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1. Financial, M & A Updates..................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates.................................................................................................................................................7
3. Rewards and Recognition Updates..................................................................................................................12
4. Customer Success Updates...............................................................................................................................47
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates......................................................................................................................67
6. Miscellaneous Updates.....................................................................................................................................84

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Accenture Acquires Australian Government Specialist Consultancy
Apis Group
Accenture has acquired Apis Group, a privately held Australian
consultancy with deep industry expertise providing strategic
advisory, digital design and delivery services to government
organisations. This acquisition will bring additional capacity and
further strengthen Accenture’s services to government and health
clients in Australia. Headquartered in Canberra, Apis Group was
founded in 1999 and employs more than 120 professionals. The
firm works with some of Australia’s largest federal public service
organisations, providing strategic advisory services, project
management, business and digital design services. The diverse
team has extensive experience working on service delivery reform
initiatives, including social services, health, aged care, education,
employment and environment sectors, with a track record of
helping government shape and deliver major transformation
programs.
Executive Commentary
“Apis Group’s extensive experience working with public
service organisations complements Accenture’s established
credentials across government,” said who leads Accenture’s
Health & Public Service practice in Australia and New Zealand.
“Apis Group’s talented team of professionals brings in-demand
industry expertise and consulting skills that align with our
offerings to government clients. This acquisition will bolster
our position as partner of choice for government and health
organisations, who will benefit from the deep specialist
expertise of Apis combined with Accenture’s world-class digital
transformation capabilities.”
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Accenture Agrees to Acquire Clarity Insights, Boosting Artificial Intelligence
Impact for Clients in North America
Accenture has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Clarity
Insights, a U.S.-based data consultancy with deep data science, artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) expertise. The acquisition will add
nearly 350 employees, along with a strong portfolio of accelerators, which can
help organizations more quickly realize value from their data, to Accenture’s
Applied Intelligence business. These additions will further equip clients with
leading capabilities to meet the growing demand for enterprise-scale AI,
analytics and automation solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in
Chicago, with additional locations throughout the United States, Clarity Insights
is a leading provider of data science and AI/ML engineering capabilities for
large enterprises, and a strategic partner to clients across a range of industries,
particularly healthcare, financial services and insurance. Recognized as one of
the Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces 2019, their focus on serving clients’
needs end to end – from building the right data and AI-enabled strategy, to
implementing that technical strategy in meeting business goals – creates a strong
foundation to transform business processes to embed and scale AI with deeper
insights from data.
“Clarity Insights’s combination of strong technical talent, combined with
deep industry expertise, will fortify and broaden our ability to help our
clients scale AI across their businesses,” said Chief analytics officer and
global lead for Applied Intelligence at Accenture. “Their focus on
insight-driven transformation for healthcare bolsters Accenture’s capabilities
and is particularly critical now, when our research shows that 87% of
healthcare executives surveyed report that they know how to pilot, but
struggle to scale AI across their business.”
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Accenture Invests in and Forms Strategic Alliance with TradeIX to Help
Digitize Global Trade
Accenture has invested in and formed a strategic alliance with TradeIX,
a Dublin-based company whose open platform uses distributed ledger
technology to facilitate the flow of goods, services, transactions and
information within a secure environment for global trade. Terms of the
equity investment were not disclosed. Current trade relies on
time-consuming manual transaction processes that can be costly and
hard to reconcile. Distributed ledger technology enables new ways to
share data and the full automation of finance and accounting processes,
increasing productivity and working capital while reducing overall risk
for banking parties. As part of the agreement, Accenture will work with
TradeIX to bring to market new use cases, beyond banking, to address
the needs of buyers and sellers within trade finance. TradeIX is the
latest addition to the investment portfolio of Accenture Ventures, which
teams with and invests in companies that create or apply innovative
enterprise technologies.
“Building on TradeIX’s solid foundation across the banking
community, this relationship will help companies unlock trapped
value in data silos across key operational processes, such as finance,
accounting and supply chain,” said Managing director of blockchain
services for Accenture Operations. “Our goal is to scale this
capability to help organizations achieve touchless payable and
receivable processes within a secure and trusted environment —
ultimately transforming how they conduct business with each other.”
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Atos acquires Google Cloud Premier Partner Maven Wave
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announced an agreement to acquire
Maven Wave, a U.S.-based business and technology consulting firm specialized in
delivering digital transformation solutions for large enterprises. The company is a
leading Google Cloud Premier Partner with eight Cloud Partner Specializations and
recognized as the Google Cloud North America Services Partner of the year in both
2018 and 2019. The purchase embeds Maven Wave’s strengths in building digital
solutions using cloud-based applications, data analytics and machine learning in
hybrid and multi-cloud platforms with Atos’ proven leadership in Hybrid Cloud,
SAP HANA, Application Modernization and Transformation, Digital Workplace,
IoT and Analytics. Headquartered in Chicago, Maven Wave has grown to more than
330 employees and will generate approximately $130m revenues in 2019. The firm
was recognized by Consulting Magazine as one of the fastest growing consulting
firms in North America. Maven Wave was also named one of the 2019 Best
Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services by Great Place to Work and
Fortune Magazine. The company holds eight Google Cloud Partner Specializations
in Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Cloud Migration, Application Development,
Infrastructure, Location-based Services, Enterprise Collaboration and Marketing
Analytics.
“The acquisition of Maven Wave, coupled with the capabilities from our Syntel
acquisition in 2018, strengthens our global leadership position delivering
Google Cloud solutions. Further, as the company’s largest region, Atos North
America now has a potent combination to further accelerate the transformation
of its business as we deepen the development and delivery speed of digital
services for our customers. Atos will also allow Maven Wave to extend its
excellence into Europe and other regions of the Group. Finally, Maven Wave
perfectly represents the company’s acquisition strategy, by reinforcing a key
expertise of the Group to serve its organic growth acceleration,” said Atos CEO.
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Datamatics to Strategically Divest its Stake in Cignex Datamatics Inc.
Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (DGSL), a global IT &
BPM company, announced that it strategically divested its
stake in one of its subsidiaries - Cignex Datamatics Inc. The
stake has been acquired by a Relevance Lab, a Singapore
headquartered IT Services company through a share-swap
arrangement. Cignex Datamatics is a US-headquartered IT
Services firm offering, Open Source, Cloud and Automation
services. DGSL had 62.51% stake in Cignex Datamatics
through its step-down subsidiary and it contributed to
17.27% of the total turnover of DGSL. As a result of this
deal, the step-down subsidiary will hold 21% of the total
stake in the combined entity.
Commenting on the occasion, Vice-Chairman & CEO
said, “Relevance Lab has specialized offerings in the
areas of Cloud & DevOps service delivery which makes it
a suitable partner for Cignex Datamatics. The combined
entity will have a stronger portfolio and expanded digital
offerings which will create value for shareholders.” He
further added, “This will also allow Datamatics
management team to focus on its core IT & BPM
offerings and emerging growth areas including RPA
(Robotic Process Automation) & AFC (Automated Fare
Collection).”
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KPMG announces strong FY19 global revenue growth
• Revenue growth driven by solid FY19 performance across all KPMG regions,
with Asia Pacific delivering the fastest growth of 9.3% driven by 14.1% growth in
Advisory. Americas region growing at 6.6% and in Europe, Middle East and Africa,
including India (EMA) by 4.7%.
• Advisory growing at 7.9% contributed the largest proportion of the increase in
total revenues, supported by double-digit growth in deal related services and digital
transformation solutions.
• Audit grew by 3.7% while Tax & Legal Services grew by 7.8%.
• Consistently positive growth across each of KPMG's five industry sectors,
Financial Services 3.9%, Industrial Markets 4.5%, Consumer Markets 4.5%, with
Technology Media & Telecoms 8.1% and Infrastructure Government & Healthcare
10.8% being particular highlights.
• Our position as a leading employer of choice reinforced with total headcount
increasing to more than 219,000 people across 147 countries and territories.
• KPMG is focused on building an inclusive and diverse culture, and has increased
female diversity among our leadership ranks to 25% of Partners and Directors,
while over 30% of new partners promoted and recruited in our largest practices
were female.
• KPMG people volunteered approximately 550,000 hours of time in the past
twelve months, including 100,000 hours of pro-bono professional services.
“We are pleased to have achieved strong growth during an important
transitional year for KPMG as we focus on making significant investments as
part of our multi-year collective strategy implementation,” said Global
Chairman and CEO, KPMG International. In addition to our enduring focus on
quality and trust we’re also enhancing our leadership position in the digital
transformation of professional services through an expected investment of $5
billion in innovation, people and technology over the coming five years. This
will accelerate the digital transformation of KPMG and enable us to better serve
clients as they continue to address their own transformations.”
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Accenture Launches Cloud Native Solution to Help Clients Innovate New
Products and Services Using the Public Cloud
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Solution Description
Accenture has launched the Accenture Cloud Native Core Solution to help enterprises leverage the public cloud for maximum business
agility and results. Often cited as the future of application development, cloud native computing provides organizations with many
significant benefits, such as the ability to develop new products quickly and efficiently; get products and services to market faster; and
increase the scale, flexibility and resilience of their IT environments. As a result, many companies today are seeking to embrace a cloud
native approach — creating applications specifically for the cloud instead of repurposing legacy architectures – as a way to maximize the
returns on their cloud migration investments.
The Accenture Cloud Native Core Solution provides clients with the four core elements they need to chart a cloud native approach,
including:
• changing the architectural style to microservices/serverless
• using Agile software development approaches
• adapting fresh DevOps processes
• selecting the right hyperscale cloud platform
Accenture will help clients utilize this solution for optimal organizational transformation, enabling them to develop more flexible, agile IT
systems and build broader ecosystems.

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Atos grows Santos Dumont Supercomputer capacity fivefold making it largest in
Latin America
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Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announces the extension of the capacity of the Santos Dumont supercomputer. Based on
Atos’ BullSequana technology, this machine, was originally delivered in 2015 to the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing
(LNCC). This update confirms its position as the most powerful supercomputer in Latin America dedicated to research and puts it back
on the world's Top500 list. The Supercomputer is installed in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, and with the expansion of 4 Petaflops, will
now operate with a total processing capacity of approximately 5.1 quadrillion operations per second, an increase of approximately
350% compared to the original 2015 specification of 1.1 Petaflops. The expansion is an initiative in conjunction with the Libra
Consortium, led by Petrobras, which aims to support the development of research in the oil and gas sector, and for in-depth seismic
image studies and real-time reservoir simulation. In total around 150 projects have been conducted with Santos Dumont in strategic
areas such as oil and gas exploration, and coal and renewable energy, but also for ZIKA and Dengue virus research, drug development
for HIV and climate studies. The Libra Consortium is led by Petrobras, which has a 40% stake, in partnership with Shell (20%), Total
(20%), CNPC (10%), and CNOOC Limited (10%). The Consortium also has the participation of the state-owned company Pre-Sal
Petróleo SA (PPSA), which is the manager of this contract.

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Atos boosts quantum application development through the creation of the first
Quantum User Group
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Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announces that it is continuing to enrich its quantum development ecosystem, through
the creation of a global User Group of the Atos Quantum Learning Machine (QLM), which will be chaired by a representative from
French multi-national energy company Total. This announcement follows the commercial success of the QLM, the world's
highest-performing quantum programming appliance, allowing for the first time to simulate quantic behaviors. This ecosystem is
supported by the Atos’ Quantum Scientific Council, which includes universally recognized quantum physicists. It is also further
enhanced by partners such as leading software company Zapata and start-up Xofia. Just two years on from its launch in 2017, Atos’
QLM users continue to grow as the QLM is being used in numerous countries worldwide including Austria, France, Germany, Ireland,
Mexico, the Netherlands, UK and the United States, empowering major research programs in various sectors. The User Group will
bring together current QLM customers and their ecosystems of users from around the world, including research centers, universities
and global industrial companies. It will be chaired by a representative from Total, Henri Calandra, Expert in Numerical Methods and
High Performance Computing. This QLM User Group aims to drive advances in quantum programming and simulation, as well as to
develop and enrich collaboration between users and share best practice and support. Feedback will be used to influence Atos’ QLM
evolutions and further enhance the technical support that it provides its customers, paving the road towards the new world of quantum
computing.

