Microsoft Recognizes Accenture and Avanade with Three 2012 Partner of the Year Awards

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July 11, 2012

Microsoft Recognizes Accenture and Avanade with Three 2012 Partner of the Year Awards

 

NEW YORK: July 11, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, and Avanade, a business technology solutions and managed services provider, have been honored with three Microsoft Partner of the Year awards for 2012. Together the companies have earned more Microsoft partner awards worldwide than any other company to date. Recognitions for 2012 include:

 

• Alliance Partner of the Year – Application Platform
• Mobility Partner of the Year
• France – Country Partner of the Year

 

“We’re pleased that Accenture and Avanade have once again been honored with Microsoft partner of the year awards in recognition of our ability to deliver outstanding results for clients on the Microsoft platform,” said Scott Harrison, global lead for Accenture’s Microsoft alliance. “Our consistent showing in these awards year after year is clear evidence of the joint commitment by our two companies to delivering business value and outcomes for our clients around the world.”

 

“Technology advancements in cloud computing and mobility are transforming the enterprise to help improve agility, lower costs and adapt to a changing workplace,” said Ian Jordan, Avanade executive vice president for sales, marketing and alliances. “Recognition by Microsoft in game-changing technology areas underscores our Microsoft leadership in delivering innovation that drives results for our customers.”

 

“Microsoft is pleased to recognize Accenture/Avanade as the Alliance Application Platform Partner of the Year and Mobility Partner of the Year. Together, Accenture and Avanade provide leading mission-critical application platform solutions for today’s enterprises,” said Mark Hill, Vice President, Enterprise Partners, Microsoft Corporation. “Accenture’s deep industry expertise combined with Avanade’s stellar technical skills for the Microsoft platform offer a complete end-to-end solution for our mutual customers.”

 

Accenture and Avanade have been jointly recognized for winning in the following award categories:  

 

Alliance Partner of the Year – Application PlatformAccenture and Avanade received the Alliance Partner of the Year – Application Platform award for their demonstrated leadership in driving Microsoft-based application platform solutions to enterprise customers that best integrate the infrastructure, database, business logic, user experience and server management layers for on-premises or cloud-based mission critical applications.

 

Mobility Partner of the Year

The two companies were jointly recognized with the Mobility Partner of the Year Award for their proven ability to deploy, integrate and support breakthrough solutions that help accelerate clients’ business cycles, increase productivity, reduce operating costs, and extend their infrastructures with the Windows Phone platform.

 

Country Partner of the Year – FranceAccenture and Avanade’s France business was honored with the Country Partner of the Year award for demonstrated business excellence in delivering Microsoft solutions to customers and for driving customer satisfaction and innovation.

 

In addition, Accenture and Avanade were also selected as finalists in the following categories, making them the most recognized partner across technical, civic, and geographic categories for 2012.

 

• Citizenship Partner of the Year - Opportunities for Youth
• Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year
• Dynamics Public Sector Partner of the Year
• Microsoft Office 365 Innovation Partner of the Year
• Sustainability Partner of the Year
• Windows Azure SI Partner of the Year

 

The recipients of the 2012 Microsoft Partner of the Year awards were recognized at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, held July 8-12 in Toronto, Ontario Canada. More information can be found at: http://www.digitalwpc.com/Pages/Home.aspx#fbid=eTdrPfzErPf

 

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft technologies to help customers realize results. Avanade’s services and solutions help improve performance, productivity and sales for organizations in all industries. The company applies Microsoft expertise from its global network of consultants, drawing on the right mix of onshore, offshore and nearshore skills, which together are designed to help deliver results faster, at lower cost and with less risk. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation and serves customers in more than 20 countries worldwide with more than 15,000 professionals. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 249,000 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$21.6 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2010. Its home page is www.accenture.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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Accenture Receives 2012 SAP® Pinnacle Award

May 14, 2012

Accenture Receives 2012 SAP® Pinnacle Award

Prestigious Global Partner Awards Presented to “Best of the Best”

SAP Partners Delivering Outstanding Value to Customers

Across Wide Variety of Categories

ORLANDO, Fla.; May 14, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced it is the recipient of a 2012 SAP® Pinnacle award in the service category, receiving the “Customer Award: Innovative Business Leadership Award.” Accenture was also named a finalist in three other service categories: “Transformational Award: Rapid Time to Value,” “Transformational Award: Analytics Impact” and “Transformational Award: Unwired Enterprise.”

SAP Pinnacle awards are presented annually to the top SAP partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP (NYSE: SAP) and driving customer success. Winners were selected based on over 150 nominations in 22 categories received from partners and SAP employees.

