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NEW YORK, (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Accenture has been named as a “Leader” in International Data Corporation’s recent report “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Application Development, Testing, Management, and Infrastructure Services 2014 Vendor Assessment." IDC performed a vendor assessment assessing 14 organisations that offer enterprise mobile application development, testing, management, and infrastructure services. The IDC MarketScape stated that “Accenture earned high marks for its global delivery capability; use of mostly commercially available tools to build, test, and manage mobile applications; and level of R&D investment into its mobile application development practice. In customer interviews, Accenture's customers cited that the provider's strengths spanned a variety of business and technical know-how areas…and an ability to establish and forge strong partnership bonds with its clients.” For more details, read the full article. Click here to view the article

New York and San Francisco - Accenture and Crittercism, a leader in mobile application performance management, have formed an alliance to help enterprises develop and implement mobile application strategies. Accenture has also made a minority investment in Crittercism and will take a seat on the company’s Advisory Board. Accenture will become a reseller for Crittercism’s mAPM solution, making the tool available to clients alongside other elements of the Accenture Application Factory. Andrew Levy, co-founder and chief executive officer of Crittercism stated, “[w]e’re very excited about ... Accenture’s investment in Crittercism and the accompanying alliance agreements." For more details, read the full article. Click here to view the article

EUROPE - Accenture and Orange Business Services are getting together to provide end-to-end cloud services with the aim of helping large enterprises articulate their cloud strategy, and simplify their IT infrastructure. The two firms will launch the new initiative first in France and then in other European countries. For more details, read the full article. Click here to view the article

Accenture's latest corporate citizenship report indicates that its emissions per employee have fallen 36% since 2007. The feat has been achieved primarily by using video conferencing and green procurement standards. For more details, read the full article. Click here to view the article

The Wall Street Journal reports that Accenture and SAP AG have announced a new business group focused on accelerating the time it takes to develop and deliver new industry-specific solutions based on cloud and digital technologies. The Accenture and SAP Business Solutions Group will combine Accenture's intellectual property and industry expertise with SAP's Cloud Platform to to help customers more quickly gain the benefits of digital technologies including cloud computing. For more details, read the full article.

Accenture reports that poor customer service causes many people to switch providers, particularly in emerging markets. Accenture estimates that the cost to companies in South Africa due to customer switching is worth US$47 billion, and has dubbed it the "Switching Economy". For more details, read the full article.

Accenture has found that Singapore ranks first in their use of “digital government” based on a 10 country comparative study which looked at Brazil, Germany, India, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, UAE, the United Kingdom and the USA. Accenture appears to have defined "digital government" broadly to include offering online portals to access public services, employing digital channels to communicate with citizens, and using social media to engage with the community. The survey found that 81% of respondents would like their government to provide more services through digital channels. For more details, read the full article.

Accenture and DataStax have formalised their ongoing collaboration to help clients derive insights from big data seamlessly and rapidly. According to MarketWatch, the two companies will continue working together to provide clients with real-time big data capabilities enabling them to detect and prevent fraud and create more personalised interactions online. Accenture brings to the table deep industry experience and analytics skills, and DataStax brings its enterprise-ready big data platform. For more details, read the full article.