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- Legal Name: Accenture PLC
- Website: accenture.com
- Founded: 1989
- Founder(s): Pierre Nanterme
- Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Accenture
- Stock Symbol: NYSE: XNYS:ACN
What is Accenture?
Accenture is a multinational consulting and processing services company with capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. The company, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland currently has more than 500,000 employees. It is also a Fortune Global 500 company that served over 6,000 clients in more than 120 countries. The company offers business strategy, technology strategy, and operations strategy services along with technology, business and management consulting. Its Interactive division offers digital marketing, analytics, and mobility services. Accenture Technology mainly focuses on technology software, implementation, delivery, and research & development.
Accenture was originally the business and technology consulting division of Arthur Andersen. In 1989 Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting are separated. In 2000, Andersen Consulting broke its ties with Arther Andersen as a part of an arbitration settlement. On the first day of 2001, Andersen Consulting rebranded itself as Accenture, which stands for “Accent on the future”.
In 2001, the company also announced an IPO and was priced at $14.50 per share. Shares are being traded on the New York Stock Exchange. At the end of the day, the Accenture Shares were priced at $15.17 and the company managed to raise $1.7 billion.
The company decided to change its place of incorporation to Ireland from Bermuda in 2009. The company was partnered with Apple in 2017 to create iOS business software. The company also acquired Symantec’s cybersecurity division, Canadian consulting company Callisto, a cloud-native and agile development company Imaginea Technologies, Infinity Works, and Cygni, a cloud-native, full-stack development company.
Recent Accenture News
Accenture acquires CS Technology
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Accenture to acquire Exton Consulting
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Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft and ThoughtWorks launch Green Software Foundation
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Accenture acquires Industrie&Co, a technology consultancy company
Accenture announced the acquisition of Industrie&Co, a technology consultancy that designs and creates cloud-native solutions for enterprises and born in the ...
Accenture to acquire France-based Openminded
Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire a France-based cybersecurity services company, Openminded. The company provides advisory, cloud & ...
Accenture acquires Core Compete
Accenture announced the acquisition of Core Compete, a cloud analytics services firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with additional offices ...
Accenture acquires cloud native full-stack development firm Cygni
Accenture has acquired Cygni, a cloud-native full-stack development firm that helps companies transform their business through advanced technical software development ...
Accenture acquires Infinity Works
Accenture announced the acquisition of cloud and digital transformation consultancy Infinity Works. With this acquisition, Accenture aims to strengthen and ...
Accenture introduces new business group with VMware
Accenture and VMware announced an expanded partnership. The duo also announced the launch of a dedicated business group that will ...
Accenture to acquire Imaginea
Accenture announced that the company has agreed to acquire Imaginea. Imaginea is a cloud-native product and platform engineering firm that ...
Accenture acquires Wolox
Accenture announced the acquisition of Wolox, an Argentinean cloud-native and agile development company that provides digital solutions to help clients ...
Accenture acquires Real Protect
Accenture announced the acquisition of Real Protect, a privately held, Brazil-based provider of managed security and cyber defense services (MSS). ...
Accenture named a leader for application and digital services
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Accenture acquires SALT Solutions
Accenture has announced that it has acquired SALT Solutions AG, a technology consultancy headquartered in Würzburg, Germany. Terms of the ...
Accenture to made a strategic investment in InCountry
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in InCountry. InCountry’s data residency-as-a-service platform allows enterprises and software-as-a-service companies ...
Accenture acquires Organize Cloud Labs
Accenture announced the acquisition of Organize Cloud Labs, which is operating as ServiceNow’s first Elite partner in Latin America. Accenture ...
Accenture completes Gekko acquisition
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Accenture acquired Symantec’s cyber security services business
Symantec’s Cyber Security Services business was a division that was headquartered in Mountain View, California. Cyber Security Services business includes ...