draw attention to the realities of our warming planet and highlight the role of technology in overcoming critical
global issues. Melting Point will place a sustainably sourced three-ton ice replica of an Envision Virgin Racing Formula E car alongside the team's race
car at the Tower Bridge in Potters Field Park. The public can take part in a competition to predict the percentage of total ice melt of the replica car as it
is exposed to London's unpredictable weather over a 24-hour period. Leveraging Genpact's artificial intelligence-powered algorithms that have helped
Envision Virgin Racing accurately predict the number of laps in a race, Genpact will provide real-time updates on the many factors that impact the melt
of the ice car replica, including temperature, wind speed, rainfall, and local footfall. Informed by the algorithm's insights, fans can race alongside
Genpact's prediction engine to make their own predictions on how quickly the ice will melt, earning chances to win grandstand tickets to a 2022 FIA
Formula E World Championship race and exclusive Envision Virgin Racing merchandise. For every entry during this 24-hour period, Genpact will
donate $1 to the Arctic Ice Project, a non-profit organisation that aims to slow climate change, restoring ice in the Arctic by leveraging its technical
capabilities through collaborating with the world's most prestigious laboratories and universities.

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Globant launches new Digital Sales Studio to help organizations accelerate
sales and win the consumer's cognitive revolution
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Globant a digitally native company that offers innovative technology solutions launched its Digital Sales Studio to
disrupt traditional sales channels. The Studio aims to challenge e-commerce by placing the consumer at the center of
strategy and applying technology at the service of the business to drive results. With this Studio, Globant seeks to
eradicate the business paradigm based on traditional marketing, in which sales revolve around the features of a product.
Instead, strategy is focused on the consumer and requires a digital and cognitive transformation, forcing marketing and
sales leaders to approach their business from a new perspective. The Digital Sales Studio can collaborate mainly in two
ways. First, by empowering companies that still retains their traditional sales channels to move towards online
transactions. Second, by allowing companies that already work under e-commerce schemes to know their consumers
better and make their marketing decisions based on data, unlocking new AI capabilities.

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Infosys Public Services Launches Block chain Network to Modernize Public
Recordkeeping for County of Riverside in California
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Infosys Public Services a US-based subsidiary of Infosys completed the pilot of a block chain solution designed to improve the efficiency, access
and security of vital recordkeeping in Riverside County, California’s fourth largest county and the 10th largest in the U.S. The block chain network
enables county employees to manage data effectively and securely, while easing access and lowering cost of operations. The pilot block chain
network, developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) using Amazon Managed Block chain, modernizes the once
paper-centric operations of the Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Office. The introduction of block chain technology enables the
Office to store, recreate, and retrieve verifiable digital records, reducing the need for physical storage. The solution will also provide citizens more
timely and accurate access to their records. Riverside County currently spends approximately $500k annually to store official records physically
to ensure compliance with records retention laws and regulations, a cost incurred by most local governments. With physical storage, however,
access, research, and audit of records for retention compliance become time consuming and costly. Block chain technology offers the ability to
reduce costs associated with physical storage of the official records. In addition, Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Office issues
between 58,000 to 90,000 vital records to citizens of the County annually. Currently all vital records requests are fulfilled through issuing of
physical paper certificates.

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Accenture and Avanade Named Microsoft 2021 Global Alliance SI Part-
ner of the Year for 16th Time
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Accenture and Avanade have been named the 2021 Microsoft Global Alliance SI Partner of the Year for the 16th time. The companies have been
recognized with a total of nine awards in 2021 for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on
Microsoft technology. In addition to being named the 2021 Global Alliance SI Partner of the Year, Accenture and Avanade have also been named:
• Automotive Partner of the Year
• Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Partner of the Year
• Dynamics 365 Customer Service Partner of the Year
• Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management & Finance Partner of the Year
• Employee Experience Partner of the Year
• SAP on Azure Partner of the Year
• Canada Country Partner of the Year
• Ireland Country Partner of the Year
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Accenture Named Leader for Application and Digital Services in Banking
by Analyst Firm Everest Group
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Accenture has been named a Leader for application and digital services in banking in the 2021 global and Europe
assessments by research firm Everest Group. Everest Group analyzed the capabilities of leading application and digital
service providers for the banking industry across the globe and specifically in Europe in two independent assessments.
Service providers are positioned on Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix®, which measures each firm’s vision, capability
and market impact. The reports and PEAK Matrix assessments provide businesses with a framework to measure the
relative market impact and capabilities of service providers around the world. Accenture is positioned as a Leader in
both reports for Market Impact, which assesses service providers against criteria such as market adoption, portfolio
mix and value delivered to clients and for Vision & Capability, which measures firms’ strategy, scope of services,
innovation & investments and delivery.
