Accenture Positioned as a Leader in Professional Services for “SAP Suite on HANA” in Utilities in IDC MarketScape
July 30 2015 - 7:03AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has been positioned as a leader in an IDC
MarketScape: Worldwide Professional Services Firms for “SAP Suite
on HANA” in Utilities 2015 Vendor Assessment. Services in the
report included technology consulting, systems integration,
application outsourcing and hosted application management.
According to the report, Accenture is a leading player in the
utilities market, leveraging its global scope and scale in a close
partnership with SAP. Its strengths include delivering more than
100 projects for SAP® Business Suite powered by SAP HANA® and
having more than 2,000 implementation tools and accelerators for
the solution in its repositories. Accenture has invested heavily in
analytics, mobility and cloud, which are central to the “SAP Suite
on HANA” value proposition. Also, Accenture is recognized for its
end-to-end utility value chain competency, and global delivery
capacity, meaning that it can offer a strong set of innovations,
delivery capabilities and execution ranging across electric, water
and gas utilities.
“Accenture’s leadership positioning in this IDC MarketScape
reflects our commitment to provide clients across the globe with
innovative, leading-edge, digital solutions to better serve their
customers,” said Matias Alonso, global managing director, Accenture
utilities industry group. “Utilities are under increasing pressure
to operate more efficiently. Our focus on innovation and investment
in our people and services enables us to consistently help our
clients solve complex challenges and drive better outcomes for
their business.”
As part of the report, IDC Energy Insights analyzed six
professional service firms based on their capabilities to deliver
SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA to utilities companies in
the distribution, generation, retail, trading and transmission
sectors.
"Utilities are looking at new technologies that can help them
achieve greater operating efficiency and manage through the
multiple disruptions hitting the industry. SAP Business Suite
powered by SAP HANA, with its potential for business
transformation, is just such a technology. Utilities need service
providers that bring both the SAP expertise and the utility
industry experience to help them leverage SAP Business Suite
powered by SAP HANA," according to Robert Eastman, research
manager, Utility IT Strategies, IDC Energy Insights. "Even at this
early stage of this market, there are service providers that are
aggressively building their capabilities and offerings, and we
would expect to see an even more robust picture of the service
provider landscape for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA a
year from now."
You can access the IDC MarketScape page here.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company, with more than 336,000 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$30.0 billion for the fiscal
year ended Aug. 31, 2014. Its home page is www.accenture.com.
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an
overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and
communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The
research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based
on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a
single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a
given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which
the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and
current and future market success factors of IT and
telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The
framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree
assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and
prospective vendors.
SAP, SAP HANA and other SAP products and services mentioned
herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or
registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in
Germany and other countries. See
http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/index.epx for
additional trademark information and notices.
All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks
of their respective companies.
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150730005118/en/
AccentureGuy Cantwell, +
1-281-900-9089guy.cantwell@accenture.comorJustyna Devraj, +
44-20-7844-0090Mobile: +
44-750-012-4567justyna.devraj@accenture.com
Accenture (NYSE:ACN)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Accenture (NYSE:ACN)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024