March 22, 2016

Accenture Named by Adobe as 2015 Marketing Cloud Partner of the Year – Americas

NEW YORK & LAS VEGAS; Mar. 22, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been recognized as the Marketing Cloud Partner of the Year – Americas by Adobe, a global leader in digital marketing and digital media solutions. The award, which Adobe presented to Accenture Interactive during Partner Day at Adobe Summit, The Digital Marketing Conference, recognizes Accenture’s commitment to a cloud-first agenda and the collaborative and successful work the two companies achieved together in 2015.

Adobe considered joint revenue, executive commitment, organizational alignment and unique value delivered to clients in awarding Accenture as its 2015 Marketing Cloud Partner of the Year -- Americas.

“Together, Accenture and Adobe continue to help drive digital marketing transformation and innovation for clients across industries,” said Glen Hartman, senior managing director for Accenture Interactive, North America. “We bring together the best of Adobe’s cloud technologies and Accenture Interactive’s full suite of digital marketing services to create meaningful experiences and tangible business outcomes for leading brands and businesses in the Americas and globally.”

A recent example for Accenture Interactive’s and Adobe’s successful collaboration is their recently announced joint initiative to deliver industry-specific digital marketing solutions for clients in North America and Europe. The two recognized leaders will team to help their clients’ customers drive greater marketing performance and efficiency.

“Adobe and Accenture’s alliance continues to strengthen as we grow together, and we are thrilled to honor them as Marketing Cloud Partner of the Year in the Americas,” said Garrett Ilg, senior vice president and head of global partners and alliances at Adobe. “The power of Accenture Interactive and Adobe together allows us to deliver innovative and forward-thinking solutions that drive business success and keep our clients ahead of the changing digital landscape.”

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions—underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network—Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately 373,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Accenture Interactive, part of Accenture Digital, helps the world’s leading brands drive superior marketing performance across the full multichannel customer experience. Accenture Interactive offers integrated, industrialized and industry-driven digital transformation and marketing solutions. To learn more follow us @AccentureSocial and visit www.accenture.com/interactive.

About Adobe Marketing Cloud
Adobe Marketing Cloud empowers companies to use big data to effectively reach and engage customers and prospects with highly personalized marketing content across devices and digital touch points. Eight tightly integrated Solutions offer marketers a complete set of marketing technologies that focus on analytics, web and app experience management, testing and targeting, advertising, audience management, video, social engagement and campaign orchestration. The tie-in with Adobe Creative Cloud makes it easy to quickly activate creative assets across all marketing channels. Thousands of brands worldwide including two thirds of Fortune 50 companies rely on Adobe Marketing Cloud.

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