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Accenture Federal Services Wins $729M U.S. Army Enterprise Resource
Planning Contract
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Accenture Federal Services a subsidiary of Accenture has been awarded a $729 million contract to help the U.S. Army
Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) transform multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
into a single, consolidated model to improve efficiency, enhance readiness, and reduce costs. AFS will support the
Army Shared Services Center (SSC) with organizational change management, agile development, and quality
assurance, among other capability support functions. AFS has supported the Army on other advanced technology
initiatives, including a cloud-based payroll and accounting project known as the Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation
Non-Appropriated Fund Integrated Financial Management System.
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Accenture and Avanade Named Sitecore’s Global Partner of the Year
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Accenture Avanade has been named Sitecore’s Global Partner of the Year. This award is given to the highest
performing partner worldwide and recognizes the companies’ achievements at every stage of the Sitecore journey,
including product expertise, capabilities in co-selling, and customer solution delivery. In addition to being named the
2021 Global Partner of the Year, Accenture and Avanade also received an award for Excellence in Solution Delivery in
the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. Accenture and Avanade were recognized for demonstrating true regional
coverage in delivering successful customer engagements and working on significant projects across Australia, New
Zealand, Japan, and Asia.
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Cognizant Foundation Awards Grants to Three London-based Organizations
to Advance Education and Economic Mobility in the UK
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The Cognizant Foundation announced grants totaling more than £440,000 ($611,000 USD) to Code First Girls, The Prince's Trust and
Social Mobility Foundation—three leading organizations working to provide underserved and underrepresented groups in the UK
with digital skills training and computer science education mentorship and access to social capital and opportunities to achieve
economic and social mobility. These grants mark the foundation's first investments in the UK as part of Cognizant's continued
commitment to advance economic mobility and educational opportunity in communities around the world. The tech sector in the UK
has seen 40% growth over the past two years, and to avoid a talent shortage as tech companies continue to grow their workforces, all
individuals must have access to relevant digital skills training and reskilling opportunities. Code First Girls promotes women's
participation in the tech sector by offering free and paid training courses for students and working women. Through its partnership
with the foundation, Code First Girls will provide more than 1,600 women with access to online courses, in-depth classes and
nanodegrees in high-demand tech fields, while receiving wraparound supports such as mentoring, career prep and portfolio
development.
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Datamatics wins multiple Stevie Awards for its Intelligent Automation
(IA) Suite of Products
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Datamatics, a global Digital Solutions, Technology, and BPM Company announced that it won several honors at the Stevie Awards
2021. The Stevie® Awards are the world's premier business awards. Datamatics won the awards for its Intelligent Automation (IA)
suite of products, which includes TruCap+ (Intelligent Document Processing), and TruBot (Robotic Process Automation). TruBot
won Bronze Stevie Awards at the 19th Annual American Business Awards® in the Digital Process Automation Solution category.
TruBot won the award for automating complex CFO Back Office Operations processes for a large US Manufacturer. It helped the
client increase efficiency and productivity by almost 60% and reduces their operational costs by 40-60%.Datamatics TruBot also
earned the Bronze Award in the 15th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Over 3,800 nominations were submitted
this year for consideration from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry. Winners were determined by the average
scores of more than 250 professionals worldwide. Datamatics TruBot is an enterprise-grade, multi-skilled RPA product enabling
business users to design bots at the click of a button. The RPA product integrates seamlessly with Datamatics TruCap+ (Intelligent
Document Processing), TruAI (AI/ML), and TruBI (Advanced Analytics) products.
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EY awarded five 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards
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EY announces being awarded five 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. This includes two Global Partner of the Year Awards
2021: Global Advisory Services Partner of the Year and Global Power Apps and Power Automate Partner of the Year. The EY
organization was also named Country Partner of the Year in the US, Chile and Lithuania. The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards
recognizes Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Awards
were classified in various categories, with recipients chosen from a set of more than 4,400 submitted nominations from more than
100 countries. The EY organization was recognized among a global field of Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in
innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. For the second consecutive year, EY has
received the Global Advisory Services Partner of the Year Award. The award highlights high value consulting services offered by EY
teams, and solutions that leverage Microsoft technologies to help society and businesses to digitally transform. With the launch of the
EY Microsoft Services Group, the EY organization has invested in skills, assets, solutions and Microsoft capabilities combined with
industry and functional focus to help drive exponential outcomes for clients.
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Genpact Named to the Forbes Best Employers for Women 2021 List
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Genpact a global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation, announced its inclusion on the Forbes list of Best
Employers for Women 2021, a prestigious award presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., a world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking
provider. To compile the list, Statista surveyed 50,000 American professionals anonymously – including 30,000 women – at businesses with at
least 1,000 employees. Respondents rated their organization on criteria such as working conditions, diversity, and how likely they'd be to
recommend their employer to others. They also nominated any organizations in industries outside their own that they believed exemplified these
traits. In parallel, extensive research was conducted to create an index of companies based on the share of women in executive management or
board positions. The data for each company was compiled using publicly available company information. The final list ranks the 300 employers
that both received the most recommendations and boast the most gender diverse boards and executive ranks. Genpact's core belief is that access is
a critical enabler to ensure diverse talent rises and thrives. As such, Genpact is focused on programs that attract, retain, and support women
professionals at every stage of the career journey. This includes building the next generation of female leaders through its Women's Leadership
Program, a 12-month course designed in collaboration with Harvard Business Publishing to accelerate careers, as well as Genpact's scholarship
and mentorship program for young girls in India.