“We’re pleased to be honored with a 2012 SAP Pinnacle award for Innovative Business Leadership, in addition to the six SAP Partner Impact awards we received across all of SAP’s key regions this year,” said Mark Willford, global managing director of SAP business, Accenture. “This recognition is further validation of the deep skills and capabilities Accenture possesses in support of SAP solutions that enable us to deliver tremendous business value to our clients.”

The SAP Pinnacle awards recognize the leading SAP partners across a wide variety of categories, including resellers, OEMs, sustainability, technology, support, services and outsourcing. They underscore SAP’s commitment to a sound ecosystem strategy, which SAP recognizes as a key driver in delivering unmatched value to customers and enabling SAP to reach its business goals.

“As a winner of a 2012 SAP Pinnacle award, we recognize and congratulate Accenture for its outstanding achievement in delivering strong value to our mutual customers and for its commitment to partnering with SAP,” said Eric Duffaut, president, Global Ecosystem and Channels, SAP. “SAP has chosen to be an open innovator, with customers’ success as the ultimate goal. Through close collaboration with our expanding partner ecosystem, SAP provides customers with choice and value second to none. Together, we help our customers adopt innovations easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and ultimately run better with SAP solutions.”

Accenture has one of the largest practices in the world dedicated to SAP solutions, with more than 36,500 skilled professionals delivering approximately 1,500 projects each year to clients around the globe.

As a recipient of a 2012 SAP Pinnacle award, Accenture has also been invited to participate in the SAP Leadership Forum at SAPPHIRE® NOW, SAP’s international customer conference being held in Orlando, Fla., May 14 – 16. During the forum, winners will receive their 2012 SAP Pinnacle awards. The SAP Leadership Forum will bring together an exclusive group of executives from SAP’s top customers, prospects and partner organizations, providing an opportunity to network and exchange business ideas. Visit Accenture at SAPPHIRE NOW, where it will be exhibiting in booth 2501.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 246,000 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$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

                                                                         

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CA Mainframe Chorus Wins Long Island Software Award

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CA Mainframe Chorus Wins Long Island Software Award

ISLANDIA, N.Y., May 9, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that its ground-breaking, next-generation mainframe management solution, CA Mainframe Chorus, was selected as one of the “best of the best” of Long Island’s software products for 2012.

The award, which recognizes innovative IT solutions developed by Long Island companies, was presented at a ceremony hosted by the Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet).

LISTnet is dedicated to facilitating collaboration among companies to help establish Long Island as a national center of excellence for software and technology solutions.

“Our customers depend on us to continually innovate and deliver better ways for IT to meet business challenges,” said David Luft, senior vice president, engineering, CA Technologies. “CA Mainframe Chorus is the crown jewel in our recent innovations that helps meet these needs by modernizing the mainframe environment and we are pleased that LISTnet has recognized our efforts.”
 
CA Mainframe Chorus is a revolutionary, next-generation mainframe management innovation that provides a richly graphical, intuitive interface, and integrates management features across multiple products and disciplines, facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among expert and novice mainframe staff, to help customers reduce costs, simplify management and improve operational efficiency.

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.

Accenture Awarded Website Consolidation Contract from the I.R.S.

February 09, 2012

Accenture Awarded Website Consolidation Contract from the I.R.S.

Initial work focuses on ease of use for IRS.gov

RESTON, Va.; Feb. 9, 2011 –The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 10-year contract to redesign, develop and manage three IRS portals. The work will consolidate the consumer-facing website, IRS.gov, the registered-user portal for tax preparers and the agency’s employee intranet. The new infrastructure will make it easier to do business with the IRS by streamlining, updating and combining processes for ease of use.

Initial work will focus on design, infrastructure, architecture and operations of IRS.gov, one of the nation’s most trafficked websites with more than 2 billion page views each year. Work also includes content management, web search engine optimization, user analytics and site security.

“The IRS strategy has been to leverage resources wisely to create the greatest operational efficiencies and continue to deliver trusted online resources where taxpayers find what they need to effectively meet their tax responsibilities,” said Craig Cornelius, who leads Accenture’s federal civilian agency portfolio. “The changes to the portals will add new online capabilities and help to improve service options for American taxpayers.”

This contract award is the most recent win in a string of successful projects that highlightAccenture's work with the IRS, including payment processing and fee accounting. Accenture continues to assist with the IRS’ Return Preparer Registration program, providing a secure online registration and renewal process for tax preparers and filers.

Accenture’s federal business serves every cabinet-level department and 20 of the largest federal organizations. The U.S. federal portfolio spans across clients in civilian, defense, intelligence and public safety agencies.

Learn more about Accenture’s work with federal agencies and delivering Public Service of the Future.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 244,000 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$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

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