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Accenture gears up for multichannel push

Posted on August 6, 2013 by - News

accenture-logoAccenture has teamed up with Hubris to implement cross-border multichannel solutions more effectively. Accenture is now the sole global strategic partner of hybris, the world’s fastest growing commerce platform.

The unholy alliance should combine Accenture’s prowess in digital marketing, platform management and customer experience with hubris’ leading omni-channel software. The companies hope to peddle commerce solutions to enterprises in retail, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, telecommunications, media/publishing, software and gaming.

“We have seen huge growth in e-commerce in the last few years, often driven by global brands looking for complex platform solutions, but with the ability to offer local languages and market websites for customers,” said Frank Schoutissen, Vice President Channel of hubris. “Our alliance with Accenture will allow these companies to have both a technology and implementation partner that can help them meet these objectives. We are very excited about the potential this will bring to both companies and the customers we can support as a result of this.”

Anatoly Roytman, EALA managing director of digital consulting for Accenture Interactive, said Accenture can help bring the hybris’ omni-channel commerce platform to companies that have struggled to implement worldwide transaction solutions that can be tailored to local country needs.

“Our global presence can reduce the complexity and cost of transforming the consumer transaction experience across multiple geographic markets,” he added.

The agreement should enable international brands to create consistent consumer transaction experiences across multiple channels, including online, mobile and in-store, regardless of geographic location.

Consulting is Accenture’s elephant in the room

Posted on June 28, 2013 by - News

elephantOutsourcing and consulting services provider Accenture is predicting a miserable year as businesses still do not want to consult with it.

The company slashed its full-year outlook and reported a third-quarter revenue below analysts’ estimates.

In a statement the company said that clients were slowing the pace and level of spending on existing contracts.

According to Bloomberg, CFO David Roland told analysts that the company expects outsourcing revenue to be moderate, and consulting revenue to either decline or grow slightly in the current quarter.

Barclays analyst Darrin Peller commented that the Accenture results indicated that there had been moderate improvement in businesses discretionary spend in 2013.  But the consulting segment, particularly in Europe, was still not doing well.

Accenture’s consulting net revenue dropped two percent to $3.9 billion in the three months ending 31 May. Revenue from the business, which Accenture expected to return to growth, fell for the fourth straight quarter.

This meant that consulting bookings were almost $400 million lower than the company expected.

Accenture chief exec Pierre Nanterme said that the consulting side of the business didn’t improve the way he hoped.

He was somewhat cheered that outsourcing net revenue rose four percent to $3.3 billion in the quarter.

Net revenue rose 0.6 percent to $7.2 billion. Net income rose to $874.1 million in the third quarter, from $762.8 million a year earlier.

ICT sector goes backwards

Posted on February 8, 2013 by - News, Opinions

First_Beauty_PageantIn a time when the ICT sector is banging on about equality, companies are still trying to cash in on the girl geek status.

This time, Datanews has taken the industry back to when girls were famed for their love of pink phones and fluffy gadgets, creating the title of ‘Young ICT Lady of the year’ 2013 as part of its ‘She goes ICT’ competition.

The beauty pageant, disguised under the tech umbrella saw 27 “talented and ambitious” women fighting it out for the title that was won by Karen De Smet, UMAX project manager at Itineris.

She beat off competition from Katty Verresen from RealDolmen and Mercedes Diaz – we can’t be sure this wasn’t a stage name – from Accenture after being “grilled” by the jury on why she should win.

Karen De Smet graduated from Suma Cum Laude with a Master’s in Business Engineering in 2009. She started her career as a functional consultant at Itineris but as a result “curiosity” she began learning about different sectors within the company and by the end of her first year, was already acknowledged as a consultant with high potential.

A few months later she took on the combined role of Functional Lead and Release Coordinator for one of the largest utility players in the Dutch market (Eneco).

When the job opening for Functional Solution Architect for a project at E.ON arose; Karen’s name quickly popped up on the shortlist of potential candidates.

Her new role entailed guarding and ensuring the overall perspective of the end-to-end product envisioned by and for E.ON.

Today, Karen is the project manager at E.ON, where she successfully implemented the Itineris’ UMAX “solution” for utility suppliers together with her team of Itineris consultants.