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Genpact Named Leader in 2021 Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital
Business Platforms
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Genpact a global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation, announced that it has been
named as a leader in the 2021 edition of the Aragon Research Globe for Digital Business Platforms, for its Genpact
Cora platform. Genpact Cora is an AI-based platform for digital transformation, which features a modular,
interconnected mesh of technologies to facilitate end-to-end business transformation. Enabling innovation at scale,
Genpact Cora automates and improves business processes, boosts agility and flexibility, provides governance, and
generates crucial insights that enhance decision making and the end user experience. The Aragon Research Globe is a
market evaluation tool that graphically represents analysis of a specific market and its component vendors. Positioning
in the Aragon Research Globe will reflect how complete a provider's future strategy is relative to their performance in
fulfilling that strategy in the market. The Globe for Digital Business Platforms evaluates 17 major providers for 2021.
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LTI Wins PTC Partner Network Award for Transformation in
Manufacturing Operations
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Larsen & Toubro Infotech a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, has been named Winner of the PTC
Partner Network Awards in the category of Transformation in Manufacturing Operations. LTI also emerged as a finalist in two
additional categories of Most Impact in Digital Transformation at Scale and Trailblazer/Innovation Project. These awards
recognize the contribution of outstanding partners in helping PTC customers achieve their digital transformation objectives.
LTI has served many enterprises by providing guidance from their experience and success with other digital transformations
in the marketplace. LTI’s expertise with architecture, product selection, solution design, and deployment helped lay the
foundational elements needed to deliver transformation at scale. The PTC Partner Network enables technology providers,
solution providers and system integrators to innovate with leading technologies, collaborate with partners and customers, and
capitalize on the IoT market opportunity. LTI’s recognitions were in the qualitative award categories, which were judged by
ARC Advisory Group, an independent industry analyst firm. Additional awards program information is available here.
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Leidos named to Forbes' list of America's Best Employers for Diversity
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Leidos a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader announced it has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s
Best Employers for Diversity 2021. The annual list ranks employers that host the most diverse boards and executive
ranks, as well as the most proactive diversity and inclusion initiatives. Forbes partnered with market research company
Statista to survey 50,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. The results were used to
identify companies most dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. Leidos has taken significant steps to advance an
inclusive workplace culture. Earlier this year, the company launched its inaugural Enterprise Inclusion Council to help
identify and champion innovative actions that create a more inclusive work environment. The company also
established development programs to increase inclusive leadership and enable personal and organizational
accountability.
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UST Earns 2021 Great Place to Work™ Certification in the U.S. and
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UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company announced that it has been certified by Great Place to Work® in the U.S.
The company has also earned the coveted certification in Mexico for the first time. The prestigious accolade is based entirely on
employees' opinions about their experience working at UST. Great Place to Work (GPTW) is the global authority on workplace
culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what
makes a great workplace. GPTW helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust
work experience for all employees. To be certified as a Great Place to Work, UST's USA and Mexico centers underwent a ‘Trust Index
Survey’and a ‘Culture Brief’, both of which included a deep dive into UST's values, culture, people practices, and programs, benefits,
and more. Based on employee feedback and the culture assessment, Great Place to Work confirmed that UST delivers a consistently
high-trust experience for all. Even with the pandemic over the past 18 months, UST's scores against critical evaluation parameters
including Equity, Impartiality, Leadership Behavior, Integrity, Communication, and Collaboration were significantly higher than
scores in 2019.
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Virtusa Wins Google Cloud 2020 Specialization Partner of the Year for
Cloud Migration Award
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Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT services and solutions that help clients
change and disrupt markets through innovation engineering announced that it has received the 2020 Google Cloud Specialization
Partner of the Year for Cloud Migration award. Virtusa was recognized for the company’s unique expertise and success in
migrating enterprise customers to Google Cloud. Over the past year, Virtusa has consistently demonstrated excellence in building
foundational architectures and then migrating thousands of customer workloads from either on-premises or other cloud providers
to Google Cloud’s platform. To do so, Virtusa evaluated customers’ IT infrastructures through its industry expertise lens and the
company’s Digital Transformation Studio. The proprietary platform and approach merge Virtusa’s engineering tools, reusable
industry assets, and certified agile teams to increase the delivery speed and reduce the costs of business-critical digital
transformation projects. Combined with its large-scale cloud migration implementation history for clients, Virtusa built a
comprehensive roadmap to secure Google Cloud migration efforts while reducing the associated time and costs.
