Along with organically rising expertise, Accenture’s strategic strategy to acquisitions is designed to make sure the proper capabilities are in place to satisfy present, in addition to rising, shopper wants with velocity and scale. Readability Insights’s bench of deep business, technical, and enterprise consultants builds upon the 2018 U.S. acquisitions of Knowledgent and Kogentix, and can play a pivotal function in strengthening Accenture’s rising analytics, AI and ML/information engineering enterprise in North America. World progress in AI shopper engagements has additionally served as a driver for current Utilized Intelligence acquisitions of Pragsis Bidoop in Spain and Analytics8 in Australia. In its 2019 fiscal 12 months, Accenture invested almost US$1.2 billion globally on 33 acquisitions to amass vital abilities and capabilities in strategic, high-growth areas of the market.

Accenture Utilized Intelligence employs greater than 20,000 professionals, working to assist shoppers scale AI, together with 6,000 information scientists, information engineers and AI professionals worldwide. It has obtained a number of recognitions from main business analyst companies in 2019, together with being named a worldwide chief in AI vendor providers by IDC.

Completion of the acquisition is topic to customary closing situations, together with antitrust clearance. Monetary phrases of the acquisition weren’t disclosed.

About Accenture

Accenture is a number one international skilled providers firm, offering a broad vary of providers and options in technique, consulting, digital, know-how and operations. Combining unmatched expertise and specialised abilities throughout greater than 40 industries and all enterprise capabilities — underpinned by the world’s largest supply community — Accenture works on the intersection of enterprise and know-how to assist shoppers enhance their efficiency and create sustainable worth for his or her stakeholders. With 492,000 folks serving shoppers in additional than 120 nations, Accenture drives innovation to enhance the way in which the world works and lives. Go to us at www.accenture.com.

Utilized Intelligence is Accenture’s strategy to scaling AI for our shoppers. We embed AI-powered information, analytics and automation capabilities into enterprise workflows to speed up time to worth. Our experience in defining end-to-end technique, mixed with deep information infrastructure capabilities, cognitive providers and industrialized accelerators assist easy shoppers’ path to AI adoption, extending human capabilities and supporting shoppers in scaling AI responsibly. Acknowledged as a frontrunner by business analysts, we collaborate with a strong international alliance, innovation and supply community to assist shoppers deploy and scale AI inside any market and business. Comply with @AccentureAI and go to www.accenture.com/appliedintelligence.

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