May 06, 2015

Accenture Named in ‘Winner’s Circle’ for Enterprise Analytics Services, According to HfS Research Report


NEW YORK; May 6, 2015 Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named to the ’Winner’s Circle’ of the 2015 HfS Enterprise Analytics Services Blueprint Report. The report ranked Accenture as the overall leader in the execution category, recognizing the company’s ability to develop strong relationships with clients, execute services beyond project scopes, and be highly flexible to meet clients’ needs.

The HfS report, which assessed 19 service providers, highlighted Accenture’s vision for enterprise analytics services across the analytics value chain. The report also emphasized Accenture’s analytics talent acquisition and development frameworks, experience delivering industry-specific solutions, delivery of advanced analytics modeling and ongoing decision support, and geographic footprint and scale.

“Accenture is recognized in the ‘Winner’s Circle’ of the HfS Enterprise Analytics Services Blueprint Report due to its industry-leading standing and strong, community-led approach to big data and analytics,” said Reetika Joshi, Research Director, Consumer-centric Operations and Analytics Strategies, HfS. “During our research, we uncovered that clients really appreciated the opportunities Accenture creates to engage them in industry-level discussions and interact with the larger analytics community. Accenture’s dedicated client efforts and its presence over the last couple of years are a few example areas that helped to differentiate Accenture Analytics and Accenture Digital in the marketplace.”

Additional Accenture strengths noted in the report include:

“Accenture is dedicated to helping clients around the globe become data-driven organizations on a journey toward digital transformation. Being recognized in the ‘Winner’s Circle’ and leader of the execution category of HfS’ Enterprise Analytics Services Blueprint Report is a true testament to our unwavering focus,” said Narendra Mulani, senior managing director, Accenture Analytics, part of Accenture Digital. “While digital is fundamentally changing how organizations operate, analytics is fueling this change, enabling businesses to differentiate, innovate and disrupt. We are committed to helping companies adopt analytics and digital capabilities, and develop data-driven cultures to find the business in their data.”

The HfS Blueprint Report ratings are dependent on a broad range of stakeholders with specific weightings based on 1,109 stakeholder interviews from the 2014 State of Outsourcing Survey that covered: Enterprise Service Buyers, Service Providers, Industry Influencers (sourcing advisors and management consultants), HfS Sourcing Executive Council Members, and HfS Research Analysts. The data was collected in Q4 2014 and Q1 2015, covering service buyers, service providers, and advisors/influencers of enterprise analytics services.

Accenture Mobility, a part of Accenture Digital, was also recently placed in the Winner’s Circle in Horses for Sources’ 2015 Enterprise Mobility Services Blueprint, and was ranked most highly for execution of these services.

The 2015 HfS Enterprise Analytics Services Blueprint Report can be accessed here.

About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 323,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2014. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

Accenture Digital, comprised of Accenture Analytics, Accenture Interactive and Accenture Mobility, offers a comprehensive portfolio of business and technology services across digital marketing, mobility and analytics. From developing digital strategies to implementing digital technologies and running digital processes on their behalf, Accenture Digital helps clients leverage connected and mobile devices; extract insights from data using analytics; and enrich end-customer experiences and interactions, delivering tangible results from the virtual world and driving growth. Learn more about Accenture Digital at www.accenture.com/digital.

About HfS
HfS Research is the leading independent global analyst authority and knowledge community for the business and IT services industry. HfS serves the research and strategy needs of business and IT operations leaders across finance, supply chain, human resources, marketing, customer management, and core industry functions. HfS provides detailed and thoughtful analyst coverage of the various areas that impact successful business outcomes, namely, process automation and outsourcing, global business services frameworks, mobility, analytics, and social collaboration. HfS also focuses heavily on talent acquisition, development, and motivation strategies. HfS applies its acclaimed crowdsourced Blueprint MethodologyTM to evaluate the performance of service providers in terms of innovating and then executing against those business outcomes.

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