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Atos multiplies supercomputing capacity by 12 at CESGA in Spain with new
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Atos has been selected by the Galician Supercomputing Center to design, deliver and install a new supercomputing system, named Finisterrae III,
based on Atos’ BullSequana X supercomputing architecture that will multiply the current capacities of the center by twelve, while providing huge
storage capacity. The contract also includes a 30-qubit Atos Quantum Learning Machine (Atos QLM30), which places CESGA as a pioneer in
Spain in quantum simulation. CESGA will use the supercomputer for research projects in collaboration with university and industry researchers in
Galicia for various strategic areas of science and technology such as nanotechnology, new materials and industrial processes, health and life
sciences and ocean sciences. It will also promote the use of HPC and Big Data in SMEs. It will enable users to adopt new Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques and use these in supercomputing. It will also promote Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Digital
Innovation Hub of Galicia, bringing supercomputing techniques to public administrations and extending the use of supercomputing to other areas
of knowledge, such as Social Sciences and Humanities. The basic design principle of the Finisterrae III project is to provide a convenient, open,
efficient, flexible, and adaptable infrastructure for different computational paradigms. In this sense, the project will provide access to emerging
technologies, especially Quantum Computing, thanks to the Atos QLM, which will enable technicians, developers, and users to train on the
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Pierre Fabre chooses Atos OneCloud to support its ambitions in digital
transformation, cyber security and DE carbonization
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Pierre Fabre, a pharmaceutical and dermocosmetics group, has selected Atos to handle its secure, decarbonized digital transformation. As part of this jointly developed project, Pierre
Fabre will initiate a multi-cloud strategy based on the one-stop shop offered by Atos OneCloud. The Pierre Fabre Group will gain access to an infrastructure and wide range of services
which meet its strict requirements in terms of security and compliance, operational excellence, and DE carbonization. The transformation plan developed by Atos for Pierre Fabre is
based on three key areas:
• Security and compliance: As the leading company in security services in Europe and second leading company in security services worldwide, Atos will provide its expertise and
cyber security solutions to Pierre Fabre, ensuring that it has full control over all its data, even the most sensitive. Atos’s pragmatic approach targets data flow according to the principle
of "security by design," allowing operational teams to easily conduct projects in compliance with the company's security policy. At the same time, as a founding member of Gaia-X,
Atos provides a guarantee of compliance with the upcoming Gaia-X framework and other European data protection regulations.
• Operational excellence: Through the transformation program implemented by Atos, Pierre Fabre's Digital Acceleration & Information System (DAIS) department will become a
true partner to the business teams, focusing on their needs and productivity. In order to accomplish this, DAIS will implement automation and artificial intelligence solutions in order
to accelerate incident resolution. Furthermore, Atos Technology Framework—a suite of standardized tooling—will contribute to infrastructure management and the running of
applications. At the same time, Atos will provide Pierre Fabre with 24/7 support in France and internationally. What’s more, through its cloud orchestration platform, Atos will give
Pierre Fabre access to its private cloud as well as to a wide catalog of multi-cloud services (OVH.cloud and Microsoft Azure in particular), accessible through a unified portal.
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Atos named Google Cloud ‘Global Social Impact Partner of the Year’ for
2020
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Atos announced that it has been named “2020 Global Social Impact Partner of the Year” by Google Cloud for its dedication to helping organizations quickly and
sustainably overcome the challenges related to COVID-19. This award also recognizes Atos’ ongoing commitment to DE carbonization, embodied by its ambition to
reach “net zero” by 2028. In 2020, the group reduced its global carbon emissions by 15%, of which 10% was caused by structural improvement in addition to the effects
of COVID-19. A few initiatives that helped Atos earn this recognition:
• Increasing telehealth adoption with Google Meet – COVID-19 had the most significant impact on healthcare workers and Atos helped them overcome some of these
challenges with Google Cloud technology. While many medical practices have been moving towards adding telehealth capabilities, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed
some to offer it much more quickly than anyone was expecting. Atos worked with healthcare organizations to launch regulation-compliant Google Meet video
conferencing capabilities integrated with Epic software in a few short weeks.
• Using Data to combat the opioid crisis – while COVID-19 was the primary focus of 2020, other public health crises did not slow down. Worldwide, about 500,000
deaths are attributable to drug use and more than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids. Few people realize that behind this epidemic, one of the biggest hurdles is a
data problem that hinders the work of those trying to bring life-saving resources to areas and individuals most affected by substance abuse. Atos is building a digital
platform for overdose reporting and tracking hosted in Google Cloud. An administrative dashboard with real-time data visualizations will help identify, among other
things, geographic hotspots. This will help channel life-saving medications to the places they are needed most.
