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Accenture Aims to Measure IT's Carbon Footprint

Internet News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A new tool suite shows how changes will impact power consumption in the datacenter.

European returned electronics cost $11.5 billion in 2007, says Accenture

EE Times (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Management consultancy Accenture Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda) has conducted a study that estimates that 7.34 billion euros (about $11.5 billion) was spent in Europe in 2007 to re-box, restock and resell returned electronics goods. This compares with $13.8 billion spent to do the same task in the United States.

Accenture Releases Data Center Report, Green Technology Suite

Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Accenture, in conjunction with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, has released a Data Center Energy Forecast Report, which presents side-by-side comparisons of energy savings achieved by 17 real world data center case studies. The report indicates that today’s technology maturity is at a ‘state-of-the-art efficiency level,’ as defined by a report from the Environmental Protection Agency [...]

Catching the Next Wave of Innovation (Accenture Interview with Vince Cerf)

GerdsPresentations (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Read: Catching the Next Wave of Innovation. The Internet's ability to enable collaboration will be the key to breakthrough innovation, says this industry pioneer, from business to education to scientific research. Interview: Vint Cerf, chief Internet evangelist, Google "I'm expecting to see literally billions of devices going on the Internet, things that heretofore have not been part of the Internet...

Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game

ZD Net (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...

• Accenture Introduces Green Technology Suite to Help Organizations Use IT to Assess and Improve Green Agenda - Business Wire

Accenture offers software to 'green' a business

Cnet (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Accenture's Green Technology Suite provides a diagnosis of a company's eco-friendliness.

With New Technology, Virtual Meetings Finally Get Real

NewsFactor Network (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Jill Smart, an Accenture executive, was skeptical the first time she stepped into the consulting firm's new videoconferencing room in Chicago for a meeting with a group of colleagues in London. But the videoconferencing technology, known as telepresence, delivered an experience so lifelike, Smart recalled, that "10 minutes into it you forget you are not in the room with them." The technology consulting...

• With New Technology, Virtual Meetings Finally Get Real - Sci-Tech Today

Accenture & Atos Origin partner up with Michelin

IT consultant's blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Consulting firms Accenture and Atos Origin have announced that Michelin, global leader on the tire market, has given them the applications' management of its core business, R&D, Manufacturing and Business Intelligence. The consultancies will build, support, develop and implement the strategic applications across the globe over the next three years. Michelin's goal in teaming up with Accenture and...

ww.mac.ro News: AIG, Arthrocare, Brown Shoe, KeyCorp, Yahoo: U.S. Equity Movers - Bloomberg

mac.ro (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 9:40 a.m. in New York, unless stated otherwise. Accenture Ltd. (ACN US) rose 1.5 percent to ...

Prashanth sparkles

Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Chennai: Prashanth claimed seven for 41 as Accenture beat i-SOFT by one wicket in the YSCA-SSI trophy here on Sunday. The scores: i-SOFT 164 in 29.5 overs (Prashanth seven for ...

Accenture Reaps Benefits of Slow Economy - Barron's

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

At least Accenture, a management consulting and technology outsourcing firm, has been benefiting from the current economic downturn. Companies looking to cut costs and streamline operations have contributed to the $6.77 billion in new bookings in Accenture’s recent FQ3. Yet Barron’s says the company has stayed under investors radars: They don’t realize Accenture (ACN) is the one doing all that corporate...

Avanade launches Avanade Mobile Solutions for SAP Access

MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Our partner Avanade, the global joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture, has launched Avanade Mobile Solutions – for SAP® applications, a solution platform providing offline remote access to select SAP solutions on Windows Mobile devices. The solution platform provide access to three SAP applications; SAP NetWeaver ® Portal, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, and SAP Business Workflow. It...

Michelin signs consortium for apps management

Computerworld UK's Roundup (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Michelin has signed three-year application management deals with Logica, Accenture and Atos Origin, in a bid to cut costs and improve the speed with which its IT can react to change.

Alpha Software Signs Former Accenture Executive as Chief Security Evangelist

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the information technology industry’s most respected enterprise security experts is now serving as Alpha

Senior Software Engineer - Informatica - Atlanta

GadBall.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

Description Organization Accenture Technology Solutions Location Atlanta, GA Travel None Accenture Technology Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accenture that employs technology enthusiasts who focus on application development, systems administration work, and software maintenance providing practical programming and technology implementation for business. Accenture Technology Solutions experts...