Alliance will help clients put new technologies
at the heart of their innovation strategies
Accenture (NYSE:ACN), the global professional services company,
and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
have formed an alliance to enable clients to take advantage of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies as fundamental elements
of their innovation strategies, helping to shape the future of
their organizations. Accenture Analytics, part of Accenture
Digital, will apply its deep analytics expertise with DFKI’s
specialized AI research capabilities to further the adoption of
these new technologies in Germany and beyond.
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Celebrating the collaboration between
Accenture and DFKI: Frank Riemensperger, country managing director,
Accenture, Germany, Wolfgang Wohlster, CEO, DFKI and Narendra
Mulani, Chief Analytics Officer, Accenture Analytics. (Photo:
Business Wire)
Together, Accenture and DFKI will provide clients with direct
access to innovative AI technologies, supporting them to understand
the potential of applying AI for their organizations and guiding
the implementation of new solutions through the adoption of best
practices to unlock tangible new value and growth
opportunities.
“Technology developments in this field are progressing at rapid
speed, and we need to help clients continually reinvent themselves
in such a fast-paced environment by applying new technology to
unlock new outcomes,” said Frank Riemensperger, country managing
director for Germany at Accenture. “The volumes of unstructured
data from the rise of the Internet of Things and other major
technology trends offer huge new opportunities for those looking to
transform their operations or even develop entirely new business
models using AI-based technologies. AI empowers people to do things
differently and to do different things. By combining DFKI’s expert
researchers and AI practitioners with the deep insights and assets
from Accenture Analytics, we can help clients achieve real benefits
from imagining and then building their AI-enabled futures,
today.”
“This innovation partnership with Accenture gives DFKI the
opportunity to develop disruptive AI solutions for businesses as
well as implement digital business models together with one of the
leading management and technology consulting firms. In particular,
we are seeing a high degree of maturity for applications in the
areas of Smart Data & Services, Deep Learning,
Human-Robot-Collaboration and AI-based Retail, which we expect to
result in profitable solutions for our clients in a very short
timeframe,” said Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO of DFKI.
Through this collaboration, Accenture will get access to DFKI
research results, AI tools, Living Labs and the deep expertise of
DFKI’s top researchers. Simultaneously, DFKI will work closely with
Accenture teams to gain new insights on real-world applications of
AI within a broad range of industries, developing best practices
and fostering the exchange of talent from both organizations for
the overall acceleration of AI adoption for the benefit of
clients.
AI is a major growth and productivity factor for the economy,
and is projected to boost labor productivity by up to 40 percent
through fundamentally changing how we work and reinforcing the role
of people to drive growth in business. AI has the potential to more
than double Germany’s annual growth rate of gross value added from
1.4 percent to 3 percent by 2035. Across all industries, companies
are working to take advantage of AI-based technologies, developing
innovative business models and services, and redefining their value
chains. Through this collaboration, DFKI and Accenture will help
innovative companies and public institutions benefit from the
current AI wave to transform into intelligent organizations.
Through an open innovation approach that is part of the
Accenture Innovation Architecture, Accenture works with
organizations including research companies such as DFKI to discover
disruptive innovations for clients, before helping apply them to
achieve real business outcomes.
At Hannover Messe this week, Accenture and DFKI together with
acatech will host a joint event on the potential of digital
ecosystems, data-driven business models and innovation partnerships
for the German industry. The panel session ‘The Platform Economy:
Growth Engine for Industrial Companies’ with Frank Riemensperger
(Accenture), Prof. Dr. Wahlster (DFKI) and Henning Kagermann
(acatech) will take place on Monday, April 24 at 6 pm at the
Accenture booth in Hall 6 / K45.
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.
About the German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence GmbH (DFKI)
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence,
with sites in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen (with an
associated branch in Osnabrück) and a project office in
Berlin, is the leading German research institute in the field
of innovative software technology. In the international
scientific community, DFKI ranks among the most recognized
"Centers of Excellence" and currently is the biggest
research center worldwide in the area of Artificial
Intelligence and its application regarding the number
of employees and the volume of external funds. The
financial budget in 2016 was 44,1 million Euro. DFKI projects
cover the whole spectrum from application-oriented basic
research to market- and client-oriented design of product
functions. 485 employees from 60 countries are currently
conducting research focusing on Smart Data & Knowledge
Services, Cyber-Physical Systems, Multilingual
Technologies, Plan-Based Robot Control, Educational Technology
Lab, Interactive Textiles, Robotics Innovation Center,
Innovative Retail Laboratory, Institute for Information
Systems, Embedded Intelligence, Smart Service
Engineering, Intelligent Analytics for Massive Data,
Intelligent Networks, Agents and Simulated Reality, Augmented
Vision, Language Technology, Intelligent User
Interfaces, and Innovative Factory Systems. Impact: more than
98 professorships of former DFKI employees, and 70
spin-off companies with approximately 2,500 highly qualified
jobs.
More information: www.dfki.de
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Accenture ASG External RelationsDr. Thomas Wittek, + 49 175 57
63105thomas.wittek@accenture.comorDeutsches Forschungszentrum für
Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, DFKIDr. Jens Haupert, + 49 30 23895
5319jens-haupert@dfki.de
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