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Colorado Springs team recognized for industrial security excellence
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Booz Allen Hamilton announced that its Colorado Springs facility has been selected by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency (DCSA) as a 2021 recipient of the James S. Cogswell Award for outstanding industrial security achievement. This marks the
second time Booz Allen has received this award, the most prestigious honor DCSA bestows to cleared industry. Booz Allen's is one
of only 40 facilities recognized by the DCSA this year out of more than 13,000 cleared facilities nationwide. Cogswell awardees are
recognized for establishing and maintaining a security program that goes well beyond the minimum National Industrial Security
Program (NISP) requirements and providing leadership to other cleared facilities to set high standards for security. Of the
approximately 13,000 cleared contractors in the NISP, only the top 0.5% are annually selected to receive a Cogswell award. The
Cogswell Award was established in 1966 in honor of the late Air Force Col. James S. Cogswell, the first chief of the Unified Office
of Industrial Security. Col. Cogswell is responsible for the underlying principle of the industrial security program, recognizing the
importance of true partnership between industry and government to ensure the protection of classified information, materials, and
programs.
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Hcl Technologies Selected As a Strategic Launch Partner for Microsoft
Cloud for Financial Services
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HCL Technologies a leading global technology company announced it was selected as a launch partner for Microsoft’s
recently announced industry cloud – Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services. Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services
brings together capabilities with multilayered security and comprehensive compliance coverage to deliver
differentiated customer experiences, improve employee collaboration and productivity, manage risk and modernize
core systems. One key solution is HCL’s Power Banking product, built to leverage all available capabilities of the
Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services. It enables comprehensive scenarios for retail bank customer engagement.
Building upon offerings such as this, HCL Microsoft Ecosystem Unit (HCL MEU) works with a set of clients in private
preview to use the current and future reusable components designed for retail banking in new customer scenarios.
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UST Named as One of the 2021 Best Places to Work in India by
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UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company announced that it has been awarded as one of the ‘Best Places to Work in India 2021’, in
the country’s first employee choice awards by AmbitionBox.com, a rapidly growing career advisory platform. UST was ranked among the Top 12
Best IT/ITES Companies and Top 3 in the large IT/ITES companies in India. Companies are ranked based on ratings and reviews shared by
employees who have worked in the company, during the year 2020. Ambition Box is a career advisory platform in India that helps job seekers
discover great places to work. The reviews on Ambition Box capture employee sentiment across key workplace metrics including culture, career
growth, compensation, and work-life balance, development of skills, work satisfaction and job security. In its inaugural edition, the winners were
chosen for an array of awards in each of the top 5 categories (Mega, Large, Mid-sized, Small, Tech Start-ups) defined by the number of people they
employ in India, as well as best employers in each of the various industries. The companies with more than 10,000 to 50,000 employees in India
were categorized under the ‘Large companies’ segment. In the past, UST was also the recipient of the Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award,
recognizing the company as one of Glassdoor’s Top 100 Best Places to Work in 2020. In 2020, UST CEO Krishna Sudheendra was named in the
list of the 25 highest rated CEOs during the COVID-19 crisis by Glassdoor™. UST is also certified in India by Top Employers Institute™ (TEI)
and Great Place to Work™.
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World Wide Technology Ranked One of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Asia
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Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, ranks World Wide Technology (WWT) Asia Pacific number
eight out of 100 companies on the Best Workplaces in Asia™ 2021 list (Small and Medium category). In the largest collection of
employee experiences in Asia, over 3.3 million employees from across 16 countries in Asia and the Middle East were surveyed
to determine the Best Workplaces™in the region. This is the third year in a row WWT’s Singapore office has been ranked on the
list. To be named as best in Asia, 200 companies were the highest ranked on Great Place to Work® Best Workplaces™ National
lists across the region. This recognition is based on confidential survey data assessing employee experiences of trust, innovation,
company values and leadership. Companies are also evaluated on how well they are creating a For All™ workplace experience,
inclusive of all employees no matter who they are or what they do. This year, COVID-19 brought physical and mental well-being
front of mind for both employers and employees. WWT has more than 400 employees operating in eight offices across APAC,
and provides solutions in more than 12 APAC countries, including Singapore, China, India, Hong Kong and Japan.
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Casino Group Partners With Accenture and Google Cloud to Accelerate its
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Casino Group, Google Cloud and Accenture announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the technological developments
of Casino Group, digitally transforming the leading French mass-market retail brand and the retail market as a whole. The
collaboration is two-fold:
• The Casino Group’s B-to-C activities, such as its stores and ecommerce sites, will benefit from the deployment of
innovative digital solutions, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency, and drawing on the extensive
expertise of Google Cloud (in particular on its smart analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions) and of
Accenture.
