Accenture Acquires i4C Analytics

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire i4C Analytics, an advanced analytics software platform provider based in Italy that specializes in helping clients solve complex business problems through easy to use analytics applications.

Accenture Introduces Predictive Health Intelligence Solutions

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched Predictive Health Intelligence, a comprehensive set of analytics solutions to help global life sciences companies determine the precise combination of treatments and services that can lead to better patient, provider, and economic outcomes.

Accenture’s View of Big Data Trends

Here is an informative short video presentation from the recent Strata Conference 2014 in Santa Clara featuring Mike Hendrickson, VP Content Strategy over at O’Reilly Media interviewing Vince Dell’anno, Big Data Lead for Accenture. The discussion centers around big data trends such as what types of organizations tend to need big data technology more than […]

DataStax Announces Partner Network Program with Accenture, Google Cloud Platform

DataStax, the company that powers the online applications that transform business, today announced its partner program designed to increase adoption of DataStax Enterprise, the Apache Cassandra-based database used by more than 400 companies including more than 20 in the Fortune
100. The DataStax Partner Network (DSPN) is built around business collaborations with Solution, Application, Infrastructure and Ecosystem partners such as platinum members Accenture and Google Cloud Platform, as well as many others.

Big Data and the Efficacy of that Treasured “Gut Feeling”

If you Google “benefits, Big Data” you’re rewarded with a landslide of links pointing to various companies, consultants and vendors extolling the virtues of this new technology trend. One of the more restrained assessments comes from McKinsey & Company research, which indicates that we are now at an inflection point where the ability to capture, […]

Video: Getting Big Benefits from Big Data

In this video from Strata 2013, Jeanne Harris from Accenture presents: Getting Big Benefits from Big Data. How must big companies evolve in order to realize big value from big data? Investing in data, technology and data scientists is just a first step. In this topic, Jeanne Harris, (Global Managing Director of Information Technology Research […]