Accenture Ranked #1 in Google Artificial Intelligence Services, According to HFS Research
June 14 2019 - 07:59AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been ranked number one in the HFS
Research Top Ten Report for Google AI Services 2019, which assessed
and rated the Google artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of
service providers across execution, innovation and client feedback
criteria.
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The report highlights the Accenture Google Cloud Business Group
as a key differentiator, demonstrating that AI is a key strategic
priority as well as a “powerful springboard from which to drive a
cohesive AI strategy and manage client demands for Google
technologies.”
“Accenture committed and invested in its relationship with
Google early on, which shows they have skin in the game in terms of
making Google’s technology relevant to enterprise clients,” said
Reetika Fleming, research director, HFS Research. “Accenture’s
strong ability to scale in the enterprise will help organizations
realize the full potential of Google AI.”
Of the 14 providers assessed, Accenture ranked number one across
the following categories: scale, delivery of value, focus on
business outcomes and process transformation, and enterprise client
feedback. Specific Accenture strengths highlighted in the report
include:
- Accenture Google Cloud Business
Group. In 2018, Accenture and Google deepened their
longstanding alliance and established a joint Accenture Google
Cloud Business Group, a central hub that unifies the strengths and
resources of both alliance partners to coordinate joint AI
innovation, with a focus on optimizing AI offerings for a cloud
environment.
- Accenture and Google's joint mission
to solve for scalability in AI deployments. Accenture and
Google are committed to democratize and scale for their clients,
having a “starting small but thinking big” philosophy. Accenture
and Google also place strong emphasis on the solutions they
co-develop being “highly industry relevant.” This specificity helps
ensure the solutions are scalable by adapting them to each
sector.
- Reshaping Google technologies for
B2B use cases. Accenture is adept at leveraging Google’s
technical strengths around AI, data, and analytics in the
consumer/retail domain and using its own client domain knowledge
and consulting pedigree to help make these capabilities suited to
enterprise, B2B environments. Accenture’s clients are further
supported in their adoption of Google technologies by Accenture’s
Intelligent Enterprises and Applied Intelligence framework.
“Accenture continues to invest in the skills and capabilities to
help our enterprise clients apply new technologies that accelerate
innovation to help achieve business outcomes. Our strong
Google AI capabilities are a great example of this commitment,”
said Brian Mckillips, managing director, Accenture Google Cloud
Business Group. “Being ranked as the number one Google AI services
provider demonstrates our ability to help our clients across
industries embrace and scale Google AI technologies. It’s a
tremendous recognition of our deep technology and industry
experience.”
Dr. Athina Kanioura, chief analytics officer and global lead for
Accenture Applied Intelligence, added, ”Accenture’s industry and
data science knowledge, and Google Cloud’s AI and ML capabilities
make for a compelling combination. We’re already using it to help
power a number of outcome-driven enterprise solutions— from
multi-channel customer interactions and improved data management,
to hyper-personalization in marketing, sales and services.”
Accenture has more than 2,600 Google Cloud practitioners and has
delivered more than 21,000 cloud transformations in nearly every
industry. The company has been innovating in cloud and AI
technology for more than a decade and holds more than 650 granted
patents and pending applications across its global AI portfolio,
and more than 300 granted patents and pending applications across
its global cloud portfolio.
For more information on the Accenture Google Cloud Business
Group, visit
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/service-accenture-google-business-group.
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 477,000 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.
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