AUSTRALIA: ACCENTURE BUYS CLOUD TECH CONSULTANCY FIRM ‘INDUSTRIE&CO

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• Accenture buys cloud tech consultancy of Australia ‘Industrie&Co’
• According to Accenture, the Industrie&Co is going to bolster the Cloud First offering of the company

Industrie&co, which is a Cloud...

ANINDYA BASU IS KPMG'S NEW INDIA MANAGING PARTNER

HIGHLIGHTS

• Anindya Basu is the new managing partner of KPMG in India.
• Before KPMG, Basu worked in Accenture.

The Indian branch of Netherlands-based Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) will now be led by Anindya Basu. KPMG offers a...

ACCENTURE APPOINTS SHAHEEN SAYED AS NEW TECHNOLOGY LEAD FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND

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• The technology company Accenture has appointed Shaheen Sayed as the new technology lead of the company for United Kingdom and Ireland
• Shaheen Sayed will be taking the charge and will be effective from the month of December 2020

GERMANY: ACCENTURE TO ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANCY, SALT SOLUTIONS

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• Accenture has agreed to overtake SALT Solutions to improve manufacturing operations and logistics to with cloud based industrial platforms
• SALT Solutions will be joining Accenture to help the clients to improve how they operate factories a...

ACCENTURE TO SACK 10,000 OF ITS EMPLOYEES IN INDIA

According to the sources, IT giant Accenture is likely to sack thousands of its employees in India after the current appraisal cycle. India is Accenture’s largest base in the world and has two lakh of its total five lakh employees here. Reports state 5 percent of its workforce globally and ...

BANK OF ENGLAND TO RECEIVE HELP FROM ACCENTURE

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• The Bank of England has hired IT Accenture
• Accenture will help the Central Bank of UK to refresh a key part of the payments system.
• Accenture will overhaul the RTGS service for the bank.
• The deal is worth up to £...

GOOGLE SIGNS NEW EXECUTIVES TO DRAFT INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

Google Cloud has signed two new executives to design a new strategy of engaging enterprise customers in targeted industries. 
First of the two newly signed executives by the third largest public cloud provider is Lori Mitchell-Keller who comes in on the position of vice president for ...

Accenture earnings topped estimates

For its fiscal first quarter, Accenture earnings topped estimates on Thursday. The revenue also beat Wall Street targets. As its revenue outlook came in roughly in line, Accenture stock gained.

Accenture, Dublin based company earnings rose 7% vs. a year earlier to $2.09 a share adjusted...