Accenture Awarded Contract to Deploy New Cloud-based NHSmail Service Across England and Scotland
July 02 2015 - 1:56AM
Business Wire
System will be among the largest Microsoft
Exchange implementations in the World
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Avanade, a global business technology
solutions, cloud and managed services provider, have won a
five-year contract from the Department of Health in England and NHS
National Services Scotland to implement the new and improved secure
cloud-based NHSmail service in England and Scotland.
Almost 700,000 health and care workers across the National
Health Service (NHS) in England and Scotland will benefit from a
unique set of services. This will enable secure communication to
users of less secure systems such as non-NHS partners and
patients.
Accenture and Avanade will also deploy innovative services as
add-ons to the core service including an enterprise-wide directory
and Lync collaboration technology for enabling instant messaging,
VOIP, audio and video communication and enhanced collaboration
among NHS healthcare workers. Supported by Avanade’s market-leading
Unified Communications and Collaboration Managed Service (UCCMS),
these tools have the power to truly transform the way in which UK
healthcare organisations work and share information for the benefit
of patients and staff alike.
“Almost 700,000 doctors, clinicians and other health and care
employees already use NHSmail to communicate securely,” said Aimie
Chapple, managing director for Accenture’s UK health business. “The
new improved NHSmail service will provide significant digital
technology improvements to help NHS staff drive even more effective
collaboration at all points of patient care. This will be one of
the largest mailbox migrations ever delivered and will bring
significant benefits to the way NHS employees exchange information,
communicate and interact across healthcare.”
Under the agreement, signed in June 2015, Accenture and Avanade
will build new functionalities and maintain secure email and
collaboration services that will be available to all NHS and social
care organizations in England [and Scotland]. The two companies
will also deploy a secure, multi-tenanted email service, based on
Microsoft Exchange 2013, to replace the NHS’s existing platform,
implemented in 2007.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company, with more than 336,000 people serving
clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled
experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and
business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most
successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help
them become high-performance businesses and governments. The
company generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion for the fiscal
year ended Aug. 31, 2014. Its home page is
www.accenture.com.
About Avanade
Avanade helps clients realize results in a digital world through
business technology solutions, cloud and managed services that
combine insight, innovation and expertise focused on Microsoft
technologies. Our people have helped organizations in all
industries improve business agility, employee productivity and
customer loyalty. Avanade combines business, technical and industry
expertise with the rigor of an industrialized delivery model to
provide and deploy high quality solutions–on premises, cloud-based
or outsourced. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was
founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation and has
25,000 professionals in more than 22 countries. Additional
information can be found at www.avanade.com.
Avanade and the Avanade logo are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Avanade Inc. Other product, service, or company names
mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.
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