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New Security and Optimization Features in Unisys CloudForte® Bolster Services
Delivered on Amazon Web Services
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Unisys Corporation announced two new CloudForte® capabilities − the Unisys Cloud Compliance Director™ and Cloud Architecture Navigator
™ − now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS). CloudForte is Unisys' comprehensive solution to automate and accelerate secure digital
transformation and cloud operations. With these new capabilities, Unisys has enhanced its CloudForte services to provide clients with better
visibility into whether their cloud architecture, security and compliance match up to industry best practices. These automated capabilities of
CloudForte help clients enhance security and optimize operations for workloads delivered on AWS as well as in hybrid- and multi-cloud
environments. The Cloud Compliance Director feature of CloudForte provides an automated capability for cloud security posture management
(CSPM) – a daunting challenge as cyber threats steadily become more sophisticated. In fact, leading research firm Gartner, Inc. has estimated
that 99% of cloud security failures through 2025 would result from organizations' inaction. Cloud Compliance Director removes security blind
spots proactively. It incorporates a continually updated database of key security regulations and constantly monitors for compliance – showing
status through an easy-to-read graphical dashboard. Cloud Compliance Director drives operational improvement through integration with
DevOps, multi-cloud environments and other advanced cloud architectures. The Cloud Architecture Navigator feature of CloudForte conforms
to the AWS Well-Architected Framework approach. The Unisys offering takes an innovative, phased approach to cloud optimization. It supports
continual review and optimization of how cloud implementations match up to changing technology and fluctuating workload requirements
across five critical aspects of the cloud: cost, security, performance, reliability and operations. As a result, Unisys recommends optimization and
remediation that allow the organization to deliver services at peak performance and greater cost-efficiency on AWS or on other cloud
environments.

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Virtusa Improves Field Force Worker Efficiency with Augmented Reality and AI
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Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT services and solutions that help clients change and disrupt markets through
innovation engineering, announced new capabilities, including augmented reality (AR) based test and diagnostic capabilities to improve the efficiency of field
force workers and help them improve customer service while reducing average handling time. Traditional Communications Service Providers (CSPs), wireless
providers, internet, cable, and satellite operators, along with other managed service providers, typically have a large contractor-based field force that must be
trained to diagnose and make repairs using a massive portfolio of products and equipment. Virtusa’s Smart Field Force Management Platform addresses these
issues by helping technicians quickly locate problems with minimal training. Using AI, the platform provides guided resolution paths for frequently encountered
issues. The application is able to automatically co-relate and initiate diagnostic tests based on the type of issues reported. Using machine learning, the system is
being trained to recognize 20,000 different devices. This allows field engineers to diagnose problems with minimal training. Automated job closure notes allow
better capturing of issue resolution in the field, which in turn enables better analytics for the product teams to improve product performance and capability over
time.
Using the new Virtusa Smart Field Force Management Platform, CSPs can expect:
• More Efficient Workforce – Using route optimization and remote test and diagnostic capabilities to reduce field operations by 60 percent, while delivering a 30
percent improvement in service engineer efficiency by identifying the main fault location and common faults.
• Save Time and Money – Up to an 80 percent reduction in CapEx by consolidating eight devices into a single mobile platform, making it quick and easy for
service engineers to identify issues.
• Better Customer Service – Using detailed root cause analysis to reduce repeat service calls by 50 percent, while providing a 45 percent reduction in
Customer-Premise Equipment (CPE) issues through guided resolution steps.

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Accenture Interactive Wins Gold for Digital Agency of the Year from Campaign
Asia-Pacific
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Accenture Interactive has taken home the Gold in the Digital Agency of the Year category (Japan region) in Campaign’s
2019 Agency of the Year awards. The annual awards were presented at a ceremony last night by Campaign Asia-Pacific, a
leading advertising and marketing magazine. This is the second time in which Accenture Interactive was recognized with
the highest award of Gold for Digital Agency of the Year. Accenture Interactive — together with its Japanese subsidiary,
IMJ Corporation — is a new breed of experience agency that helps businesses adopt an innovation-led approach and
transform into experience-led organizations. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining
unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by
the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients
improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 492,000 people serving clients in more
than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.
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Accenture Named a Leader in European Cybersecurity Consulting Providers
Report by Independent Research Firm
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Accenture Security has been named as a Leader in the latest Forrester Research report on European cybersecurity
consulting providers. The report titled, “The Forrester Wave™: European Cybersecurity Consulting Providers, Q4 2019”
states that “Accenture is a good fit for chief information security officers who want to transform their security programs
quickly and need both deep technical and strategy expertise.” To assess the state of the information security consulting
market in Europe, Forrester evaluated strengths and weaknesses of top firms to provide an analysis of key differentiators
against a comprehensive set of 21 criteria. The evaluation criteria for the Forrester Wave report are grouped into three
high-level categories: ‘Current Offering’, ‘Strategy’ and ‘Market Presence’. Out of the 15 firms evaluated, Accenture
received among the highest scores in the ‘Strategy’ category. Across all three of the high-level categories, Accenture
received the highest scores possible in 17 of the 21 criteria, such as: cyberconsulting practice vision, executive engagement
and business acumen, engagement delivery model innovation, security team engagement, European pricing models and
asset-based pricing, and European practice size. The report notes that “Accenture demonstrated some of the strongest
industry knowledge of the firms we evaluated through its industry-specific business process models (industry value chains),
with clear linkages to cybersecurity risk within business processes.”
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Accenture Ranked No. 1 in HFS Top 10 for ServiceNow Services 2019 Report
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Accenture was named No. 1 out of 14 providers in the HFS Top 10 for ServiceNow Services Providers 2019 report. The
report specifically analyzed the full value chain of ServiceNow services and states that, of all the providers assessed,
Accenture was positioned first because of its global capability to innovate and deliver with high customer satisfaction.
Accenture strengths highlighted in the HFS report include:
• Client references: Accenture’s clients talk highly of the firm’s ability to design, deploy, and develop ServiceNow
innovatively — bringing in key talent from across the organization to supplement engagements where needed;
• Talent: Accenture boasts one of the largest ServiceNow talent benches among the competitors assessed in this report. The
firm also leverages its vast global network to bring skills and capability to clients across the globe; and
• Partnerships: Accenture is one of few ServiceNow partners to have a seat at the top table, helping to drive the platform’s
development roadmap. This enables Accenture to provide a clear view to clients of what the platform has in store, helping
them to make the most out of investments and build longevity into client roadmaps.
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Accenture Interactive Positioned as a Leader in Independent Research Report
on Global Digital Experience Agencies
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Accenture Interactive has been named a Leader in the latest research report on global digital experience agencies from
Forrester Research Inc., a leading research and global advisory firm. The report, titled “The Forrester Wave™: Global
Digital Experience Agencies, Q4 2019,” evaluates Accenture Interactive and 13 other vendors on 24 criteria across three
areas: Current Offering; Strategy; and Market Presence. In addition to receiving the second highest score in the Market
Presence category, the report states that Accenture Interactive scores well in several Strategy factors, including vision,
partner ecosystem, client co-innovation and employee experience. The report also states that compared with other evaluated
service providers, Accenture Interactive has higher customer adoption and ratings in many service lines, including customer
experience strategy and insights, creative services, customer data and analytics and program management. Accenture
(NYSE: ACN is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in
strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across
more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture
works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value
for their stakeholders. With 492,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to
improve the way the world works and lives.
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Accenture Named a Leader in Automated Life Insurance Underwriting Systems
By Independent Research Firm
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Accenture has been named a leader in automated life insurance underwriting systems in a new report from independent research firm
Forrester. In the report — “The Forrester Wave™: Automated Life Insurance Underwriting Systems, Q4 2019” — Accenture was
named a leader based on the current offering and strategy of its product, Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform (ALIP). The
report evaluated 13 companies, with rankings based on scores across 27 criteria. Accenture received the highest possible score for Past
Performance, Partner Ecosystem, User Interface, and Data Visualization and Reporting. According to the report, “ALIP is a strong
choice for tier-1 North American life insurers looking to leverage Accenture’s trademark balance of technical and business acumen.”
Used by leading insurers worldwide, ALIP is a robust, configurable and scalable solution that provides life insurance carriers and
annuity providers with advanced capabilities for product development, new-business development, underwriting, policy administration,
claims and payout. It is available as an on-premise solution and over the cloud as an integrated suite of software with modules that can
be implemented individually or as part of a broader migration strategy. Accenture’s life and annuity software is part of Accenture Life
Insurance Services. By applying extensive industry knowledge to continuously enhance its software, Accenture helps insurers reduce
operating costs, manage risk and drive growth through improved product development and distribution, enhanced policy administration
and distribution, and technology platform consolidation and modernization.
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Accenture Named a Leader in Life Sciences Digital Services by Independent Research
Firm, Everest Group
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Accenture has been named a Leader in life sciences digital services in a new report from Everest Group, a leading independent research firm.
The report, “Life Sciences Digital Services – Service Provider Landscape with Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2019,” examines the
changing dynamics of the life sciences digital services landscape, including industry and market trends, and compares 23 internet technology
vendors against the criteria most important for life sciences companies to consider when selecting a service provider. Accenture emerged as a
Leader in the report due to the company’s “consultative approach with clients to create downstream implementation opportunities” and its ability
to “help frame long-term digital strategies.” The report also notes Accenture’s “investments in innovative constructs, partnerships and alliances”
as strengths. The report describes a Leader as having a balanced portfolio; able to develop innovative digital use-cases for life sciences firms;
and keeping pace with market dynamics through continued investments in technology and services capability development (internal intellectual
property and tools, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, etc.). Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad
range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized
skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at
the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With
492,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.
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Active inceptors earn certification on Gulfstream G600 and G500
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BAE Systems reached a critical milestone today with the certification of its active inceptors for Gulfstream's G600 and G500 aircraft. The
certifications are from the Federal Aviation Administration for the G600 aircraft and European Aviation Safety Agency for the G500 aircraft. The
achievement marks the second series of certifications for BAE Systems' active sticks in civil applications, which were first certified on
Gulfstream's G500 aircraft last year. Unlike a passive system, active inceptors, which are part of the controls pilots use to fly an aircraft, have
electronically controlled actuators that send tactile feedback to the pilot through the stick. The feedback is programmable for specific aircraft
depending on customer requirements, and can warn pilots of impending structural or aerodynamic operating limits. One of the key benefits of
active inceptors is the ability to link the pilot and co-pilot controls, so each can see and feel the other’s control inputs in real time. BAE Systems
has been a world leader in active inceptor technology for more than 25 years. The military version of the technology was originally developed
for the Joint Strike Fighter program in the 1990s, achieving its first flight on the platform in 2000 and becoming the world's first certified
military active inceptor on the F-35 just six years later. That same core technology achieved a handful of other world firsts, which includes first
flight on helicopters such as Blackhawk and Chinook. Today, the company's active inceptors have flown on 12 different commercial and military
aircraft around the world and have logged more than 200,000 flight hours. BAE Systems is a premier provider of advanced and affordable
controls, avionics, and power management systems for aircraft. From controlling the aircraft to keeping its engine running at peak performance,
BAE Systems serves more than two million passengers each day. Every second of every day a plane safely takes off and lands because of its
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Active inceptors earn certification on Gulfstream G600 and G500
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BAE Systems reached a critical milestone today with the certification of its active inceptors for Gulfstream's G600 and G500 aircraft. The
certifications are from the Federal Aviation Administration for the G600 aircraft and European Aviation Safety Agency for the G500
aircraft. The achievement marks the second series of certifications for BAE Systems' active sticks in civil applications, which were first
certified on Gulfstream's G500 aircraft last year. Unlike a passive system, active inceptors, which are part of the controls pilots use to fly an
aircraft, have electronically controlled actuators that send tactile feedback to the pilot through the stick. The feedback is programmable for
specific aircraft depending on customer requirements, and can warn pilots of impending structural or aerodynamic operating limits. One of
the key benefits of active inceptors is the ability to link the pilot and co-pilot controls, so each can see and feel the other’s control inputs in
real time. BAE Systems has been a world leader in active inceptor technology for more than 25 years. The military version of the
technology was originally developed for the Joint Strike Fighter program in the 1990s, achieving its first flight on the platform in 2000 and
becoming the world's first certified military active inceptor on the F-35 just six years later. That same core technology achieved a handful of
other world firsts, which includes first flight on helicopters such as Blackhawk and Chinook. Today, the company's active inceptors have
flown on 12 different commercial and military aircraft around the world and have logged more than 200,000 flight hours. BAE Systems is a
premier provider of advanced and affordable controls, avionics, and power management systems for aircraft. From controlling the aircraft to
keeping its engine running at peak performance, BAE Systems serves more than two million passengers each day. Every second of every
day a plane safely takes off and lands because of its products.
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BAE Systems Achieves Amazon Web Services Public Safety & Disaster Response
Competency
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BAE Systems, a Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), has achieved AWS
Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency status, recognition of the company’s proven ability to help its customers leverage
the power of AWS to protect the public in disaster preparation, response, and recovery. BAE Systems Geospatial eXploitation
Products™ (GXP®) Group utilizes AWS services to enhance first responder and community readiness through cloud-based
geospatial software solutions. The company deploys this technology on secure, reliable, and highly available AWS infrastructure to
deliver disaster and public safety data and analytics tools for emergency situations. This new designation illustrates BAE Systems’
technical proficiency and commitment to supporting its customers leading up to, during, and after natural and man-made disasters.
