Accenture and Oracle Form New Business Group to Help Customers Achieve Digital Transformation Goals in the Cloud
April 27 2015 - 8:03AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) have launched a new
business group to jointly help customers embrace the cloud to
achieve their digital transformation goals. Through the group,
Accenture and Oracle will deliver industry-specific solutions built
on the Oracle Cloud to help clients realize the benefits of the
cloud faster and with reduced risk. The Accenture Oracle Business
Group brings together the leading technology, skills and experience
from each company to offer businesses the ability to implement
cloud solutions quicker and easier than previously possible.
The Accenture Oracle Business Group simplifies and streamlines
the buying process for Accenture solutions based on Oracle Cloud
technologies. As a result, customers can more nimbly react to
changing business and economic conditions by leveraging end-to-end
solutions that address their specific business and industry
requirements. The new group will bring breakthrough solutions to
market across a range of industries, with an initial focus on the
public, financial and hospitality services sectors.
“Building on our 23-year alliance relationship, the Accenture
Oracle Business Group combines Accenture’s deep industry and
technology experience with Oracle’s expansive set of cloud
solutions to deliver client value not found elsewhere in the market
today,” said Stephen Rohleder, group chief executive for North
America, Accenture. “This is part of our strategy to take advantage
of Oracle’s leading technologies and build our business together
for the future. It is a game-changer for our clients, Oracle, and
Accenture.”
“For the first time, customers have the opportunity to use
accelerators, prebuilt adapters and industry-specific extensions
with Oracle’s software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service
offerings to accelerate cloud migration, simplify cross-pillar
integration and achieve enterprise transformation,” said Thomas
Kurian, president, Product Development, Oracle. “By providing a
single process to implement end-to-end mission- critical services,
the Accenture Oracle Business Group is ideally positioned to help
our customers realize the true benefits of cloud computing.”
The group solutions will be built using Oracle’s
software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service solutions delivered
via the Accenture Foundation Platform for Oracle, a multi-component
development and integration accelerator running in the Oracle
Cloud. Offerings consist of:
- Pre-integrated enterprise-class cloud
solutions and a robust service catalog to help simplify migration
to the cloud and accelerate overall innovation
- Dedicated Accenture and Oracle
resources, including 52,000 Oracle-skilled consultants globally,
with an additional 20,000 Java-skilled professionals. This can help
enable end-to-end delivery and maintenance of hardware, middleware
and software solutions, helping customers architect a path to the
cloud
- Accelerators such as cloud readiness
assessments and data migration, testing and training tools which
can help reduce the time and risk associated with implementation
and shift the focus to innovation and growth
- Vertical solutions and extensions
designed to reduce the need for customization while addressing
industry and customer requirements
The Accenture Oracle Business Group will include experienced
industry specialists and leading solution development and delivery
talent, supported by a dedicated team of sales, marketing, and
technical professionals. Specialists from both Accenture and Oracle
will collaborate to identify business requirements, develop
solutions, execute go-to-market strategies, and help implement new
cloud solutions for clients to achieve their digital transformation
goals.
Accenture is a Diamond-level member of Oracle
PartnerNetwork.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company, with more than 323,000 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 Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of
Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to
better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN
Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized
knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to
recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and
business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the
ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations.
Specializations are achieved through competency development,
business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more
visit oracle.com/partners.
About Oracle
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the
cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle
(NYSE:ORCL), visit oracle.com.
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AccentureOriana Branon, + 1 415 537
5032oriana.branon@accenture.comorOracleCandice van der Laan, + 1
650 506 0814candice.van.der.laan@oracle.com
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