• For Casino group’s new B-to-B activities, such as its retail media properties, the objective is to accelerate the development
of RelevanC (the Group’s subsidiary specializing in data marketing solutions) by benefiting from the commercial and
technological support of Google Cloud and Accenture.
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Atos and IBM to Collaborate to Build a Secured Infrastructure for the Dutch
Ministry of Defense
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Atos and IBM announced their plans to collaborate to build a new, highly-advanced digital infrastructure for the Dutch
Ministry of Defense. The Dutch Ministry of Defense plans to use advanced technologies, infrastructure services, and
expertise from Atos and IBM Global Technology Services to construct new data centers, safeguard its IT system, and
build a proprietary broadband mobile network to help ensure classified government information remains protected.
Atos and IBM announced the expansion of their strategic global alliance in January 2021 with the goal of transforming
digital acceleration, increased productivity, and reduced operating costs for their customers. Announcement reinforces
the companies’ collaboration and mutual commitment to helping customers use open hybrid cloud and AI to accelerate
digital transformation.
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Atos and Ooredoo deliver critical cyber security services to Qatar’s national
Smart City Program (TASMU)
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Atos and Ooredoo deliver key cyber security threat detection and response services to Qatar Smart Program “TASMU” driven by the
Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) – ultimately supporting Qatar National Vision 2030. TASMU is the first smart city
project in the Middle East and aims to improve the way of life of Qatari citizens, residents and visitors. Atos and Ooredoo’s solution
integrates cloud-native intelligent security analytics and next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) capability from the Atos Alsaac
platform to secure TASMU’s infrastructure and applications. As Ooredoo’s security partner in Qatar, Atos builds on its strong expertise
in cyber security and leadership position in delivering capabilities for Smart Cities to help the Ministry and its ecosystem of partners that
will provide smart city services to collect, orchestrate and secure data. In particular, Atos will provide its Managed Detection and
Response (MDR) service powered by its AIsaac platform for multi-vector threat detection, auto-containment and incident response
orchestration. The MDR service will be delivered from state-of-the-art Atos Security Operations Center (SOC), ensuring strong data
sovereignty for “TASMU.” With Atos’ solution, the Ministry of Transport and Communication will be able to protectively hunt, monitor,
contain, and respond to threats 24/7, with the best industry-based security practices.
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Atos and Graphcore partner to deliver advanced AI HPC solutions worldwide
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Atos and Graphcore announce that they have signed a partnership to accelerate performance and innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by
integrating Graphcore’s advanced IPU computer systems into Atos’ recently launched ThinkAI offering to bring AI high-performance
solutions to customers worldwide. This partnership will mutually benefit both parties. Atos’ long-standing position as a European leader in
high-performance computing (HPC) and trusted advisor, provider and integrator of HPC solutions at scale will give Graphcore access to a
multitude of new customers, sectors and geographies. Graphcore in turn will work with Atos globally to expand its global reach by targeting
large corporate enterprise in sectors including finance, healthcare, telecoms and consumer internet as well as national labs and universities
focused on scientific research, which are rapidly developing their AI capabilities. ThinkAI brings together Atos’ AI business consultancy
expertise - with its experts at the Atos Center of Excellence in Advanced Computing - with its digital security capabilities and its software,
such as Atos HPC Software Suites, to enable organizations to accelerate time to AI operationalization and industrialization. Graphcore, the
UK-headquartered maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), plays a significant role in Atos’ThinkAI offering, which is focused on the
twin objectives of accelerating pure artificial intelligence applications and augmenting traditional HPC simulation with AI.
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Philips and Cognizant Collaborate to Introduce Digital Health Solutions to
Providers, Researchers and Patients
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Royal Philips a global leader in health technology and Cognizant a world-leading professional services firm announced a new collaboration
to develop end-to-end digital health solutions that will enable healthcare organizations and life sciences companies to improve patient care
and accelerate clinical trials. The strategic alliance brings together Philips Health Suite, a cloud-based platform and Cognizant's digital
engineering expertise to deliver and maintain leading-edge digital health solutions at scale, providing advanced connectivity and using big
data to create actionable insights. Philips Health Suite, built on Amazon Web Services, is an integrated, modular set of standards-based
capabilities that support the development of digital health propositions. The platform securely stores critical healthcare data and provides both
advanced data analytics and AI capabilities, while delivering industry-leading interoperability, connectivity, and regulatory compliance. To
date, more than 100 types of medical devices have been integrated into Health Suite, with over 145 billion clinical images securely archived
on the cloud platform. As part of this collaboration, Cognizant will build, deploy, implement, and operate client-specific applications on
Philips Health Suite. These customizable, scalable solutions integrate advanced data analytics, helping to improve both the patient and
clinician experience by providing relevant data to the appropriate point-of-care.