Achieving the AWS Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency differentiates BAE Systems as an APN member that provides
specialized, demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success with implementing workloads focused on Public
Safety & Disaster Response Data and Analytics Tools. BAE Systems delivers a broad range of services and solutions enabling
militaries and governments to successfully carry out their respective missions. The company provides large-scale systems
engineering, integration, and sustainment services across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. BAE Systems takes pride in its
support of national security and those who serve.
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Datamatics TruBot recognized in the IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation
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Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (DGSL), a global IT & BPM company, announced that it had won the runners-up in the IBS
Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2019 in the Best Process Automation Initiative using RPA category. Datamatics
received this recognition for enabling a leading private sector bank in India to increase their customer satisfaction level by 90% by
bringing in end-to-end automation using its RPA product, TruBot. The awardees were recognized at the IBS Intelligence Global
FinTech Innovation Awards ceremony held on 22nd November 2019 at Four Seasons, Mumbai. IBSI Fintech Project and
Innovation Awards 2019 honors fintech service providers and banks for excellence in banking technology solution implementations
and innovations. The submissions were assessed based on several factors such as Program Complexity, Program Governance, Best
Practices & Tools Adopted, Originality & Simplicity, Adaptability of the concept, Innovation Excellence, and Customer Impact.
The award recognizes Datamatics for automating the “Customer Service Request Process” for a leading private sector bank in
India. The client received a huge volume of unstructured requests from their customers for periodic account statements. Datamatics
RPA product – TruBot automates the process, and the AI component of TruBot reads the requests coming in various formats and
converts into a structured format that helped the client achieve 100% accuracy and improve process speed. The client can now
handle more transactions due to faster and automated processing of requests.
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EY named a leader in robotic process automation services by independent research
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EY has been recognized by Forrester Research as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Robotic Process Automation Services, Q4
2019. The report assessed the 13 most significant global robotic process automation (RPA) service providers on a 22-criterion
evaluation, which reveal how each provider measures up and helps application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals
select the right provider for their automation enterprises. The report notes that EY has “size, scale, depth, and a focus on sustainable
automation and offers consulting clients a large, globally balanced RPA practice with a significant finance and accounting
footprint.” The report also states that the EY experience with RPA is “personal”, with a large global deployment of RPA across
front-, middle- and back-office processes, allowing EY to learn RPA deployment first-hand and channel this perspective and
experience to customers. Among the vendors assessed, EY has one of the strongest innovation road maps, including internally
funded tools and tools co-developed with firms in its alliance ecosystem such as UiPath, Microsoft, Blue Prism and SAP, finds the
report. With the market for RPA products and services evolving furiously and on track to cross US$16.2 billion by 2023, according
to Forrester, it recognizes key investments from EY over the next 12 months will be in areas like asset-based solutions for
front-office or complicated back-office use cases, stronger managed-services capabilities and RPA capability around SAP.
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EY ranked as a leader in providing Internet of Things by HFS Research
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EY has been recognized by HFS Research as a leader – and the leading Big 4 organization – in providing Internet of Things
(IoT) for enterprises in its HFS Top 10 Internet of Things (IoT) Service Providers 2019 report. The report examines the role
service providers play in the evolving IoT landscape by assessing and rating the IoT service capabilities of 23 service providers
across criteria including innovation, execution and the voice of the customer. The report cites EY as “an innovative Big 4
organization with considerable experience in IoT, establishing itself as a ready-to-deploy solution provider.” It highlights EY
strength in deep sector and domain experience, as well as a IoT Network of Excellence across the globe – which includes 2,700
IoT professionals – that is supported by 36 EY wavespaceTM centers around the world. The report also notes the
sector-specific IoT solutions and assets that make up the EY proprietary technologies that can be rapidly implemented to help
solve client’s business problems. The report also notes the development opportunities for EY in consulting-led delivery and the
huge prospect to upscale both the depth and breadth of existing scope of client engagements.
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EY named a leader in Worldwide Change Consulting Services by IDC MarketScape
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EY has been named a worldwide leader in change consulting services by the IDC MarketScape. The report, IDC MarketScape:
Worldwide Change Consulting Services 2019 Vendor Assessment, features analysis of the five largest business consultancy
firms with broad change consulting portfolios spanning IDC's research coverage, and with global or regional importance.
According to the report, “based on client feedback and IDC analysts’ evaluation, EY is seen to offer high-quality staff and
excels at its ability to help clients with their employee management through training initiatives and at continually refreshing
and deepening its consultants' skills to keep up with changing issues, approaches and insights.” EY is a global leader in
assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in
the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all
of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for
our communities. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young
Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee,
does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights
individuals have under data protection legislation is available via ey.com/privacy.
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Now TV and Firstsource win 2019 Global Sourcing Association Award
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Firstsource Solutions, the leading provider of customised Business Process Management (BPM) services, announced it has
been named the winner of the Technology-enabled Project of the Year category in the Global Sourcing Association UK awards,
alongside its client Now TV. The awards recognise excellence in strategic sourcing. NOW TV and Firstsource received the
award for using analytics to improve NOW TV’s customer support through chat sessions. The Firstsource solution included:
customer sentiment analysis, root cause analysis, and process improvement initiatives. The latter involved: a new quality
framework for chat, an agent quality index, agent training and coaching on new behaviours, and competitions and incentives on
these behaviours. This improved Net Promoter Score (NPS) on chat from +49 to +62 and First call resolution (FCR) from 71%
to 78%. Firstsource Solutions Limited, a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL, BSE: 532809, Reuters: FISO.BO,
Bloomberg: FSOL@IN), is a leading provider of customised Business Process Management (BPM) services. Firstsource
specialises in helping customers stay ahead of the curve through transformational solutions in order to reimagine business
processes and deliver increased efficiency, deeper insights and superior outcomes.
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giffgaff and Firstsource win 2019 Global Sourcing Association Award
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Firstsource Solutions, the leading provider of customised Business Process Management (BPM) services, announced it has
been named the winner of the Customer Experience Provider of the Year category in the Global Sourcing Association UK
awards, alongside its client giffgaff. The awards recognise excellence in strategic sourcing. giffgaff and Firstsource received the
award in recognition of their excellent member experience. Their strong collaboration lead to: improvements in first call
resolution, member satisfaction, propensity to contact and cost to serve. At the heart of this successful partnership is a shared
transformation team that focuses on continual improvement and exchange of knowledge – for example through a weekly focus
group to gather feedback from advisors. All these initiatives saw first call resolution improve 15 percentage points and cost to
serve fall by over 30 percent. Firstsource Solutions Limited, a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL, BSE: 532809,
Reuters: FISO.BO, Bloomberg: FSOL@IN), is a leading provider of customised Business Process Management (BPM)
services. Firstsource specialises in helping customers stay ahead of the curve through transformational solutions in order to
reimagine business processes and deliver increased efficiency, deeper insights and superior outcomes.
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Infosys Recognized as a 2020 ‘Top Employer’ in Australia, Singapore and Japan
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Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, has been certified by the Top Employers Institute as a
2020 ‘Top Employer’, in recognition of its excellence in employment practices across Australia, Singapore and Japan.
Organizations certified as Top Employers dedicate themselves to providing the very best working environments for employees
through their progressive ‘people-first’ HR practices. These organizations are subjected to a rigorous selection process by the
Top Employers Institute, which has certified and recognised more than 1,500 Top Employers in 118 countries/regions, across
five continents. The Top Employers Institute’s HR Best Practice Survey encompasses over 100 questions, which covers 600
‘People Development’ practices across 10 topics: Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, On-boarding,
Learning & Development, Performance Management, Leadership Development, Career & Succession Management,
Compensation & Benefits and Culture. This accreditation follows Infosys also being recognised by the Top Employers Institute
as a top three ‘Top Employer’ across Europe and the Middle East earlier in the year.
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Infosys Awarded UN Global Climate Action Award in ‘Carbon Neutral Now’ Category
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Infosys a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, was presented with the prestigious United Nations
Global Climate Action Award in the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ category at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in
Madrid, Spain. Every year, the United Nations honours outstanding achievements in combating climate change through the
Climate Action Awards. Infosys won the award for its carbon neutral program, which delivers scalable, innovative and practical
climate actions that address climate change and help drive progress on many other sustainable development goals, such as
gender equality, health and well-being and economic opportunity. Manager of the UN Climate Change Global Climate Action
Programme, said, “Infosys’ journey to carbon neutrality is truly inspiring. As one of the first companies of its kind to commit to
carbon neutrality, they have provided a practical model for climate action, while setting a benchmark for integrating sustainable
development and climate action. At this year’s UN Climate Conference (COP 25) in Madrid, it is our honour to recognize
Infosys as a winner of this year’s UN Global Climate Action Awards.”
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KPMG named by ALM Intelligence a Leader in Cybersecurity Consulting
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KPMG has been announced by ALM Intelligence as a Leader in `Cybersecurity Consulting 2019', receiving either a `Strong' or
`Very Strong' rating in each of the nine capabilities assessed. According to the ALM report, “KPMG's service delivery has
evolved to a Powered Solution Model, an innovative approach using preconceived IP with technology through ecosystem
partners to meet the client's specific needs, thus creating value-based outcomes rapidly and efficiently.” The report also
remarked that KPMG's alternate pricing models serve clients throughout the engagement, shifting from traditional pricing
options to provide for “retainers, on call agreements, licensing IP products, subscriptions, managed co-sourcing and more
(including managed services).” KPMG firms have made a number of cyber acquisitions globally since 2017, including
Loomans & Matz, a consulting services firm in Germany focused on information security and data protection; EGYDE
Cybersecurity, a Canada-based firm focused on cloud security and data governance; Cyberinc, an Identity and Access
Management business based in the US; UniBridge, a Norwegian-based focused on e-ID and e-signature capabilities; and
Everdon Security, a consulting services firm in cyber security, information security and risk management in Sweden.
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KPMG ranked #3 among Enterprise AI Service providers in new HFS Research
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KPMG International has been ranked #3 overall among the world's leading providers of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI)
services - and #1 for its technology innovation capabilities - in a new HFS Research report. The HFS Enterprise AI Services
Top 10 Report (PDF 1.3 MB) examines the impact that leading global services providers are having in today's complex and
rapidly expanding AI landscape. Noting AI's growing significance as “a key change agent” in how enterprises operate - and
calling AI's potential to drive revenue growth “immense” - HFS Research assessed and ranked 21 firms based on Innovation
Capability, Ability to Execute and Voice of the Customer criteria. The report praises KPMG's “industry-leading approach to
consolidating IA assets and creating an ecosystem for AI talent.” The report also calls out KPMG for demonstrating both an
“integrated view of intelligent automation technologies” and “a globally consistent approach” under KPMG's Lighthouse
Centre of Excellence and the KPMG Ignite AI platform. HFS Research Vice President, suggests in the report that businesses are
now “on the cusp of emerging from the piloting dead-zone” and that “the age of pure experimentation is nearly at an end”
following several years of “rampant” piloting and prototyping of AI technologies and use cases.
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KPMG rated a global Leader in Corporate Services Consulting by ALM Intelligence
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KPMG* has been recognized as a leader among global providers for Corporate Services Consulting. ALM's Vanguard report
evaluates 24 organizations based on their capabilities to help clients improve the performance of back-office functions that
support the workforce, including those in the corporate center, shared services centers, outsourced services, and captive
operations. According to the report, Leaders in this space are also “positioning the back office as an innovation engine, where
end-to-end processes are designed and digitally enabled tools are road-tested for impact potential throughout the organization's
value chain.” ALM ranks KPMG's Corporate Services Consulting as `Best in Class' for ESM noting that the framework stands
out for two reasons: “The first is how it functions as an operating model under which corporate services are designed, sourced,
requested, delivered, governed, and managed, thus enabling end-to-end process delivery that results in high levels of service
quality and faster service delivery outcomes at a lower cost. The second is how it is enabled by KPMG's Powered Enterprise
solution, which combines the Enterprise Service Management framework with the ServiceNow platform to connect and
automate a company's business services across the enterprise.”
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KPMG named a global leader for ServiceNow services in new HFS Research report
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KPMG has been ranked #1 in Enterprise Service Management, Verticalized Solutions and Capabilities, and Consulting and Thought Leadership, and
#2 overall among the world’s leading providers of ServiceNow services in a new HFS Research report. The HFS Top 10 ServiceNow Services report
assessed and ranked leading global organizations based on Ability to Execute, Innovation Capability and Voice of the Customer criteria regarding
their delivery of ServiceNow’s cloud-based enterprise workflow and services automation platform. In ranking KPMG second overall among
ServiceNow’s Top 10 global providers, the report praises KPMG as a “trusted advisor with a reputation for delivering innovative solutions” and notes
that, according to KPMG clients, member firms bring “fresh perspective to engagements.” In addition to its #2 ranking overall among global
competitors, KPMG was ranked #1 among the global competition in the Ability to Execute category for enterprise service management and
verticalized solutions and capabilities, and #1 in the Innovation Capability category for consulting and thought leadership.
