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Accenture To Cut 19,000 Jobs, After Lowering Forecasts

Accenture confirms it will axe 19,000 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its workforce, amid “significant economic and geopolitical uncertainty”

2 years ago

NortonLifeLock, Avast Merger Faces UK Competition Probe

NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec) merger with London-listed Avast under threat after UK's CMA signals deeper investigation

3 years ago

Facebook Moderators Agree $52 Million Settlement After PTSD Lawsuit

Facebook has agreed a multi million dollar settlement with content moderators who sued it for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and…

5 years ago

Broadcom Sells Symantec Unit To Accenture

Brief affair. Only a few months after finally acquiring it for $10.7bn, Broadcom opts to offload Symantec's Enterprise division

5 years ago

Accenture Exposes Sensitive Data On Unprotected AWS Servers

UPDATED: Security researchers find Accenture left four cloud-based storage servers unsecured but Accenture says customer data was never at risk

7 years ago

Apple And Accenture To Create Business iOS App Practice

Apple and Accenture look to combine iOS and digital transformation experience to get more businesses using mobile platform

7 years ago

Leonardo Live: SAP Talks Up Deloitte And Accenture Partnerships

Both firms have partnered with SAP to build and deliver digital services

7 years ago

Simplified Blockchain Security Promised By Accenture

Effort to drive uptake of blockchain technologies sees solution to integrate enterprise IT security solution

8 years ago

Accenture: Six Nations Rugby Is Ideal Showcase For Our Big Data Tech

How Accenture is helping the Six Nations rugby tournament and why it's a great testing ground for business

8 years ago

Accenture Touts Need For Blockchain Editing Tool

Editable blockchain controversery, but Accenture insists it would only be used under 'extraordinary circumstances'

8 years ago

Accenture London’s Fintech Innovation Lab Aims To Boost Financial Tech Startups

HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and other banks will offer mentoring and support to fintech startups

8 years ago

Police Scotland Scraps Delayed £40m IT Project

Police Scotland will press on with other IT projects after i6, which was set to cost tens of millions, is…

8 years ago

Millennials And Mobile Helping To Establish UK As ‘New Retail’ Leader

Ecommerce innovation puts the UK way out in front of European rivals when it comes to consumer loyalty, Accenture c;ao,s

9 years ago

How Cutting-Edge Business Practices Are Applied To The RBS 6 Nations

Nick Millman, MD of big data & analytics delivery for Europe, Accenture, explains how analytics brings the 6 Nations Championships…

9 years ago

BT, IBM, Accenture Win European Commission Cloud Contracts

ATOS, Cloud Team Alliance also get a look in as EC splashes £27m on four year cloud deals

9 years ago

Why Virtual Reality Could Be The Real 6 Nations Winner

Accenture’s virtual reality app looks to put fans in the thick of the match

9 years ago

Accenture Scoops Up Dutch Cloud Team CRMWaypoint

Acquisition will go to strengthen Accenture’s ‘Cloud First’ agenda and Salesforce powers

9 years ago

AWS, Accenture Form Cloud Services Business Group

All aboard the Accenture bus, destination: AWS. New business group will see more than 1,000 consultants ferry workloads to Amazon's…

9 years ago

Businesses Are Failing To Get The Most Out Of Their Mobile Apps

Accenture report finds only half of businesses are properly integrating developing and distributing apps

9 years ago

Cyber Attacks Are Daily Reality, Admit Executives

Dire threat landscape...corporate executives admit cyberattacks occur daily or weekly

9 years ago

Amadeus Lays Down £538m For Accenture’s Navitaire

Amadeus will pick up airline business software provider to boost its low-end and hybrid-carrier segments

9 years ago

Oracle, Accenture Launch Cloud Business Group

Oracle cloud helper will initially focus on the public, financial and hospitality services sectors

10 years ago

Accenture Looks To Hire 1,600 UK Staff In 2015

Consultancy on the prowl for IT experts across UK cities

10 years ago

British Teens ‘Being Short-Changed’ When It Comes To Digital Skills

Two thirds of students feel that the current curriculum is not developing their digital skills for the workplace

10 years ago

Chinese Anti-Trust Regulators Launch Fresh Raids On Microsoft Offices

Microsoft reportedly receives more visits from the Chinese SAIC as pursuit of Western firms continues

10 years ago

UK Consumers Still Wary Of Wearable Technology

Accenture survey finds that nearly two thirds don't think this stuff looks cool

11 years ago

Accenture Invests In Cloud Platform

Accenture's new platform aims to help organisations evolve in a cloud-centric world

12 years ago

MPs Bemoan ‘Tax Avoidance’ Amongst Top Government IT Suppliers

Accenture and Capgemini say they are doing nothing wrong, as MPs vent frustration

12 years ago

Up To 400 Developers Abandon Work On Symbian

Several hundred ex-Nokia employees voluntarily left work after being outsourced to Accenture

13 years ago

Nokia Belle Update Available For Download

Nokia Belle is now available for download for Symbian handsets, in what could be the hurrah for the Symbian OS

13 years ago