
Mars brings in Microsoft and Accenture to drive smart manufacturing, supply chain
Mars is working with Microsoft and Accenture to bring new IoT and AI solutions to its manufacturing and supply-chain operations. The work is part of an expanded deal with Microsoft …

5G takes ‘different muscles’ – Accenture on how to serve industry with telecoms (and vice versa)
This conversation will form part of the narrative in the forthcoming Enterprise IoT Insights report on industrial 5G SLAs, out at the start of April (to be available here). A …

Accenture to develop smart city API marketplace for Japan
Accenture and the University of Aizu announced they will conduct a joint research project to develop what they claims will be the first standard API marketplace for smart cites …

AT&T and Accenture prep private 5G network for Phillips 66 refinery
AT&T and Accenture have teamed up on private cellular for US oil company Phillips 66. The trio are developing a bespoke industrial LTE and 5G setup for low-latency refinery automation …

XR for the enterprise – Accenture and Qualcomm debut hospitality offering
IHG piloting XR Event Planner for sales enablement, remote collaboration We’ve all attended corporate events hosted in hotel meeting rooms but perhaps we overlook the hotel staff, event planners and …

Accenture adds IoT engineering expertise via new acquisition
Accenture recently entered into an agreement to acquire Nytec, a U.S.-based product innovation and engineering company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Nytec is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington and …

Accenture snaps up security outfit Deja vu to combat $5.2 trillion cyber threat
Professional services company Accenture has bought Seattle-based ‘security-of-things’ company Deja vu Security for an undisclosed fee, as it seeks to ramp up its cyber-security offer in the face of an …

Digital transformation investments focused on process automation, Accenture says
Future 5G investments will focus on creating service revenues HANNOVER, Germany–Despite major marketing efforts coming out of the telecoms sector, industrial manufacturers today aren’t focused on “leveraging 5G within the …

Japan Airlines and Accenture to trial AI-based service for passengers
The new service will be initially implamented at Narita and Haneda airports in Tokyo Japan Airlines is working with Accenture on a new service that uses artificial intelligence to answer …

The workforce implications of the industrial IoT
Report: Industrial internet of things good for jobs and GDP There are fears that the rise of the industrial IoT and widespread automation of formerly manual processes will lead to …