The report cites the following market-leading strengths for KPMG:
• “Partnership: KPMG has an almost unrivalled partnership with ServiceNow, which has helped boost the longevity of client projects as KPMG has
enabled them to build a development roadmap in lock-step with ServiceNow.”
• “Talent: Clients value the access to top-tier talent they have been able to leverage throughout their engagements.”
• “Powered Enterprise: KPMG has developed a unique proposition, vetted and endorsed by ServiceNow, called Powered Enterprise – which pushes
ServiceNow across IT, HR, Risk, and ESM. KPMG has continued to fuel innovation with its knowledge and experience from delivering management
consulting and business services and brings fresh perspective to engagements, according to clients.”
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Leidos, Intel, and First Genesis earn ACT-IAC Blockchain Innovations Award
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Leidos, Intel Corporation, and First Genesis today announced their collaborative approach in developing blockchain technologies to
improve healthcare has earned the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s (ACT-IAC) 2019 Audience Choice
Award. The effort sees Leidos, Intel Corporation, and First Genesis working together to enable healthcare data exchange and
interoperability among different electronic healthcare record (EHR) or electronic record management (ERM) systems that serves the
interests of patients and clinical research. The team’s winning submission was selected from among nine finalists who submitted
presentations on the application of blockchain for government missions. The team’s presentation addressed interoperability challenges in
the current IT infrastructure that make it difficult to report and share health information data and clinical trial results. As a result, the
solution provides a secure platform to seamlessly exchange health information data and clinical trial results across diverse healthcare
providers. Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the
world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 34,000 employees
support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of
approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018.
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Mindtree Wins SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Award
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Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, has received a prestigious award from South Asian Federation of
Accountants (SAFA) as a mark of recognition of its strong ethics, excellence in financial reporting and corporate governance. The company won
the “SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Award, Integrated Reporting Awards & SAARC Anniversary Awards for the Corporate Governance
Disclosures Competition 2018” in the “Communication and Information Technology Sector.” The SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Award
recognizes South Asian organizations that have achieved excellence in the presentation and disclosure of high quality, relevant, reliable and
objective financial statements according to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) framework. In addition to financial statements
prepared according to Indian Accounting Standards, Mindtree publishes financial statements using the International Financial Reporting
Standards as a best practice. Mindtree’s 2017-2018 annual report was the company’s first integrated report prepared under the International
Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) framework. It demonstrates the company’s value creation using both financial and non-financial capital. It
also comprehensively describes the company’s successes including management, employees, clients, projects, partnerships, sustainability
measures and social responsibility. SAFA is a forum of professional accounting bodies that is committed to positioning, maintaining and
developing the accounting profession in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) area, which includes Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAFA ensures the continued leadership of these countries in the world
of accounting and is also focused on broad economic development in the region.
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Mindtree Recognized for Excellence in Operations at 6th IDC Insights Awards
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Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, announced that it has received an IDC Insights Award for
Excellence in Operations for its IT infrastructure services. The award cites Mindtree’s MWatch platform, which enables the delivery of
consistent and optimized infrastructure operations services through automation. MWatch is an IT infrastructure management platform that gives
users a consolidated, end-to-end view of their infrastructure and applications. It utilizes automation tools that standardize operations, eliminate
time-consuming manual processes and improve accuracy and precision. It also enables users to understand and address the combination of
factors that cause inefficient processes and escalate costs. The IDC Insights Awards, in its sixth year, acknowledges the achievements of CIOs
and IT leaders in three categories: Excellence in Omni-Experience, Excellence in Operations and Excellence in Data Intelligence. Mindtree’s
win in the Excellence in Operations category indicates that the MWatch platform has demonstrated sustainable and measurable improvements in
key performance metrics, such as operational efficiency or employee productivity. Currently in its sixth year, the - IDC Insights Awards honor
business and IT leaders who envisaged, conceptualized, and successfully executed an IT implementation that brought about tangible results for
their organization. Specially designed for today's CIOs and IT leaders, the Awards is a platform for delegates to network with peers and
technology partners, gain insights from worldwide thought leaders and, most importantly, to acknowledge and applaud the transformative
initiatives that organizations have undertaken towards accelerating success.
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Mindtree Named Market Leader in ISG Provider Lens™ – Next-Gen ADM
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Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, provides strong capabilities to use automation and agile
methodologies to run IT in a more streamlined and efficient manner, according to ISG. The technology research and advisory firm recognized
Mindtree as a global and US leader in “Next-Gen Application Development & Maintenance (ADM)”, Agile Development and Continuous
Testing in the 2019 ISG Provider Lens Next-gen ADM Services report.
ISG analysts cite Mindtree’s differentiators in each area as:
• “Next-Gen ADM”: Platforms such as a composable automated platform for enterprises (CAPE), agile delivery in building industry-specific,
cloud-based business applications and nimble methodology to accelerate the transformation experience for customers. The report also highlights
Mindtree’s digital innovation hub, the Digital Pumpkin, and artificial intelligence-centered modernizations as strengths in this area.
• Agile Development: The company’s cultural transformation-focused approach to agile, built on the pillars of “Individual, Social and
Environment”, along with innovation and ROI-focused Global Agile Teams for Enterprise, framework and learning-focused agile delivery.
• Continuous Testing: Mindtree’s test engineering practice, which serves a large number of use cases and is well supported by resources trained
on variety of tools and proprietary frameworks. The company leverages machine learning techniques to analyze past runs and estimate the time
for the completion of the test suite. Also noted as a strength is Mindtree’s ability to leverage bots to automate processes across the testing
lifecycle and its Test Transformation Experience framework aimed at enabling enterprise customers to evaluate their adoption and readiness on
test engineering and the DevOps tool chain.
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Mindtree Recognized as an Innovator by Avasant in Intelligent Automation
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Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, has been recognized as an ‘Innovator’ in Avasant's
Intelligent Automation Services RadarView™ 2019 report. The report identifies digital leaders that demonstrate innovation and
maturity with their intelligent automation offerings, such as robotic process automation (RPA), machine learning (ML), artificial
intelligence (AI) and chatbots. The report cites Mindtree’s strategic partner automation ecosystem, investments in collaborative digital
innovation centers and competency in reimagining traditional enterprise processes.
The report also recognizes Mindtree’s practice maturity and global automation initiatives across industries, including:
• Its global digital innovation centers in Bangalore, New Jersey and Silicon Valley to promote collaboration with customers, develop
prototypes and pilot solutions faster
• Integration of AI/ML and RPA to its proprietary platforms like ATLAS™ and CAPE™ to bring in automation, prediction and
correction capabilities
• Partnerships with Stanford University, the Indian Institute of Science and IIT Madras to support and focus on the next generation of
automation research, such as AI, analytics, unstructured data and smart bots
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NTT DATA Named a Leader in Blockchain Services RadarView™ 2019 by
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NTT DATA, a recognized leader in global technology services, announced the company was named as a Leader in Avasant’s Blockchain Services
RadarView™ 2019 report, highlighting the top IT services providers that leverage blockchain to support client initiatives. As a Leader, NTT DATA
was recognized for the company’s significant focus on blockchain R&D and interoperability capabilities. Additionally, Avasant commended NTT
DATA for its focus on industry-specific solution development, specifically in financial services, government and insurance verticals. Several
blockchain use cases were also highlighted, including NTT DATA’s work on developing blockchain-based applications to support interbank
reconciliation, trading and supply chain. As an early adopter of blockchain technology and founding member of the Hyperledger Foundation and
Alastria consortium, as well as a contributor to projects like the Hyperledger Iroha and Quilt, NTT DATA continues to develop tools and solution
accelerators to guide clients through their blockchain journey. NTT DATA has increased its blockchain services by 50 to 75% across key industries.
NTT DATA’s breadth of use cases and frameworks resulted in several moves beyond the proof-of-concept and pilot stages to the production stage.
Earlier this year, NTT DATA was also recognized for its Blockchain Center of Excellence (CoE), which has accelerated expertise and
knowledge-sharing within the field for 300 members in 20 countries. Avasant’s RadarView is an independent assessment that analyzes the true
capabilities of service providers, evaluating them as long-term partners for digitally-evolving global organizations on practice maturity, investment
and industry development. The methodology combines traditional provider outreach with independent data mining and client-side market checks to
equip analysts with a holistic overview of the service provider landscape.
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Unisys Client Success Program Earns Recognition for Marketing Excellence
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Unisys Corporation announced that ITSMA – an organization of strategic marketing professionals dedicated to defining, building, inspiring,
supporting and recognizing excellence in B2B services marketing – has recognized the Unisys Client Success Program as a Gold Winner in the
"Strengthening Marketing's Role in Customer Experience and Success" category as part of its Marketing Excellence Awards 2019 program. Marking
the second time in three years that Unisys has won Marketing Excellence Gold from ITSMA, this year's honor recognizes Unisys' concerted Client
Success Program, which is designed to contribute to the company's revenue growth by developing and promoting client advocates critical to
attracting new clients and growing business with existing ones. Unisys Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Ann Sung Ruckstuhl
established the program early in 2017 – elevating an existing client satisfaction program to focus on promoting the success of Unisys clients by
posting their stories prominently on the Our Clients page of unisys.com. The program has followed well-defined principles for execution, including
leveraging business outcome-oriented success stories in brand advertising and demand generation campaigns and on relevant web pages; making it
easy for client executives to participate in reference development; and simplifying the process for obtaining client approval to have logos and success
stories posted. Unisys is a global information technology company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions for the most demanding
businesses and governments. Unisys offerings include security software and services; digital transformation and workplace services; industry
applications and services; and innovative software operating environments for high-intensity enterprise computing.
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Leading Advisory Firm ISG Recognizes Unisys as a Global Leader in Digital
Workplace Services
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Unisys Corporation announced that leading global technology research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG) has recognized the
company as a global leader in digital workplace services. The ISG Provider Lens™ "Digital Workplace of the Future" Report evaluates the relative
capabilities of more than 30 software vendors/service providers, based on a multi-phased research and analysis process, and positions these providers
within different quadrants based on their ability to provide digital workplace and managed service support. In each quadrant, providers are
categorized as being Leaders, Product Challengers, Contenders or Market Challengers.
In the U.S. report, ISG ranks Unisys as a "Leader" in three of the four digital workplace service quadrants evaluated:
• Managed Services – Workplace Support: Includes next-generation service desk services, field support, automation-enabled predictive analytics, IT
kiosks, self-help, chatbots, managed end user collaboration and unified communications services and managed virtual desktop services.
• Managed Services – Mobility Support: With increasing acceptance of mobility and the bring-your-own-device culture, managed mobility support
services include secured device management, mobile application and content management, application deployment and accessibility related to roles
and access policy.
• Managed Services – Mobility Support (Mid-Market): Considers service providers that focus on midmarket clients, by offering digital workplace
services around communication, collaboration and productivity.
ISG singled out the Unisys InteliServe™ intelligent digital workplace platform – which is powered by advanced analytics, automation, artificial
intelligence (AI), machine learning and identity authentication – as a key strength in the Managed Services – Workplace Support quadrant.
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Wipro Recognized as a Leader in Artificial Intelligence Consultancies by Independent
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, has been recognized as
a “Leader” by global research and advisory firm Forrester Research Inc. in its report, The Forrester Wave™: AI Consultancies, Q3
2019. The firm evaluated participating companies by researching, analyzing and scoring them on 23 different criteria across three
main categories – current offering, strategy and market presence. The report highlights that, “Wipro comes to the table with
strategic approaches and best practices to engage the right internal experts and stakeholders, according to clients.” The report also
states that Wipro’s “emphasis on culture in the engagement is its strength and translates into helping clients develop their own AI
culture and Centre of Excellence.” Additionally, the report notes that “Client case studies demonstrate Wipro is not only about AI
theory; its developers do a lot of basic blocking and tackling.” Addressing pricing concerns in what is a niche and specialized skill,
Wipro offers a number of value-based pricing models designed around product delivery. The company leverages a broad range of
Intellectual property (IP)-based platform offerings augmented by a flexible business model through Topcoder, enabling clients to
tap into data science and development skills on demand. It has also extended Wipro HOLMES™ AI platform and Data Discovery
Platform (DDP) to support executive stakeholder requirements, delivering business-centric and industry-oriented solutions.
