ORLANDO; May 16, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has unveiled an enhanced version of its claims management software platform, the Accenture Claim Components, with new business intelligence features to help property and casualty (P&C) insurers process claims more quickly and efficiently and improve customer satisfaction.

ORLANDO; May 15, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has unveiled a cloud-based version of its award winning life insurance new business and underwriting software. Part of the Accenture Life Insurance Platform, Accenture’s life and annuity insurance software suite, the software component is now available with a Software as a Service (SaaS) licensing option, and is designed to help life and annuity insurers drive growth and profitability and expand into new market segments, while helping reduce costs.

ORLANDO, Fla.; May 14, 2012 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is expanding the scope of its Innovation Centers for SAP® solutions to become the first global systems integrator (SI) to focus on accelerating the development and delivery of SAP’s real-time database solutions and services, the company announced today. The goal is to help clients rapidly leverage the new innovations in database technology that SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) has delivered with the introduction of the SAP HANA® platform. This move will enable organizations to capitalize on the strong potential that this fundamental shift in the role that the data layer presents for enterprise software solutions.

ORLANDO, Fla.; May 14, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced it is the recipient of a 2012 SAP® Pinnacle award in the service category, receiving the “Customer Award: Innovative Business Leadership Award.” Accenture was also named a finalist in three other service categories: “Transformational Award: Rapid Time to Value,” “Transformational Award: Analytics Impact” and “Transformational Award: Unwired Enterprise.”

NEW YORK; May 14, 2012 – Mobility, enterprise computing and consumer electronics companies in the high-tech industry are being heavily impacted by a new business model called “superstacks,” according to new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) research. Accenture defines a superstack as a more extensive and cohesive integration of operating systems, semi­conductor chips, devices, applications and end-user services than the industry has traditionally achieved. The research also revealed that the primary driver of superstacks will be the mobility market, particularly in the smartphone arena where superstack-based products have already been made commercially available. The research also found that more mergers and acquisitions will occur as superstacks continue to coalesce in the digital ecosystem.