TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2017 /CNW/ - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today
opened the doors to a new Liquid Studio in Toronto as part of the company's accelerated
investment in innovation in Canada. At the Liquid Studio, clients will
work side-by-side with highly skilled Accenture professionals to
turn ideas into innovative applications and solutions with speed
and agility.
"Continuous innovation is imperative to driving Canadian growth
and competitiveness, and we will be working closely with our
Canadian clients at the Liquid Studio to use new technologies and
ways of working to solve their most significant business
challenges," said Steve Convey,
managing director, Accenture Technology Canada.
The Liquid Studio accelerates innovation by using rapid
development approaches including Agile methodologies and DevOps,
and applying disruptive technologies such as artificial
intelligence (AI), blockchain and serverless architectures. This
allows clients to reduce development time from months to days and
shorten the time to business impact. The capabilities of the Liquid
Studio will be supplemented by Accenture's alliance ecosystem,
start-ups, and organizations like the Vector Institute, among
others.
"Through immersive workshops, organizations will receive
tangible, hands-on experience of how their business can benefit
from the most disruptive technologies, such as artificial
intelligence and augmented reality," Convey said. "By leveraging
agile teams, a start-up culture and multi-speed, microservice and
cloud-based architectures, organization will see more value quickly
and easily."
The Liquid Studio in Toronto is
one of several new Accenture initiatives in Canada, which include expanded investments in
training and hiring, aimed at driving innovation locally.
The Liquid Studio in Toronto
will collaborate with Accenture Liquid Studios in Silicon Valley,
Houston, Paris, Milan,
London, Kronberg, Singapore, Sydney and other locations, and with the
Accenture Labs, where Accenture incubates and prototypes new
concepts through applied R&D projects. Liquid Studios are an
integral part of the Accenture Innovation Architecture, which
brings together capabilities — from research, ventures and labs to
studios, innovation centers and delivery centers —to develop and
deliver disruptive innovations for clients, and to scale them
faster.
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