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Wipro wins the ‘2019 SUSE Global System Integrator Partner of the Year’ award
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it has
won the ‘2019 SUSE Global System Integrator Partner of the Year’ award in two categories - Most Innovative Solution and Most
Technical Certifications. The 'Partner of the Year' award, given out by SUSE, the world's largest independent open source company,
honors companies that employ SUSE technologies and solutions while demonstrating excellence in technology platform design and
integrated solutions sales, marketing and training. Wipro was recognized for its outstanding collaboration and excellence in
adoption of SUSE open source technologies to drive digital transformation for customers. As a longstanding consulting and SI
partner of SUSE, Wipro develops solutions leveraging SUSE Enterprise Storage, SUSE CaaS Platform and SUSE Cloud
Application Platform for open, flexible, scalable and cost-effective software-defined infrastructure. Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT,
BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. We
harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics and emerging technologies to help our
clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of
services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we have over 175,000 dedicated employees serving
clients across six continents. Together, we discover ideas and connect the dots to build a better and a bold new future.
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Wipro Promax Analytics Solutions recognised by Promotion Optimization Institute
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that its
Wipro Promax Analytics Solutions (Wipro Promax) suite has achieved the best-in-class distinction for Trade Promotion (TPx)
capabilities in Promotion Optimization Institute’s (POI) recently published ‘POI TPx Vendor Panorama 2019’ report. The report
focuses on technologies that enable best-in-class planning and execution of sales and promotion strategy. It aims to help
consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies understand better the management of trade promotion capabilities by leveraging
enabling technologies to enhance trading partner relationships and drive profitability. It assesses 16 vendors in various
categories including TPM functionality, TPO completeness, user experience, analytical capabilities, product vision and
configurability. Wipro Promax received the best-in-class ranking in three categories, Desktop UX, Post Event Analytics, and
Remote Promotion Monitoring. Wipro Promax provides complete promotion planning, execution, management, tracking, and
optimization capabilities that are highly automated. It has been delivering business value to leading CPG companies across
multiple geographies over the last three decades. The solution has helped leading organisations achieve greater returns over
their trade investments, transform consumer experience and improve customer loyalty.
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Wipro recognized as Top Employer 2020 in Australia
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it
has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer in Australia, for 2020. The Top Employers Institute
Global Certification Programme is a prestigious certification in the region and has recognised more than 1500 Top Employers
in 118 countries across five continents. The assessment is based on an HR Best Practice Survey that encompasses over 100
questions covering 600 ‘People Development’ practices across 10 topics. These include: Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning,
Talent Acquisition, On-boarding, Learning & Development, Performance Management, Leadership Development, Career &
Succession Management, Compensation & Benefits and Culture. Organizations certified as Top Employers provide the very
best working environment for employees through their progressive ‘people-first’ HR practices. Top Employers Institute is the
global authority on recognising excellence in people practices. We help accelerate these practices to enrich the world of work.
Through the Top Employers Institute certification programme, participating companies can be validated, certified and
recognised as an employer of choice. Established more than 28 years ago, Top Employers Institute has certified over 1500
organisations in 118 countries. These certified Top Employers positively impact the lives of over 60,00,000 employees globally.
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Zensar receives the ISG Special Award at the ISG Paragon Awards™ Americas
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Zensar, a leading digital solutions and technology services company that specializes in partnering with organizations across
industries on their digital transformation journey, announced that is has been recognized with the ISG Special Award, presented
as part of the 2019 ISG Paragon Awards™ Americas. The ISG Special Award is given to companies whose contributions to the
sourcing industry have had an outstanding impact on the industry, a community, technology innovation or new business
practice. The awards were announced at a gala event in New York on December 5th, 2019. Zensar is a leading digital solutions
and technology services company that specialises in partnering with global organisations across industries on their Digital
Transformation journey. A technology partner of choice, backed by strong track-record of innovation; credible investment in
Digital solutions; assertion of commitment to client’s success, Zensar ’s comprehensive range of digital and technology services
and solutions enable its customers to achieve new thresholds of business performance. Zensar, with its experience in delivering
excellence and superior client satisfaction through myriad technology solutions, is uniquely positioned to help them surpass
challenges around running their existing business most efficiently, helping in their legacy transformation, and planning for
business expansion and growth through innovative and digital ways.
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Virtusa Achieves AWS Financial Services Competency Status
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Virtusa Corporation a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT services and solutions that help clients change and disrupt
markets through innovation engineering, announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services Competency status. This
designation recognizes Virtusa for providing deep expertise in building financial services solutions on AWS to help organizations manage critical
issues such as risk management, data management, navigating compliance requirements, and establishing governance models while helping them
innovate and transform their business. Achieving the AWS Financial Services Competency differentiates Virtusa as an AWS Partner Network (APN)
member that has demonstrated relevant technical proficiency and proven customer success delivering solutions seamlessly on AWS. To receive the
designation, APN Partners must possess deep AWS expertise and undergo an assessment of the security, performance, and reliability of their
solutions. AWS is enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions from start-ups to global enterprises. To support the seamless integration and
deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify Consulting and Technology APN Partners
with deep industry experience and expertise. Virtusa has built its own Open Innovation Platform (OIP) leveraging AWS services. OIP has been
leveraged by clients globally to accelerate innovation and drive their transformation and modernization agendas in the financial services space. A
recent Virtusa project leveraging OIP includes the establishment of the first cross-border, open-architecture API marketplace and sandbox platform,
ASEAN Financial Innovation Network’s APIX platform, that was built for financial institutions and fintechs to collaborate and catalyze digital
innovation to drive financial inclusion.
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Accenture Assists Navantia in Design, Development and Implementation of Advanced
Technologies to Improve Shipbuilding
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Accenture has been selected to assist Navantia, Spain’s largest builder of military and civilian vessels, with the design, development
and implementation of “Shipyard 4.0,” a new technology platform that leverages digital technologies to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of ship design and construction. The platform will employ capabilities such as digital twins, modelling and simulation,
and artificial intelligence (AI) to help Navantia accelerate ship design and development, optimize the construction process, including
meeting maximum safety standards, and develop new services across the operational lifetime of its vessels. The first ship to benefit
from using the Shipyard 4.0 platform will be the new F-110 frigate, part of a new class of combat vessels for the Spanish Navy. The
new platform will help Navantia improve its business management systems throughout a vessel’s entire lifecycle. The rest of
Navantia’s new projects will follow. Accenture will also work with Navantia over the next three years with the integration of
Navantia’s end-to-end business processes, facilitating the interaction with customers and suppliers. The project will involve more than
1,000 engineers, 40 construction and engineering firms, 200 suppliers, four shipyards and all of Navantia’s business lines:
Shipbuilding, Systems, Repairs, Propulsion, Life Cycle Support, Wind, and Technology Transfer Program. Accenture is a leading
global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and
operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions —
underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients
improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders.
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Atos wins another contract with Bayer to provide global Managed Security Services
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Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announces that it has been selected as a strategic partner to support German
multinational life sciences company Bayer to transform its IT function to further accelerate the digitalization of the company. In
this role, it has been awarded another contract, in which it will implement and deliver Managed Security Services for Bayer
globally. This comes in addition to its recently signed contract for global Digital Workplace Services. This contract has a term of
six years with a one-year extension option. As part of the new agreement, Atos will bring its expertise as a global leader in
cybersecurity to provide Managed Security Services to augment Bayer’s in-house capabilities. Through its certified portfolio of
services, strong capabilities and extensive experience it will partner with the Bayer teams to help protect and secure the company’s
global IT landscape, and ensure a consolidated and harmonized security technology environment resulting in increased efficiency
and security transparency to 91 countries worldwide. Atos was chosen for the strength of its expertise and experience,
market-leading security portfolio, strong partner network, its position as a global leader in cybersecurity and its proven track record
in delivering efficient cybersecurity services for global clients, such as for the Olympic Games in its role as the Worldwide IT
Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Atos is recognized as a Leader in Managed Security Services (MSS), by
analysts NelsonHall[i] and Gartner[ii]. With a global team of over 5,000 security specialists and a worldwide network of Security
Operation Centers (SOCs), Atos offers a true end-to-end security partnership.
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BAE Systems selected by DARPA to create autonomy software for multi-domain mission
planning
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BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop software
that will enable semi-autonomous multi-domain mission planning. The technology will be designed for military operators to leverage
battlespace resources from across various domains, such as space, air, land, and sea, for more effective, efficient missions. Military
operators currently use manual processes to assess availability and coordinate use of sensors, communications, weapons, and other
assets across domains. DARPA's Adapting Cross-Domain Kill-Webs (ACK) program will seek to help operators adapt to dynamic
situations with software technology that automatically identifies the best options. In response, BAE Systems' FAST Labs™ research
and development organization, along with teammate Carnegie Mellon University, will create software called Multi-domain Adaptive
Request Service (MARS). MARS aims to help operators make informed decisions by automatically identifying available capabilities
across domains, and then rapidly assessing the costs and benefits to use those capabilities when adjusting mission tasks. The software
also includes a visual interface that will allow the exploration of available asset options, helping operators arrive at the best course of
action to deliver the desired effect on targets. MARS builds on BAE Systems' robust autonomy portfolio and 20-year history
pioneering autonomy technology. Work on the ACK program, valued at $3.1 million, is being performed at the company's facilities in
Burlington, Massachusetts and Arlington, Virginia.
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BAE Systems to develop new cyber tools for DARPA to improve security of electronic
data formats
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BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new
cyber tools designed to help prevent vulnerabilities in electronic files that can lead to cyberattacks. Development of these tools will
be part of DARPA's Safe Documents (SafeDocs) program, which aims to more effectively identify and reject malicious data in a
variety of electronic formats. Every day, individuals and organizations in military, government and commercial industries receive
electronic content, such as Portable Document Format (PDF) and digital media files, from unauthorized or potentially
compromised sources, which creates security risks. As part of the SafeDocs program, BAE Systems’ FAST Labs™ research and
development team will create two different cyber tools. The first tool seeks to recover, simplify, and automatically select safe
feature subsets within electronic data formats to help encode the data safely and unambiguously, while the second is a toolkit to
help software developers avoid vulnerabilities in the software they create to process complex electronic data. The research for
Phase 1 of the SafeDocs program, which is being developed with funding from DARPA, adds to BAE Systems' cyber technology
portfolio. Work for the program will be completed with teammate American University and will take place at the company’s
facilities in Arlington, Virginia and Burlington, Massachusetts.
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BAE Systems to Provide Intelligence Analysis for Defense Intelligence Agency
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The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has awarded BAE Systems a prime contractor position on Solutions for
Intelligence Analysis 3 (SIA 3), a ten-year multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) with a combined
ceiling value of over $17 billion. Through this contract, the company will provide worldwide coverage, support and
assistance to DIA, delivering timely, objective and cogent military intelligence to warfighters, defense planners and policy
makers. BAE Systems was the largest provider of analytic services on DIA’s prior IDIQ, SIA 2, and has provided
intelligence support and related services to the agency for over three decades. The company will continue to bring a
workforce of cleared personnel in highly technical fields with an excellent understanding of the customers, their mission,
and their environment. BAE Systems delivers a broad range of services and solutions enabling militaries and governments
to successfully carry out their respective missions. The company provides large-scale systems engineering, integration, and
sustainment services across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. BAE Systems takes pride in its support of national
security and those who serve. Click here to learn more about career opportunities with BAE Systems.
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U.S. Navy awards contract for thousands of APKWS® Laser-Guided Rockets
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The Navy has signed a $2.68 billion IDIQ contract for thousands of combat-proven, low-cost APKWS® Laser-Guided Rockets.
Following a U.S. Department of Defense announcement in September 2019, BAE Systems announced that the U.S. Navy has signed a
$2.68 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the purchase of thousands of additional APKWS® Laser-Guided
Rockets, the company's combat-proven, low-cost precision munition. The contract demonstrates continuing demand for precision strike
capabilities that empower and protect warfighters while reducing collateral damage. APKWS rockets fill the gap between unguided
rockets and large precision munitions, and are the U.S. government's only program of record for 2.75" laser-guided rockets. APKWS
guidance kits are compatible with new inventories of rocket motors, warheads, and launchers, and easily transform unguided rockets
into precision munitions with little training. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract enables the Navy to purchase APKWS
guidance kits over a five-year period, representing full-rate production lots 8-12. To meet growing demand, BAE Systems has ramped
up production at its advanced manufacturing facilities in Hudson, New Hampshire and Austin, Texas and established a robust supply
chain. The APKWS laser-guided rocket is used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army, and is available
to allied nations via Foreign Military Sales.
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BAE Systems receives order from U.S. Army for additional M109A7 Self-Propelled
Howitzers
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The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $249 million contract modification to complete an additional 60 M109A7 self-propelled
howitzers that will bring improved artillery capabilities to the Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs). The M109A7 and the
CAT vehicle sets provide increased commonality across the ABCT, and have significant built-in growth potential in terms of electrical
power and weight carrying capacity. The vehicle design includes a new chassis, engine, transmission, suspension, steering system, a
new high voltage architecture and improved survivability, while the vehicle’s cannon remains the same as that of an M109A6 Paladin.
