SAN FRANCISCO, CA; Sept. 19, 2018 – Bringing to life the intelligent solutions Accenture (NYSE: ACN) can create for clients using Salesforce technologies, the company today launched a new Innovation Center for Salesforce in its San Francisco office, located in Salesforce Tower.

NEW YORK & SAN DIEGO; Sept. 18, 2018 – A new study shows that business leaders are taking steps to ensure responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) within their organizations. Most AI adopters – which now account for 72 percent of organizations globally – conduct ethics training for their technologists (70 percent) and have ethics committees in place to review the use of AI (63 percent).

NEW YORK; Sept. 18, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is expanding its collaboration with SAP in the oil and gas industry by co-developing an SAP® S/4HANA Cloud® solution designed to help oil and gas companies significantly cut operational costs and create new revenue opportunities.

NEW YORK; Sept. 18, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has expanded the capabilities of its intelligent automation platform, Accenture myWizard®, to help companies to disrupt every aspect of the application lifecycle and drive greater strategic business value. Accenture has bolstered the platform’s capabilities by integrating artificial intelligence (AI), automation, analytics and DevOps, through proprietary investments, technology enhancements and expanded ecosystem collaboration.

NEW YORK; Sept. 18, 2018 – The semiconductor industry is the most bullish sector when it comes to the integration of blockchain within their industry and the impact that artificial intelligence and extended reality will have on peoples’ lives, a new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) report finds.

JOHANNESBURG; Sept. 18, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched its first design and innovation studio on African soil, Fjord Johannesburg. The move significantly expands the company’s design capabilities and demonstrates its commitment to unlocking Africa’s innovation potential through the creation of experiences that redefine industries in our constantly evolving digital era.

NEW YORK; Sept. 17, 2018 – Accenture and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), will launch a cloud-based informatics research platform designed to help organizations in the life sciences industry improve productivity, efficiency and innovation in the early stages of drug development.

NEW YORK; Sept. 17, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has, for the fifth consecutive time, been positioned a Leader in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems, North America*” report.

NEW YORK; Sept. 17, 2018 – Despite the volume of cyberattacks doubling in 2017, financial services firms are closing the gap on cyberattacks, having stopped four in five of all breach attempts last year, up from two-thirds in 2016, according to a new research study from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). However, the study also notes that firms will need to improve their security procedures to heed off increasingly sophisticated attacks powered by new technologies.

MUMBAI; Sept. 17, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been selected to design, implement and manage a digital transformation strategy for UTI Asset Management Company Ltd. (UTI), one of India’s largest investment managers, to help the company drive innovation-led growth in the digital economy.