Accenture Named Global Partner of the Year by SAS for Delivering Innovation
April 05 2017 - 11:59AM
Business Wire
Accenture and SAS continue to expand alliance
with additional Center of Excellence to help clients unlock trapped
value through applied intelligence
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has been named Global Partner of the Year
by SAS, the leader in business analytics software and
services, and the largest independent vendor in the business
intelligence market. During a ceremony held at SAS® Global Forum in
Orlando on Sunday, Accenture was recognized for its continued
commitment to the alliance and for delivering innovation to
customers.
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Jason McIntyre (centre), alliances lead
at Accenture Analytics, part of Accenture Digital, receives the
Global Partner of the Year award from Russ Cobb (left), SAS Vice
President, Global Alliances and Channels and Michal Holba (right),
SAS Global Alliance Director for Accenture (Photo: Business
Wire)
Accenture and SAS have been collaborating for more than 15
years, and have completed over 250 client projects together.
Accenture Analytics, part of Accenture Digital, has over 2,500
consultants trained in SAS around the world, operating in 10
Centers of Excellence globally with another under development in
India to support global and regional clients.
“Accenture’s ongoing commitment to our alliance with SAS is
being demonstrated by the deepening of SAS-specific skills in our
Analytics Centres of Excellence worldwide,” said Narendra Mulani,
Chief Data Officer at Accenture Analytics. “Being named Global
Partner of the Year is a reflection that our commitment has
strongly positioned us to help clients embed analytics into the
fabric of their business through the delivery of end-to-end
analytics solutions. Accenture holds the largest community of SAS
skills of any SAS services provider, and together, we are helping
clients to unlock trapped value in real time, as they apply data
intelligence to become digital at the core.”
The strategic alliance between SAS and Accenture helps clients
across industries and around the world to anticipate disruptive
market and operational events, and to become intelligent
organizations at a lower cost. The alliance focuses on embedding
analytics into the fabric of an organization, through analytics
modernization and industry analytics solutions including (but not
limited to):
- Financial Services: Compliance
and risk management; fraud reduction; data governance and
profitability management
- Communications, Media and
Hi-Tech: Customer intelligence / viewership analytics; network
analytics and profitability management
- Health and Public Services:
Compliance and tax collection; fraud reduction and benefits program
eligibility management
- Products and Resources:
Manufacturing enablement and demand-driven product
optimization
- Cross-industry: Customer
acquisition and retention, and enterprise analytics
“SAS continues to invest in building a strong alliance ecosystem
to deliver the very best to our customers. With more than 250
successful implementations, our work with Accenture proves that
this model works,” said Carl Farrell, SAS Executive Vice President
and Chief Revenue Officer. “Accenture’s commitment to
delivering comprehensive solutions that produce consistent results,
solving our joint customers’ toughest data challenges, is the
reason they were named Global Partner of the Year.”
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
401,000 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 Analytics, part of Accenture Digital, helps clients to
use analytics and artificial intelligence to drive actionable
insights, at scale. Accenture Analytics applies sophisticated
algorithms, data engineering and visualization to extract business
insights and help clients turn those insights into actions that
drive tangible outcomes – to improve their performance and disrupt
their markets. With deep industry and technical experience,
Accenture Analytics provides services and solutions that include,
but are not limited to: analytics-as-a-service through the
Accenture Insights Platform, continuous intelligent security,
machine learning, and IoT Analytics. For more information, follow
us @ISpeakAnalytics and visit www.accenture.com/analytics.
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