The M109A7 is supported by the Army as a vital technology enhancement program to maintain the combat capability of its ABCTs. It
will solve long-term readiness and modernization needs of the M109 family of vehicles through a critical redesign and production plan
that leverages the most advanced technology available today. This state-of-the-art “digital backbone” and power generation capability
provides a more robust, survivable, and responsive indirect fire support capability for ABCT Soldiers. The M109A7 is a significant
upgrade over the M109A6 as it restores space, weight, and power cooling, while providing significant growth potential for emerging
technologies. The initial contract was awarded in 2017. This most recent order brings the total number of vehicle sets — M109A7
howitzers and M992A3 ammunition carriers — to 156, and the total contract value to $1.16 billion.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Helps To Support Aws Outposts
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Booz Allen Hamilton, announced that it has capabilities to support AWS Outposts—fully managed and configurable compute and storage racks
built with Amazon Web Services (AWS)-designed hardware that allow customers to run compute and storage on premises, while seamlessly
connecting to AWS’s broad array of services in the cloud. As an AWS Outposts Partner, Booz Allen has been trained and vetted in delivering
positive customer outcomes at scale through re-architecting complex workloads to run on AWS operations. There are AWS customers today that
have certain workloads that will likely need to remain on premises for several years, such as applications that are latency sensitive and need to
be in close proximity to on-premises assets. These customers want to be able to run AWS compute and storage on premises, and also easily and
seamlessly integrate these on-premises workloads with the rest of their applications in the cloud. Until now, customers lacked the same APIs,
the same tools, the same hardware, and the same functionality across on premises and the cloud to deliver a truly consistent hybrid experience.
AWS Outposts solves these challenges by delivering racks of AWS compute and storage—the same hardware used in AWS public region data
centers—to bring AWS services, infrastructure, and operating models on premises. As an AWS Outposts Partner, Booz Allen is able to help
AWS customers overcome challenges that exist due to managing and supporting infrastructures both on-premises and in cloud environments to
deliver positive outcomes at scale.
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CACI Awarded $438 Million Task Order to Support Air Force Research Laboratory
C4ISR Programs
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CACI International Inc announced it has been awarded a five-year single-award task order, with a ceiling value of $438 million
for new work, to support the Air Force Research Laboratory on its work advancing Command, Control, Communications,
Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) programs and other functional areas. Under the
Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) single-award task order, CACI researchers and team members will develop
emerging technology as well as develop and sustain Air Force C4ISR programs such as the Distributed Common Ground
System (DCGS) weapons system. CACI will also provide mission expertise on other functional areas, including multi-domain
integration of intelligence and operations across air, space, and cyberspace. Other key areas of support include artificial
intelligence/machine learning, advanced geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), and signals intelligence (SIGINT). Additionally,
CACI will apply SAFE Agile processes and help our customer enhance operational and mission effectiveness, improve
information security, and implement new ways to access, analyze, and disseminate information across critical Air Force and
intelligence community domains.
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General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $22.2 Billion by U.S. Navy for Fifth Block of
Virginia-Class Submarines
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The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a contract valued at $22.2 billion for the construction of 9 new Virginia-class submarines. The
contract also includes the option of a tenth ship to be constructed within the contract time frame, bringing the total potential contract value to
approximately $24.1 billion. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The multi-year ‘Block V’ contract enables
Electric Boat as prime contractor, along with its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, to deliver Virginia-class fast-attack submarines with advanced
capabilities and expanded capacity to the Navy. Construction on Block V ships will begin this year, with deliveries scheduled from 2025 through 2029.
Over the life of the Virginia program, shipbuilders have driven delivery timelines from 88 months in Block I to a current average rate of 68 months, while
doubling the build rate of submarines to two ships per year and consistently increasing ship capability. Eight of the ships produced for Block V will
include the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), which Electric Boat will build at a recently-constructed facility at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The VPM
will comprise four additional large-diameter payload tubes located amidships, increasing the fixed strike capacity of the ship by more than 230 percent.
VPM, which was designed by Electric Boat, will enable enhanced use of Special Operating Forces and allow the Navy to bring aboard additional
weapons, sensors and other special payloads. Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding already have delivered 18 Virginia-class submarines to the
Navy and all 10 Block IV submarines are currently under construction. Virginia-class submarines displace 7,800 tons, with a hull length of 377 feet and a
diameter of 34 feet. With VPM, the submarines will displace 10,200 tons and have a length of 460 feet. They are capable of speeds in excess of 25 knots
and can dive to a depth greater than 800 feet, while carrying Mark 48 advanced capability torpedoes, Tomahawk land-attack missiles and unmanned
underwater vehicles.
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Receives $299.9M Sustainment Contract for Ballistic-Missile
Submarine Fire Control Systems Modernization and Maintenance
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The U.S. Navy awarded a follow-on, omnibus contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that continues a broad
scope of work for fire control systems and subsystems aboard U.S. Navy and United Kingdom’s Royal Navy nuclear
ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). The contract has a total potential value of $299,866,600 over the next four
years. The omnibus contract is a follow-on to a contract awarded to General Dynamics in December 2015 for the
development, production, installation and deployed-systems support of U.S. and U.K. Trident II submarine strategic
weapons systems and subsystems. General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Maritime and Strategic Systems line of
business will deliver support and modernization of the existing SSBN strategic weapon system including fire control
subsystem installation, maintenance, sustainment, training and repairs to navigation and launch subsystems. The
company will also continue development of the fire control system for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia class submarine
and the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought class ballistic-missile submarine. Work on the development and sustainment of
the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class guided-missile submarine attack weapon control system is also part of the contract.
General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics.
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G Bank, Myanmar Selects Infosys Finacle to Power its Growth
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Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys, and Glory Farmer Development Bank Limited (G
Bank), a Private Bank in Myanmar, announced the selection of the Finacle Digital Banking solution suite to transform the bank’s retail
banking business. Finacle will help G Bank leapfrog to emerge as a modern banking organization, allowing it to engage its customers
with a truly digital banking experience. With the new Finacle solution suite, G Bank will achieve considerable automation in front and
back-office operations. With actionable customer insights, APIs driven architecture and componentized yet integrated solution, the
bank will be empowered with an advanced platform to power its growth strategy. The in-built product factory will enable the bank to
rapidly launch new product offerings in response to emerging market demands, while the workflow engines will ensure more control
and significant improvement across operations. ACE Data Systems Ltd., a Finacle business partner in Myanmar, will play an integral
part in implementing the solution stack at G Bank. With their in-depth understanding of local banking practices and experience in
implementing Finacle, they will support an efficient and accelerated delivery.
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LTI Wins Multiyear Engagement with Hoist Finance AB
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Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., a global technology consulting and digital solutions company has won a multiyear engagement with
Swedish financial services company, Hoist Finance AB to manage its IT Operations. With presence in 11 European countries, Hoist
Finance is headquartered in Sweden and is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange. LTI will leverage its operate to transform
approach to enhance stability, security and efficiency of Hoist Finance’s IT environment. LTI has a strong presense in the Nordic
region and partners with leading companies across industries. Company has recently setup a proximity center in Poland to support
clients in the region., CEO, Hoist Finance, said “To execute on our strategy and become the digital leader in our industry, requires a
multitude of thought leadership and professionalism as well as extensive technological experience and capabilities. With a strong
delivery record and focus on increased stability, security and automation, LTI is the perfect fit for us to enhance the user experience for
both our customers and employees and to accelerate our digital developments. We are looking forward to continuing on our digital
journey through our multiyear partnership with LTI.”
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Leidos awarded FAA Future Flight Services Program contract
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Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was awarded a follow-on prime contract by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to continue serving the general aviation community under the Future Flight Services Program (FFSP) contract.
The single award, firm-fixed-price contract has a five-year base period of performance followed by ten one-year option periods, at an
approximate value of $1 billion, if all options are exercised. Work will be performed in Ashburn, Virginia and Fort Worth, Texas. Under
the FFSP contract, Leidos will help the FAA achieve its vision to transform and modernize the delivery of flight briefing services by
reducing program costs, providing technology enhancements, and by engaging the broader general aviation community. Leidos was
awarded the FAA’s predecessor Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) contract in 2005. Since then, the company has continued to
deliver a full range of cost-effective flight services through its flight specialist and self-service options via 1800wxbrief. As a valued
partner of the FAA, Leidos leveraged its expertise as a trusted technology provider and systems integrator in the global aviation
market. With continued FAA oversight, Leidos will provide weather data, aeronautical information and flight planning services to the
general aviation community under the agency's strict safety and service requirements. Services will be provided in the contiguous
United States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.
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Leidos awarded Global Network Management contract by DISA
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Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was awarded a prime contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA) to provide network services under the Global Solutions Management - Operations (GSM-O) II contract. The single award,
indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, hybrid contract has a five-year base period of performance followed by two two-year option
periods and a final one-year option period, at a ceiling value of $6.5 billion. Work will be performed on a global scale with significant
domestic workforce in Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Honolulu, HI, Tampa, Fla., Ft. Meade, Md., and Ogden, UT. Under the agreement,
Leidos will operate, defend, and sustain the Department of Defense Information Network / Defense Information System Network
(DoDIN/DISN). This critical system securely connects more than three million end users at more than 3,000 Department of Defense
and federal sites around the world. Key services to be provided include network operations and sustainment, network maintenance and
repair, and network cybersecurity assurance. Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and
services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health
markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in
Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018.
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Department of Energy awards Leidos Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract
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Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the Hanford
Mission Essential Services Contract (HMESC) for the infrastructure and site services necessary to accomplish critical waste
management and the continued environmental cleanup of the Hanford Site to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), LLC.
HMIS members are Leidos Integrated Technology, LLC; Centerra Group, LLC; and Parsons Government Services, Inc. The single
award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract has a five-year base period of performance followed by one
two-year option period and a final option period of three years, at an approximate value of $4 billion, if all options are exercised. Work
will be performed at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. The Hanford Site once served as a government complex that
manufactured large quantities of plutonium for America’s defense program. Today the site, overseen by the Department of Energy, is
undergoing a large-scale cleanup mission to deal with the legacy of the cold war mission. Leidos and its HMIS partners will provide
essential services including but not limited to security and emergency services; information technology services; integrated business
services; site-wide training and craft services; maintain vital infrastructure (e.g., electric, water, sewer, roads) and build future
infrastructure to support the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant operations.
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Tech Mahindra Bags INR 500 Crore Smart City Project from Pimpri Chinchwad
Municipal Corporation
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Tech Mahindra Ltd. a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions, announced its largest
smart city project worth INR 500 crore from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Asia’s richest municipal corporation. Through this
project, Tech Mahindra will engage with more than 15 lakh citizens of PCMC by enabling technology-led transformation to convert it into a smart
and sustainable city. The project will be executed in a period of 1 year implementation and the operations and maintenance for 5 years. It has been
budgeted under the Prime Minister’s Smart Cities mission. As part of its largest Smart City project, Tech Mahindra will provide a robust, reliable and
sustainable ICT (Information and Communication Tehcnology) infrastructure, comprising of smart, technological solutions including City Network,
Smart Water, Smart Sewerage, Smart Traffic, Smart Parking, Smart Environment, CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) Surveillance, Integrated Control
and Command Center, Data Center and Disaster Recovery center etc. Tech Mahindra would also help in enabling real-time data management, alerts,
and information processing to support city’s administration. Located in Pune, Maharashtra, Pimpri Chinchwad is one of the best-developed industrial
belt of the state accommodating many reputed industrial houses and business conglomerates of the country. The thriving industrial belt comprises of
over 6,000 units in the large, medium and small sectors, mainly from the engineering and automobile industries. The city has been thus seeking new
ways of maximizing business value and transforming into a Smart City by embedding smart devices, sensors, and actuators within physical space and
infrastructure of the city.
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All UK Police Forces Sign Contracts with Unisys for HOLMES2 Cloud Service to
Manage Large and Major Enquiries
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Unisys Corporation announced the renewal of contracts with each of the 43 UK police forces and associated law enforcement agencies for the latest
version of the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES2). Signed in the third quarter of 2019, UK police forces use HOLMES2 to
investigate homicides and organized and other serious crimes, as well as to manage disaster response during terrorist incidents or natural disasters.
The application provides a real-time view of live operations to facilitate efficient decision-making and the effective management of police resources.
