Accenture Life Safety Solution Brings Wireless Technology to Heavy Industrial Locations
NEW YORK; March 3, 2010 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the first deployment of the Accenture Life Safety Solution, a wireless-enabled gas detection system that helps protect workers in potentially hazardous environments. The solution combines Wi-Fi and location-based technologies with gas detectors to allow companies to remotely monitor incidents in locations previously not suited for wireless networks.
March 03, 2010
Oil and Gas Pros Rapidly Embracing Social Media and Collaboration Tools; Yet Corporate Policy Lags, Reports New Microsoft and Accenture Survey
HOUSTON; Jan. 21, 2010 – Nearly 75 percent of oil and gas professionals see value in using social media and collaboration tools at work – an 83 percent jump from responses in last year’s similar poll – but corporate-wide endorsement of these tools continues to lag behind, reports a Microsoft Corp. and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey released today.
January 21, 2010
Low Carbon Fuels Could Disrupt Oil Market Within Five Years, Accenture Report Finds
NEW YORK; Nov. 10, 2009 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has identified the technologies that it predicts are most likely to transform the demand and supply of transport fuels and cut emissions within the next five years. In a report comparing advances in combustion engines, biofuels, electrification and other technologies, Accenture warns that their commercial viability will be delayed unless regulators more proactively support the transformation of science into applied technologies.
November 10, 2009
BP Taps Accenture to Provide SAP Applications Development Services
LONDON and NEW YORK; Aug. 26, 2009 -- BP has awarded Accenture (NYSE:ACN) a contract to provide BP with information technology application development services. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
August 26, 2009
Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) Chooses Accenture to Conduct CL&P’s Plan-It Wise Energy Program
NEW YORK and BERLIN, Conn. (USA); March 11, 2009 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has teamed with Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P), a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), to conduct CL&P’s Plan-It Wise Energy Program, a pilot program using smart meters to test residential, commercial and industrial customers’ interest in, and response to, peak time-based energy rates.
March 11, 2009
Oil and Gas Pros View Social Media as Important for Productivity, Collaboration; Yet Few Firms Have Tools in Place, New Survey Reports
HOUSTON; Feb. 18, 2009 – Forty percent of oil and gas professionals believe company adoption of new social media tools, including social networking sites, would boost productivity on the job, yet only one out of four report leveraging these newer tools to capture and share important information internally, according to a new Microsoft Corp. and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey released today at the Microsoft Global Energy Forum 2009.
February 18, 2009
Emerging Economy Consumers More Willing To Act Against Climate Change Than Developed Market Consumers, Accenture Research Shows
NEW YORK; Jan. 15, 2009 – Consumers in emerging economies are more concerned and willing to take actions against climate change than those in developed countries, according to global research by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Although the economic crisis has not reduced worldwide concern about climate change, 53% of people in emerging economies claim to be extremely concerned about it against only a third (31%) in mature markets.
January 15, 2009
Accenture to Provide Xcel Energy with Application Outsourcing Services
DENVER; Nov. 25, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will provide Xcel Energy with application management services under a multi-year application outsourcing agreement. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
November 25, 2008
Creation of Global Biofuels Industry Will Be Far More Difficult than Previously Thought, Accenture Study Finds
LONDON; Sept. 8, 2008 – Despite the emerging biofuels market, the creation of a global biofuels industry will be much more difficult to achieve than originally thought, according to findings of an Accenture (NYSE: ACN) study released today.
September 08, 2008
Largest Emitters of CO2 Demand Clear Guidelines from Governments to Address Climate Change, Accenture Study Finds
BERLIN; May 6, 2008 – More than three-quarters of companies in the chemical, energy and natural resources industries worldwide are looking to policy makers to set a clear and consistent framework that supports technology innovation and lays out global emission targets and efficiency standards to help reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study on climate change released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
May 06, 2008