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Aker Solutions Extends Relationship with Cognizant to Modernize its IT
Systems and Help Speed Transition to Renewable Energy
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Cognizant announced that it has extended its relationship with global engineering company Aker Solutions to modernize and simplify
its entire IT infrastructure, including its business technology network and application maintenance and development. Aker Solutions
helps companies unlock energy from sources such as oil, gas and offshore wind. The extended relationship will enhance Aker
Solutions' productivity and business scalability, while decreasing its IT operating costs. Cognizant's DevOps approach will allow the
company to provide agile support and reduced delivery times for new projects, such as oil field developments or wind turbines. As
part of the five-year agreement, Cognizant will provide digital solutions and services, including the design, development and
deployment of mobile applications. Digital technologies, including AI, data analytics and IoT will allow Aker Solutions' clients to
improve predictive maintenance of their supported assets and increase their employee productivity on site through the use of mobile
applications. Cognizant will also support the transformation and manage Aker Solutions' SAP enterprise system to streamline its
business processes and improve operational efficiency, user experience and employee engagement.
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Firstsource and Upfront Healthcare Partner to Improve Digital Engagement
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Firstsource Solutions Limited a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) services and an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, and Upfront
Healthcare, a leading omnichannel communication and patient engagement platform, have joined forces to provide personalized navigation for each patient.
The companies will offer data-backed personalization and health communications to engage patients before and after care – ultimately transforming the care
experience and reducing friction. This partnership was formed to improve medication and visit adherence, reduce gaps in care, and lessen patient
communication fatigue which comprise some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare creating a vicious cycle of worsening health outcomes and
spiraling healthcare costs. First source and Upfront use AI/machine learning-based classification of patient demographic, social, and communication patterns
to adapt the communication channel and content to the individual, eliminating common barriers to patient engagement. There is an industry-wide need to
engage patients and personalize their care in order to ensure they complete key health actions. For example, nationwide averages suggest patients do not
attend or “late cancel” almost 20 percent of all appointments and of those, 50 percent are not re-booked. When patients miss essential care, not only is their
health impacted, but providers face an approximately $150 billion financial loss. The partnership delivers a differentiated patient experience that proactively
engages each patient to attend visits, reschedule in one click rather than no show or cancel, close care gaps, enroll patients in necessary services (like care
management or Medicare Advantage), improve medication adherence, follow up after a transition of care, prepare for an episode of care, and schedule open
referrals or other necessary care.
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Hcl Technologies Announces Strategic Partnership with the Mosaic Company
For Digital Transformation
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HCL Technologies a leading global technology company announced a five-year, global agreement to provide digital
transformation and managed services to The Mosaic Company, a Fortune 500 company and the largest U.S. producer
of phosphate and potash. As part of the agreement, HCL will manage and transform Mosaic’s global application and
infrastructure environments to enhance the company’s agility and ability to drive growth in the marketplace. As part of
this endeavor, HCL will deploy a scaled Agile/DevSecOps delivery model across North America and South America
to deliver process-led transformative services across applications, infrastructure and business analytics environments.
This partnership with Mosaic capitalizes on our strong focus on the agriculture business, mining and chemical
segments. In addition, Mosaic will benefit from our presence in the Latin American market where the company will be
able to execute on go-to-market models for different segments, including B2B and B2C firms.
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Bangalore International Airport Limited Partners with IBM for Digital and
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IBM and Bangalore International Airport Limited operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru announced a ten-year partnership
under which IBM and Kyndryl will provide best of breed IT solutions to create a new “Airport in a Box” platform that will support transforming
the end-to-end travel experience for passengers at BLR Airport. As one of the fastest-growing airports in the World, BLR Airport needed a nimble,
scalable and cost-competitive technology and operations environment that can increase its agility and operational flexibility to handle future
growth in passenger traffic. To achieve this goal, BIAL has selected IBM Global Business Services, IBM hybrid cloud capabilities and Kyndryl,
the new, independent company that will be created following the separation of IBM's Managed Infrastructure Services business, to design and
implement next generation architecture with robust and dynamic delivery model. One that is highly efficient, secures, and will enable a seamless
travel experience for its passengers. The new platform will also enable BIAL to improve employee productivity, better utilization of IT assets,
reduce costs through streamlined inventory control and improved incident management. The state-of-the-art platform IBM is developing to
support BIAL’s business growth will be enabled by a comprehensive set of IBM technology and services, enabled by an open hybrid cloud
approach from IBM and supported Red Hat Ansible Automation. The platform also will generate AI-powered insights from IBM Maximo
enterprise asset management technology to optimize inventory management and total cost of ownership.