It is supported by advanced functionality for tasking, alerting, reporting, messaging, analytics and document and records management. HOLMES2 is
currently delivered as a cloud service to 42 of the 43 UK police forces, with the final force going live early in 2020. The cloud delivery model means
the information management system supports greater collaboration and cross-border data sharing to enable faster response times for incident
management. Delivering HOLMES2 from the cloud means it can be rapidly configured so multiple police forces share resources to support the lead
force with mutual aid and immediately begin managing information relating to new law enforcement incidents. This enables faster mobilization of
forces, providing a ready-to-use platform for collaboration on major incidents and investigations, including public appeals. For example, HOLMES2
can facilitate a casualty bureau to act as a single-point-of-contact for managing information about people believed to be involved in an incident or
disaster. Within minutes of the terrorist bombing in Manchester in May 2017, for example, Unisys was able to deliver a new cloud-based casualty
bureau to support police forces with missing persons, the identification of individuals and logging of evidence. Within two hours of the attack, 27
forces were active on the casualty bureau to support one another with mutual aid.
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Asia's Largest Airline, China Southern Airlines, to use Unisys AirCore® Passenger
Sales and Service Application via TravelSky
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Unisys Corporation announced that TravelSky has migrated China Southern Airlines to the Unisys AirCore® next-generation
passenger system to streamline and modernize passenger sales and service (PSS) applications. TravelSky is the leading provider of
information technology solutions for China's air travel and tourism industry and provides the reservations, inventory and departure
control systems used by China's air carriers. TravelSky hosts a version of AirCore in its data center, tailored to the needs of China's
aviation industry, which it offers to China's airlines via software-as-a-service. China Southern is the largest airline in Asia by fleet size
and total passengers. It is the third of TravelSky's airline clients to migrate to AirCore. The airline generates approximately 50 million
flight queries and one million booking requests per day. Across the three airlines, more than 300 million passengers annually will use
AirCore to make their flight reservations to travel within China and across the globe. Unisys was awarded the new scope contract with
TravelSky in the third quarter of 2019. AirCore is a modern suite of airline passenger services solutions that optimizes airline customer
and employee experiences at all stages of the air travel journey. With a full range of core services – including inventory, order
management, offer management, reservations, ticketing and departure control – this comprehensive, modular system can complement,
enhance and transform legacy airline passenger services systems into a full-service retailing platform. AirCore has been granted New
Distribution Capability (NDC) Level 4 Certification by IATA.
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Wipro awarded Cloud and Infrastructure Transformation Partnership Contract by
Olympus
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it has been
awarded a strategic multi-year cyber governance, cloud and infrastructure services transformation engagement by Olympus.
Headquartered in the bustling business hub, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Olympus is a global medtech company committed to "Making people's
lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling". It is passionate about optical and digital solutions for the medical, life sciences and industrial
equipment industries as well as cameras and audio products. The company has a history of a hundred years and has now embarked on a
transformational journey to become a leading global medtech player. Olympus has chosen Wipro as a strategic partner with a focus to
transform their IT infrastructure. For this transformation, Wipro will leverage its SHINRAI delivery framework, which is designed
specifically for engagements in Japan. It has stringent quality processes and ensures reliable and predictable delivery to improve
customer satisfaction and experience. Wipro’s proven expertise in the area of Cloud, Digital Workplace and Artificial Intelligence with
a global delivery capability spanning across Japan, Americas, Asia Pacific will help transform Olympus’s infrastructure systems
worldwide. Wipro will deploy its HOLMESTM platform to transform the operations with AI and Hyper automation and bring in
enhanced efficiencies along with significantly better user experiences. Wipro’s BoundaryLess enterprise solution (BLE) will strengthen
and harmonize Olympus’s internal IT systems, improve the company’s security standards globally, and provide a seamless IT service
experience to employees and stakeholders.
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Team from Integrated Risk Management Firm Sargon Solutions Joins Accenture
Security
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Accenture announced that it has hired a team formerly of Sargon Solutions, a firm that specialized in providing consulting and implementation services for
integrated risk management. The move will help Accenture Security accelerate its integrated risk management security capabilities globally. The team from
Sargon Solutions has deep expertise in governance, risk & compliance; security operations; vendor risk management; IT risk management; audit management;
and compliance management. The firm has completed hundreds of projects for some of the world’s largest companies across the financial, manufacturing,
technology, healthcare, retail, insurance and telecommunications industries. Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad
range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more
than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and
technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 492,000 people serving clients in more than 120
countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Accenture Security helps organizations build resilience from the inside
out, so they can confidently focus on innovation and growth. Leveraging its global network of cybersecurity labs, deep industry understanding across client
value chains and services that span the security lifecycle, Accenture protects organizations’ valuable assets, end-to-end. With services that include strategy and
risk management, cyber defense, digital identity, application security and managed security, Accenture enables businesses around the world to defend against
known sophisticated threats, and the unknown.
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UCB and Accenture Collaborate to Accelerate Data Processing and Help Improve
Patient Safety
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Accenture and UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, have collaborated to build a safety solution based on Accenture’s INTIENT™
Pharmacovigilance to accelerate processing of individual patient safety case reports. This will help UCB uncover patient safety impacts from
existing treatments and better manage the risks of new drugs and services. Accenture’s INTIENT Pharmacovigilance leverages artificial
intelligence to collect, manage and learn from UCB’s structured and unstructured source data within pharmacovigilance, which monitors the
effects of drugs during clinical trials and after they have been cleared by regulators for use. INTIENT Pharmacovigilance improves the flow of
data, making pharmacovigilance case processing faster, less costly and more consistent. An Accenture Life Sciences operations team is
managing case processing augmented by the platform for UCB, allowing UCB’s case processing team to focus on value-add activities such as
medical assessment and targeted follow up, helping them uncover insights into emerging trends, potential compliance issues and adverse events.
This solution embeds real-time artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation into the data management process —
from gathering initial patient information and subsequent inputs to regulatory reporting. This platform further improves accuracy and
consistency in reporting, supports a more timely discovery of potential adverse events, while also supporting compliance with data privacy Good
Pharmacovigilance Practice (GPvP) productive system requirements and policies.
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Accenture Launches NewsPage 9 with SAP in Distributor Managed Markets
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Accenture has selected SAP® Cloud Platform and SAP Cloud Platform, SAP HANA® service to enhance the next generation of Accenture
NewsPage. With solutions from SAP SE, Accenture NewsPage 9 can provide an integrated view of consumer trends, secondary demand and
supply chain management signals to help companies thrive in the experience economy and accelerate growth in Asia-Pacific and Africa.
Accenture NewsPage is an integrated distributor management and sales automation system that helps consumer products companies better
manage traditional trade channels, promotions, and sales processes. Accenture chose SAP Cloud Platform and the SAP HANA service to build
the latest version of its NewsPage solution to help dynamically orchestrate the growing volume of data and business processes companies are
dealing with so that they can make better sense of their data in real time. As the most mobile region in the world, Asia leads the global
ecommerce charge1, and has over 25 million under-served retail outlets,2 representing a huge opportunity for consumer products companies to
maximize growth, optimize costs and drive customer advocacy. Accenture NewsPage 9 includes distribution management, sales force
automation, and merchandizing capabilities, allowing consumer products companies to improve their view of demand signals and covers the
complete down-stream supply chain. As a result, companies can streamline inventory and sales processes for better productivity, and use
accurate and reliable data on secondary sales to plan for growth.
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In partnership with Atos, Damart innovates by launching its voice application via
Google Assistant
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Damart becomes the voice that is never cold. The innovative textiles specialist has teamed up with Google and Atos, global leader in digital
transformation, to develop its first voice application. Accessible via Google Home connected speakers, and smartphones which are compatible
with Google Assistant, it helps users select and buy their ideal Thermolactyl (Damart’s thermal clothing brand), depending on the weather, their
style, and their activity. It will also offer users the opportunity to identify the Damart store closest to where they are, in France and
French-speaking Belgium. The teams at Atos’ Innovation Centre in Grenoble, which specialize in Artificial Intelligence, worked closely with
those at Damart to develop the voice application and integrate it into Google Assistant. This innovation is part of Damart's global transformation,
in which the company is investing nearly €8 million in its digital transformation and the development of a new global web platform. It illustrates
Damart's commitment as one of the leaders in conversational commerce. It is launched today Tuesday, December 17, 2019 in France and
Belgium. Winter is a crucial commercial period for Damart, which can sell up to 40,000 Thermolactyl items every day during cold periods, via
its e-shop, brick-and-mortar stores and distance selling. To support this dynamic and the brand's new momentum, translated this winter by a
revival of TV presence and outdoor advertising, Damart is adding a new sales channel to its model: voice commerce. The app, launched on
December 17 in France and French-speaking Belgium, will be available via Google Assistant-enabled speakers such as Google Home and
Google Home Mini.
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BAE Systems and Jaunt Air Mobility collaborate on electric energy management
systems for urban air mobility platforms
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BAE Systems is collaborating with Jaunt Air Mobility to explore the development of electric energy management systems for
urban air mobility vehicles through a memorandum of understanding (MOU). During this collaboration, both companies will
investigate product development for the future of aircraft electrification. The companies will also work together to examine aircraft
power management needs and gain a deeper understanding of the extension of urban traffic into the airspace. BAE Systems has
20-plus years of experience developing and integrating electric propulsion systems. The company has more than 10,000
electric-hybrid systems on transit buses and marine vessels around the globe, including major cities such as Paris, London, New
York, and San Francisco. The company also has more than 40 years of experience in controls and avionics for military and
commercial aircraft. From controlling the aircraft to keeping its engine running at peak performance, BAE Systems serves more
than two million passengers each day. Jaunt Air Mobility LLC is an aerospace company focused on developing advanced air
vehicles that incorporate innovative technologies and management strategies, providing the highest levels of operational
efficiencies, safety, and community acceptance. The company is a pioneer and world leader in the aerospace industry with the
design and development of its Reduced Rotor Operating Speed Aircraft (ROSA™) solution for urban air mobility.
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Atos signs US distribution agreement with Ingram Micro
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Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announced the signature of a new go-to-market agreement with Ingram Micro Inc., a
trusted, global technology distributor headquartered in the U.S. The new U.S. distribution alliance expands Atos’ reach, and
provides Ingram Micro channel partners access to its leading cybersecurity solutions including Atos Evidian portfolio of identity
and access management products designed to secure and manage access to hybrid cloud environments. It will expand to include the
portfolio of Atos cybersecurity products which provide data encryption at rest and in-motion as well as management of trusted
digital identities. Atos is a global leader in cybersecurity, with 5000 security experts, 14 Security Operations Centers worldwide
and a full range of cybersecurity products holding the highest certifications available on the market. The new agreement with
Ingram Micro is effective immediately and will include training sessions to enable Ingram Micro channel partners to rapidly
on-board the Atos portfolio and bring the benefits of cybersecurity products to their customers of all sizes. Atos is a global leader in
digital transformation with over 110,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of over € 11 billion. European number one
in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data,
Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the
Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed
on the CAC40 Paris stock index.
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Cognizant Named An AWS Outposts Partner
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Cognizant announced that it has capabilities to support AWS Outposts, fully managed and configurable compute and storage racks - built with
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-designed hardware - that allow customers to run compute and storage on-premises, while seamlessly connecting to
AWS's broad array of services in the cloud. As an AWS Outposts Partner, Cognizant experts have been trained and vetted in re-architecting complex
workloads to run on AWS operations to deliver positive customer outcomes at scale. Cognizant will also work with clients to re-architect complex
enterprise IT workloads to modernize and support their on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures. Cognizant is a Premier Consulting Partner in the
AWS Partner Network (APN) that has achieved AWS Migration Competency status, with more than 4,500 certified AWS professionals and more than
300 customers globally, as part of a relationship that began in 2008.
Cognizant's implementation of AWS Outposts for clients provides:
• Flexibility to use the same hardware and software infrastructure and a consistent set of services and tools across AWS cloud and on-premises
environments to build and run modern, cloud-native applications anywhere.
• Seamless management of APIs, console, automation, governance policies, and security controls for all applications across cloud and on-premises
locations.
• A "future proof" cloud infrastructure within on-premises infrastructures with a wide selection of compute, memory, and storage options based on
business needs.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment, in Collaboration with DXC Technology,
Achieves Milestone in Implementing Medicaid Management Information System
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in collaboration with DXC Technology, has implemented and attained certification
from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Kansas Modular Medicaid System (KMMS), Stage 1. The new system will
help the state more responsively and efficiently serve healthcare providers and Medicaid beneficiaries, and will align with federal and state
requirements for more flexible, cost-effective Medicaid IT solutions. Medicaid is undergoing a dramatic transformation, due in part to a mandate
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The new federal standards call for plug-and-play Medicaid systems that enable
agencies to add or swap functional components as market needs change, without the expense and disruption of replacing the underlying infrastructure
that powers Medicaid systems. DXC began implementing the new system in March 2018. Three modules have now been fully implemented: Provider
Management and Enrollment, Program Integrity Utilization Review and Enterprise Data Warehouse (in collaboration with global health platform and
innovation company Cerner Corporation).
New features benefit members, providers and the state
• The new modules deliver a number of benefits for Medicaid members, healthcare providers and the state.
