PALO ALTO, Calif.; Sept. 2, 2010 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will work with Stanford Hospital & Clinics on a seven-year, connected health technology initiative to improve patient care and operational efficiency. The effort will continue to advance Stanford’s patient care platform, which connects the hospital and outpatient clinics to create a near-paperless electronic medical record.

NEW YORK; Aug. 31, 2010 – Educational Testing Service (ETS), the leading provider of education assessments and psychometric research, has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a seven-year, $160M contract extension to continue managing its end-to-end supply chain,  under a business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement. The contract was signed in May 2010.

OSLO; Aug. 25, 2010 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed a three-year application outsourcing (AO) contract with Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world's leading integrated aluminum companies. The agreement covers support and maintenance of two of Hydro's SAP systems globally.

RESTON, Va.; Aug. 12, 2010 – According to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN), healthcare organizations planning large investments in e-health solutions face challenges in five interrelated disciplines of information governance – data privacy, confidentiality, security, quality and integrity.