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Mitsubishi Corporation, NTT DATA and everis Begin Global RPA Collabora-
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Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Japan's largest trading company, NTT DATA, a leading digital business and IT services provider, and NTT DATA subsidiary
everis Brasil Consultoria de Negocios E Tecnologia Da Informacao Ltda (everis Brazil), are pleased to announce the start of their collaboration in global
robotic process automation (RPA). In May 2020, the three companies began joint work in digital transformation (DX) in Central and South America. In
addition to furthering this work for the MC Group's global operations, they now intend to leverage the customer bases of both the MC and NTT DATA groups
to market the latter's WinActor® robotic process automation (RPA) solution. With the MC Group's support, NTT DATA plans to distribute 5,000 Win Actor
licenses to companies and governmental institutions outside Japan by the end of 2024. In December 2019, MC and NTT Corporation (NTT) announced a
business partnership to pursue industrial DX. Among their early initiatives were a joint investment in HERE Technologies, a mapping and location-data
service provider based in the Netherlands, and the establishment of a joint venture called Industry One, Inc. in the food distribution industry, an area in which
MC specializes and has accumulated extensive knowledge. During this business tie-up, the companies have pursued a framework to achieve a transformation
from MC's business locations utilizing NTT DATA's digital technologies. Recently, along with the utilization of block chain technology for trade procedures
through the TradeWaltz® platform, the companies are pursuing utilization of the WinActor® robotic process automation (RPA) solution developed by NTT,
and currently in use at MC Group companies Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co., Ltd. and Metal One Corporation.
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Virtusa and Major US University’s Collaboration Develops AI Technologies that Address
Fraud, Money Laundering and more across Banking and Financial Service Industries
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Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT services and solutions that help clients change and
disrupt markets through innovation engineering announced its continued collaboration with Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
(SAIL) as an Affiliate Member to develop additional Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This current collaboration focuses on
creating an engine of autonomous fraud detection and enhanced index search technology through natural language processing (NLP)
across the Banking and Financial Services industries. SAIL has been a center of excellence for AI research, teaching, theory, and practice
since its founding in 1962. Virtusa works with Stanford to fund research on how artificial intelligence algorithms and systems can
advance solutions that rely on Big Data. Virtusa's current collaboration with SAIL focuses on using AI to build advanced algorithms in
fraud detection and intelligent enterprise search. Fraud detection, in both payments and transactions, is a major challenge for
organizations worldwide. Virtusa uses AI to automate the fraud detection and prevention processes, reduce operational cost, regulatory
compliance complexity and processing time significantly. Additionally, Virtusa develops algorithms to increase the efficiency of
Intelligent Enterprise search and makes relevant content available to everyone within an organization.
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Westinghouse Electric Company Donates Medical Equipment worth INR 63 Lakhs to Government
General Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, Supported by CII and Cyient Foundation
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Westinghouse Electric Co. USA, in collaboration with CII Andhra Pradesh and the Cyient Foundation, has come forward to aid
the Andhra Pradesh Government in their COVID-19 relief efforts. Westinghouse Electric Co. USA has donated medical
equipment worth INR 63 lakhs to the Government General Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. These include Philips G30E
Patient Monitors with IBP, Fisher & Paykel Airvo HFNC devices, Philips GS20 Patient Monitors, 5LPM Oxygen Concentrators,
PPE Kits, triple-layer masks, and Philips Respironics Trilogy EVO-OBM Ventilators with accessories. The medical equipment
was presented to the Srikakulam district administration in the esteemed presence Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh and Minister of Revenue, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister Revenue, Government of
Andhra Pradesh, appreciated the initiative of Westinghouse, Confederation of Indian Industry, and the Cyient Foundation for
supporting Srikakulam General Hospital. The occasion was also graced by Chairman, CII Andhra Pradesh, IAS Collector &
District Magistrate, Srikakulam District, and Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Cyient Limited at Srikakulam.
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ready
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Karnataka, Telangana and Delhi-NCR are now skilled in Data Science and Cloud computing, with over 2000 of them placed in jobs through a program
by IBM in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation aimed at making India's youth future ready. As part of IBM's SkillsBuild career readiness program,
IBM and NASSCOM Foundation worked with 23 colleges to certify enrolled students on IBM certified courses on emerging technologies including
Data science and Cloud computing in 2019. This unique program engaged students with an on-campus, 250 hour-long blended training models that uses
online and face-to-face training to build skills in new-age technologies like Data Science and Cloud Computing in its first year. Subsequently, the
program pivoted into a completely online mode of education and learning due to COVID based restrictions in 2020. Students from 23 Tier-2 and Tier-3
non-technical institutions were trained by partners TMI and iPrimed. The colleges chosen for the program included Vijaya Evening College, East Point
College, Vidya Vahini College, Vivekanand Degree College, Karnataka College Dharwad, Siddaganga College, KSS Arts, Science and Commerce
College, Siddhaganga Women's College. Several other colleges in Dharwar, Bhagalkot, Gadag, Koppal, Nargund, Bangalore, and Tumkur in Karnataka
and Faridabad in Haryana were also a part of the program. After the training, IBM and NASSCOM Foundation, in association with training partners,
have been conducting placement drives across the country and have already placed over 2000 students in leading technology organizations despite the
challenges caused by the pandemic.
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