• A new central knowledge library helps customer service representatives more efficiently respond to healthcare provider and member inquiries;
• A new healthcare provider enrollment portal provides a streamlined Medicaid enrollment and screening process; and
• New program integrity and data warehouse modules provide insights and intelligence based on claims analysis, as well as clinical and financial
information, across the state’s 400,000-plus Medicaid beneficiaries.
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HCL Technologies And Critical Manufacturing Partner To Bring Industry 4.0 Services And
Support To MES Clients
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HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced a partnership with Critical Manufacturing to provide pre-and post-sales consulting,
development, and implementation support. The partnership involves Critical Manufacturing’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) customers in the complex
manufacturing for hi-tech, semiconductor, and medical device manufacturing industries. Critical Manufacturing provides the most modern, flexible and configurable
manufacturing execution system (MES) available. Critical Manufacturing MES helps manufacturers stay ahead of stringent product traceability and compliance
requirements; reduce risk with inherent closed-loop quality; integrate seamlessly with enterprise systems and factory automation and provide deep intelligence and
visibility of global production operations. As a result, our customers are Industry 4.0 ready. They can compete effectively and profitably by easily adapting their
operations to changes in demand, opportunity or requirements, anywhere, at any time. HCL Technologies (HCL) empowers global enterprises with technology for the
next decade today. HCL’s Mode 1-2-3 strategy through its deep-domain industry expertise, customer-centricity and entrepreneurial culture of ideapreneurship™
enables businesses transform into next-gen enterprises. HCL offers its services and products through three business units - IT and Business Services (ITBS),
Engineering and R&D Services (ERS) and Products & Platforms (P&P). ITBS enables global enterprises to transform their businesses through offerings in areas of
Applications, Infrastructure, Digital Process Operations and next generational digital transformation solutions. ERS offers engineering services and solutions in all
aspects of product development and platform engineering while under P&P, HCL provides modernized software products to global clients for their technology and
industry specific requirements. Through its cutting-edge co-innovation labs, global delivery capabilities and broad global network, HCL delivers holistic services in
various industry verticals, categorized under Financial Services, Manufacturing, Technology & Services, Telecom & Media, Retail & CPG, Life Sciences &
Healthcare and Public Services.
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Infosys Awarded the ‘Excellent Partner Award’ by Mazda
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Infosys, a world leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, has been awarded the ‘Mazda Excellent
Partner Award’ by Mazda Digital Innovation (MDI) & IT Division, Mazda Motor Corporation. Infosys has been
working with Mazda to implement a global supply chain management solution for service part operations in
after-market. This solution utilizes a risk-free approach to transform business processes like inventory planning,
service parts planning, order fulfillment etc. – followed by rollout of a warehouse management solution at various
Mazda part distribution centers. This supply chain transformation enables Mazda to navigate from a mainframe
based legacy system to a next generation integrated platform, with real-time transactions and visibility – increasing
speed and precision. Infosys’ global supply chain transformation methodology enables companies to adopt integrated
business processes resulting in enhanced customer experience and business visibility. The methodology leverages
analytics and supply chain process automation and results in simplification of the IT landscape.
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IDEGO and EdgeVerve Join Hands to Drive RPAAdoption Across Latin America
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EdgeVerve Systems, a subsidiary of Infosys, announced its partnership with IDEGO, a leading consulting firm for digital
transformation, to develop and deliver innovative tech products to their customers across Latin America. Together, they will assist
enterprises across telecom and financial services to help improve enterprise-wide productivity and efficiency. EdgeVerve’s
AssistEdge is a leading automation platform with advanced AI capabilities, offering a comprehensive suite of products across
Process Discovery and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Recognized for scalability, security, reliability and native intelligence,
AssistEdge has enabled several global enterprises reap the benefit of automation. Through this partnership, EdgeVerve and IDEGO
will deliver these solutions to enterprises across Latin America. IDEGO is a Peruvian company allied to large global technology
providers specialized in tools and methodologies for Digital Transformation, Process Automation and Optimization, Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning. With a solid network of local and regional partners and the support of Valinvest, it is one of the
most important investment funds and finance consulting firms in the country, guaranteeing trust across the Latin American
corporate market.
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KPMG Joins MaaS Alliance to Help Accelerate a Unified Approach to Mobility in
Transport
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KPMG in Japan recently established the Mobility Institute of Japan to connect leaders in MaaS and the automotive industry
KPMG International announced its global membership of the MaaS Alliance, a global public-private partnership established to
build the foundation for a common approach to Mobility-as-a-Service1 to enable a single, open market and accelerate the
development of MaaS services. KPMG is bringing to the MaaS Alliance the active participation of colleagues from KPMG
member firms in Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, the US, and Japan which recently established the Mobility Institute of
Japan to bring together influential players in key areas of MaaS and the automotive industry. “We are pleased to welcome
KPMG as an associated partner of the MaaS Alliance," said, MaaS Alliance President and ERTICO CEO. “KPMG's knowledge
of the transport, infrastructure and automotive sectors, together with strong client relationships and broad geographic reach will
provide a valuable contribution to our work in developing business models and accelerate new, sustainable mobility solutions
for individuals and cities”.
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Mindtree Launches an Immersive Technologies Experience Center in Collaboration
with PTC
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Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, announced that it has established a new India-based center
of excellence, called Immersive Aurora, as a site to develop immersive technology experiences. The company is collaborating with
global software company PTC to unleash new possibilities and transform interactions throughout the customer experience and Industry
4.0 touchpoints. Investments in augmented, virtual and mixed reality are reshaping experiences across consumer interactions, sales and
marketing, design, training, service and data visualization. Mindtree and PTC will explore opportunities for global clients to implement
immersive technology experiences more broadly across their businesses through the combination of Mindtree’s Immersive Aurora and
PTC’s market-leading Vuforia® industrial augmented reality (AR) solution. Mindtree [NSE: MINDTREE] is a global technology
consulting and services company, helping enterprises marry scale with agility to achieve competitive advantage. “Born digital,” in 1999
and now a Larsen & Toubro Group Company, Mindtree applies its deep domain knowledge to 350+ enterprise client engagements to
break down silos, make sense of digital complexity and bring new initiatives to market faster. We enable IT to move at the speed of
business, leveraging emerging technologies and the efficiencies of Continuous Delivery to spur business innovation. Operating in 18
countries and over 40 offices across the world, we’re consistently regarded as one of the best places to work, embodied every day by
our winning culture made up of over 21,000 entrepreneurial, collaborative and dedicated “Mindtree Minds.”
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Tech Mahindra and Celonis Announce Global Strategic Alliance to Accelerate
Enterprise Performance
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Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions and Celonis,
a leader in Process Excellence software, announced a global strategic alliance to drive enterprise performance. They have deployed first
of its kind Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution for BPS (Business Process Services) to support digital transformation of customers
globally. The new partnership combines Tech Mahindra’s core focus to drive greater business impact for global customers that will
accelerate Smart Operations, Automation and Digital Customer Experience leveraging Celonis’ core Process Mining technology.
Celonis’ Intelligent Business Cloud not only discovers friction points in customer processes, but monitors for continuous improvement
for ways to take actions. The joint go-to-market approach will address key verticals like Communications, Media & Entertainment,
Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods), Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Travel,
Transportation & Hospitality, Hi Tech & Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Procurement, Finance Operations. This partnership is in
line with Tech Mahindra’s TechMNxt charter, focused on leveraging next generation technologies like Artificial Intelligence,
Blockchain, 5G, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, to disrupt and enable digital transformation, and to build cutting-edge technology
solutions and services for the customers globally.
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Ministry of Technology and Communications, Oman and Wipro ink MoU to
launch Open Source CoE
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company and the Ministry of Technology and
Communications (MTC), a government authority of the Sultanate of Oman, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a Center of
Excellence (CoE) for open source. The MoU was signed by Dr. Salim bin Sultan Alruzaiqi, Chief Executive Officer, MTC and Sanjeev Tayal, Vice President and
Business Head, Middle East, Wipro Limited. Under this MoU, Wipro and MTC will collaborate to build, deploy and sustain the CoE as well as accelerate
adoption of open source technologies in the public and private sectors of Oman and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The CoE will focus on building
a talent base of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) graduates specializing in open source capabilities through comprehensive training and skill
development programs. It will encourage co-innovation by collaborating with local and regional industries (small, medium and large enterprises) in Oman and
contribute to its in-country value (ICV). Wipro will work with MTC to develop solutions and services leveraging open source technologies to enable Digital
Transformation, Connected Everything / Industry4.0, Legacy Modernization, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Native Architecture for the education, energy,
natural resources & utilities (ENU), banking, financial services & insurance (BFSI), defense & security, transport & logistics, government, tourism and
communications industries in Oman. The agreement is closely aligned to the Sultanate of Oman’s vision of positioning itself as one of the most recognized
countries for open source expertise in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Wipro will continue to make long-term investments in resources and
infrastructure to build this CoE and help MTC unlock the potential of open source. Through this MoU, Wipro will expand its local presence in Oman and enable
MTC to realize their goals of building a digital economy and becoming a regional IT powerhouse.
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Zensar Partners with Education Africa to support students of Business Management
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Zensar, a leading digital solutions and technology services company that specializes in partnering with organizations across
industries on their digital transformation journey, announced that it has partnered Education Africa in its education and skills
development program for underprivileged local students. In a recently held event, the Zensar team expressed their support to 15
students from the University of South Africa (UNISA) to enable them to study Business Management remotely. The students
were empowered with a scholarship, monthly internet data and mentorship. At this well-attended event, teams from Zensar and
Education Africa spent time with the 15 students who were awarded this scholarship. The students also spent time
understanding real-life experiences at work from the Zensar team. The students acknowledged the opportunity they had
received as they can now afford higher studies which was not possible earlier. The scholarship has given them an opportunity to
acquire knowledge at no cost thus alleviate poverty through a robust education system.
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Wipro partners with NASSCOM to unveil FutureSkills platform
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Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company has
partnered with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) to launch the
FutureSkills platform for 10,000 students from over 20 engineering colleges in India. This is a part of Wipro’s
Corporate Social Responsibility programme, TalentNext which aims to enhance the quality of engineering
education by preparing faculty and academic leaders to train students. The programme has now been extended to
students directly through FutureSkills, which is a new age platform built to bridge the industry-academia skill gap
and help students keep pace with the emerging technologies -- Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing,
Cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT) – to make them future-ready.
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HCL Expands Operations And Workforce In Lithuania
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HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has re-affirmed its commitment to innovation and growth in
Lithuania with the opening of two new technology delivery centers in the capital city of Vilnius. The state-of-the-art Asgaard
Keys and Technopolis Alfa sites provide leading-edge technology and digital transformation capabilities and services to HCL
clients in the Baltic, Nordic and Benelux regions. HCL’s strategic investments were honored by senior Lithuanian government
dignitaries during a grand inauguration ceremony at the Asgaard Keys delivery center in Vilnius. According to Chief Adviser to
the President of the Republic of Lithuania on Economic and Social Policy, companies creating innovation and high added value
are making a significant contribution to the development of the digital economy and socially responsible business culture in
Lithuania. With a worldwide network of innovation labs and delivery centers, HCL empowers enterprises with technology for
the next decade today. Located in the capital city of Vilnius, Lithuania hosts one the largest HCL technology hubs in the
European region, providing end-to-end infrastructure and application development management services to its nearshore
clients. HCL employs more than 10,000 people in Europe, serving over 200 clients, and has been present in Lithuania since
2016, where its growing employee base currently numbers about 500 employees.
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HCL Technologies Announces Expansion In Canada With A Global Delivery
Center In Moncton, New Brunswick
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HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology firm, has announced the opening of a Global Delivery Center (GDC) in
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The GDC will focus on technology areas in application development, support, testing, and
servicing global clients. HCL will draw on its 10-year track record of success in Canada to assist tech companies as they continue
to grow in the digital age. With its first office opening in Toronto in 2009, HCL partnered with one of Canada’s largest railway
companies. From there, HCL has worked with Fortune 500 and G2000 Canadian customers to develop frameworks, technologies,
and processes that will help businesses succeed through phases of growth and transformation. HCL has partnered with
Opportunities New Brunswick (ONB) in the planning and development of this growth. Opportunities New Brunswick provided
guidance and resources for the GDC and future employees. Staffing will include a combination of relocating skilled workers and
local hiring. The company anticipates the number of employees to grow to 300 over the next three years. The expansion supports
objectives set out in New Brunswick’s Population Growth Strategy, an economic and population growth plan that requires the
collective efforts of the federal, provincial and municipal governments. In support of this expansion, HCL is eligible for an
investment of up to $6.26 million from Opportunities NB, a Crown corporation that seeks to attract and support opportunities to
grow the economy and create jobs. The assistance will be delivered in the form of a payroll rebate, forgivable loan, and
non-repayable contributions.
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