Company To Invest More Than $400 Million To Help Clients Implement Digital Technologies; Provide Expanded Choice Of Services & Providers
Annette Rippert, Accenture Federal Services Managing Director
Accenture Cloud Platform to Help Clients Integrate and Manage Technology in a Hybrid World
Company to invest more than $400 million to help clients implement digital technologies; provides expanded choice of services, providers
ARLINGTON, VA – To help federal and private-sector clients get the most business value from cloud computing and mobile technologies, and anticipating the shift in demand toward the public cloud, Accenture has launched the Accenture Cloud Platform.
As government agencies work to meet data center consolidation and Cloud First mandates, the Accenture Cloud Platform (ACP) provides services and solutions designed to help integrate and manage the hybrid cloud environments that span across multiple vendor platforms and are critical to providing flexibility and supporting emerging technologies.
The Accenture Cloud Platform represents an important next step in Accenture’s cloud strategy and reaffirms the company’s intent to providing cloud brokering and orchestration services that are growing in importance to clients. As part of this strategic initiative, Accenture will invest more than $400 million in cloud technologies, capabilities and training by 2015 to focus on delivering the right cloud services from its network of providers, as well as blending its own industry solutions and innovations with third party offerings.
“The adoption of safe, secure cloud computing environments presents an amazing opportunity for federal CIOs to find cost-effective solutions that will deliver long-term, transformational benefits to their agencies,” said Chris Smith, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for Accenture Federal Services. “As an integral part of their IT strategies, cloud can make agencies more responsive, more flexible and better prepared to meet changing customer expectations.”
As part of its overall investment, Accenture has created expanded services on the Accenture Cloud Platform, including public and virtual private cloud infrastructure, data decommissioning, software systems testing and big data analytics solutions in the cloud.
The Accenture Cloud Platform supports an expanded portfolio of infrastructure service providers including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure, Verizon Terremark and NTT Communications offering public, private and virtual private cloud infrastructure, data decommissioning, software systems testing and web application security solutions in the cloud. The expanded service catalog allows government agencies to choose a pre-packaged, standardized format, resulting in faster implementation and lower costs.
Supported by the cloud, technology trends like mobile, social collaboration and big data are changing the landscape as an increasing number of agencies go digital. The Accenture Cloud Platform provides a secure, scalable, and enterprise-ready cloud integration system to support these critical changes. It provides management and control over cloud services that are being delivered to clients, whether by Accenture or from a third party provider.
Accenture already has worked on more than 4,000 cloud projects around the world for clients, including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the General Services Administration and intelligence community agencies. Accenture has more than 6,700 professionals trained in cloud technologies. Accenture is consistently recognized for its industry leadership by leading independent analyst firms and software alliance partners.
Accenture Federal Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, a U.S. company, with offices in Arlington, Va. Accenture’s federal business serves every cabinet-level department and 20 of the largest federal organizations. The U.S. federal portfolio spans across clients in civilian, defense, intelligence and public safety agencies.
Learn more about Accenture’s work with federal agencies and its global program, Delivering Public Service for the Future.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 266,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$27.9 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2012. Its home page is www.accenture.com.