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SAN FRANCISCO; Sept. 18, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has received three prestigious 2016 Oracle Excellence Awards, which were bestowed at the Oracle OpenWorld Oracle PartnerNetwork General Session, on Sunday in San Francisco:

MELBOURNE; Aug. 22, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Redcore, a privately held Australia-based consulting company that specializes in providing identity and access management services (IAM), as well as security services for Cloud, network management, public key infrastructure, cyber defense, applications and the internet of things. 

NEW YORK; August 18, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is positioned as a Leader and Star Performer, in the Everest Group Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016. As a Leader in the mature and hyper-competitive finance and accounting (F&A) outsourcing market, the report recognizes Accenture’s strong capabilities across the entire F&A value chain.

NEW YORK; August 4, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and Tanium today announced an advanced managed cyber defense solution that makes it easier, more efficient and effective to identify, prevent, detect, and respond to attacks. The integrated offering will be delivered through the Accenture Cyber Defense Platform (ACDP) to improve security and visibility across global networks and on every endpoint. 

NEW YORK; August 2, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the expansion of its incident response capabilities and global services through FusionX, part of Accenture Security. Known for its fundamentally differentiated approach to intelligence-based, cyberattack simulation services, FusionX has built upon its vast understanding of adversaries and their breadth of technical experience to develop a holistic incident response solution that addresses client preparedness, through threat identification and eradication.

WASHINGTON, D.C.; July 19, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today unveiled a technology prototype aimed at addressing gender diversity and pay gaps in the fast-growing freelance labor market, which is forecasted to represent 43 percent of the U.S. workforce by 2020.

AMSTERDAM and DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS; July 11, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and RoboValley, an innovation hub for robotics located at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, have announced a five-year collaboration designed to advance the development of the next generation of robotics technology. Accenture will invest €500,000 to facilitate international robotics research and development and knowledge sharing, becoming RoboValley’s Crown Partner. 

NEW YORK; June 27, 2016 – Insider data theft and malware attacks top the list of the most significant concerns for enterprise security executives, a new report from Accenture and HfS Research reveals. Of those surveyed, a majority (69 percent) of respondents experienced an attempted or successful theft or corruption of data by insiders during the prior 12 months, with media and technology organizations reporting the highest rate (77 percent). This insider risk will continue to be an issue, with security professionals’ concerns over insider theft of corporate information alone rising by nearly two-thirds over the coming 12 to 18 months. Additionally, the research shows that a budget shortage for hiring cybersecurity talent and well-trained employees is hindering the ability of organizations to properly defend themselves against these attacks. 

NEW YORK; June 24, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is positioned as the overall leader, ahead of all competitors, in the Everest Group Procurement Outsourcing Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016. In the report, Accenture achieved the highest leader placement out of 17 other procurement outsourcing service providers across both the market success and the delivery capability axis and was identified as a star performer. 

PARIS; June 15, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched an Innovation Center in Paris to help organizations explore future innovations, rethink their digital strategies, and create new products and services by developing new business models in an immersive ideation environment. Through collaboration with multidisciplinary Accenture teams, the new center offers clients personalized routes to innovation according to their specific objectives.