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McKinsey & Company Acquires Analytics Consultancy Caserta
Management consulting firm McKinsey & Company recently announced the acquisition of data analytics consulting and implementation firm Caserta. The new purchase will provide additional strength to McKinsey's data transformation business by improving its ability to implement cloud data strategies at scale...
Technology
Accenture Research Shows Only 12% of Companies Going Beyond Experimenting With...
A recent research study by Accenture shows that the majority of organizations utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) are only experimenting with the technology, creating significant opportunities for companies to grow in their use of AI as capabilities continue to evolve. The authors of “The Art of AI Maturity: Advancing from Practice to Performance” extensively studied approximately 1,200 global companies and surveyed 1,615 executives...
Healthcare
Nordic Consulting Partners Joins Accrete Health Partners Via Acquisition
Nordic Consulting Partners, a Madison, Wisconsin-based health and technology consultancy, will be acquired by Accrete Health Partners, a strategic holding company of Bon Secours Mercy Health, as part of a deal that will see the firm’s previous owners Silversmith Capital Partners exiting its investment. The financial terms of the transaction were not publicly disclosed...
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Maine Government Awards HR System Fix Contract To Accenture
Six years, two governors, and $35 million dollars later, the state of Maine still does not have a fully functioning, modernized HR system. After the failure of its previous systems implementer, the state has awarded a $10.9 million contract to consulting firm Accenture to complete the project and bring an upgraded system to Maine’s more than 12,000 government employees...
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Why Cybersecurity Success Depends On Public-Private Partnership
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The Top 100 IT Consulting and Services Companies of 2021
The Consulting Report is pleased to announce The Top 100 IT Consulting and Services Companies of 2021. These are the companies leading some of...
Deloitte Expands Cloud-Services Portfolio With Acquisition Of CloudQuest
In a recent press release, Big Four accounting and professional services firm Deloitte announced the acquisition of Cupertino, California-based cloud security posture management provider CloudQuest. The startup, which offers cloud-native security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) services specialized for InfoSec and SecDevOps teams...
Accenture’s History With Healthcare.gov Factors Into Current CMS Contract
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The Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity IT Services of 2021
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Kaiser Permanente To Partner With Accenture, Microsoft For Cloud Expansion
Microsoft recently announced a multi-year collaboration with IT services company Accenture and healthcare industry leader Kaiser Permanente to enhance its hosted cloud environment infrastructure that supports its 12.4 million members and more than 85,000 care providers. The collective effort to improve Kaiser Permanente’s cloud capabilities will ultimately enable them to better serve their members by delivering personalized digital experiences and more data-informed decision making...
The Evolution Of Banking Security
The rapid, widespread embrace of remote work policies driven by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed cybersecurity as a focal point of business success. Cybercriminals have, in turn, adapted accordingly and their crooked campaigns constitute a major threat for individuals, companies, and entire governments in the age of digitalization...
