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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Accenture unveils on-premise AI for enterprise adoption
Accenture has collaborated with Dell Technologies and Nvidia to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI. The partnership introduces a new AI solution built on Dell Technologies' infrastructure and powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. It is tailored to support organisations operating in regulated industries or those heavily invested in on-premises infrastructure, Accenture said. The collaboration enhances the capabilities of Accenture's AI Refinery platform by integrating it with Dell's high-performance and Nvidia-accelerated infrastructure. This enables one-click deployment of agentic AI capabilities, allowing companies to realise value and reduce total cost of ownership. Accenture said it will also support AI deployment with the Nvidia Enterprise AI Factory validated design, which serves as a blueprint for organisations to establish on-premise AI factories using NVIDIA Blackwell and a comprehensive ecosystem of AI partners. The solution is designed to help organisations rapidly scale AI in private, on-prem environments while supporting key requirements such as data sovereignty, compliance, resiliency, and high availability. It also addresses the need for security and privacy controls in air-gapped environments or restricted network zones, ultra-low latency for real-time applications, and edge or offline use cases where reliable internet access is scarce. Accenture chief AI officer Lan Guan said: 'Through this collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, Accenture is bringing the power of AI Refinery to on-premises infrastructure, providing an open, interoperable, scalable and secure solution that paves the way for widespread AI adoption. 'Together, we're empowering organisations to accelerate reinvention and unlock new value from data while future-proofing their investments.' Dell Technologies chief technical officer and senior vice-president Ihab Tarazi said: 'Our collaboration with Accenture and NVIDIA will provide customers with scalable end-to-end agentic AI capabilities to bring AI to their data on-premises.' Accenture said that preconfigured packages combine AI Refinery with the Dell AI Factory and Nvidia, including Nvidia Enterprise AI software. This streamlines data transfer and indexing, fostering data-driven agentic insights. This full-stack solution facilitates enterprise AI transformation by allowing rapid service prototyping with modular frameworks, dynamic cloud-to-edge orchestration, and automated workflows. Nvidia enterprise AI products vice-president Justin Boitano said: 'Together, Nvidia, Accenture and Dell deliver a turnkey AI platform for enterprises to accelerate transformation, unlock new value from data and confidently scale AI in alignment with operational requirements.' In April 2025, Accenture expanded its alliance with Google Cloud, unveiling a suite of new capabilities to assist organisations in scaling advanced cloud and AI technologies. "Accenture unveils on-premise AI for enterprise adoption" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Accenture Collaborates with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA to Accelerate Enterprise AI Transformation with AI Refinery
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DELL TECHNOLOGIES WORLD-- Accenture (NYSE: ACN), in collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, is providing an AI solution built on Dell Technologies infrastructure with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. This helps organizations – particularly those within regulated industries or those with substantial investments in on-premises infrastructure – capitalize on the burgeoning opportunities of agentic AI. This collaboration extends the reach of the Accenture AI Refinery ™ platform, bringing agentic AI capabilities with a one-click deployment to Dell's high-performance, NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure, helping companies realize value more quickly and reduce total cost of ownership. Accenture will further facilitate AI deployment with NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, a guide for organizations to build on-premise AI factories leveraging NVIDIA Blackwell and a broad ecosystem of AI partners. The solution helps organizations rapidly scale AI in private, on-prem environments. It provides support for key requirements, including data sovereignty and compliance to help meet regulatory and data residency mandates; resiliency and high availability to meet business continuity requirements, security and privacy controls needed for air-gapped environments or restricted network zones; ultra-low latency for real-time uses cases like manufacturing or healthcare imagining; and edge or offline use cases critical for remote, disconnected environments where reliable internet access is limited or unavailable. 'Through this collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, Accenture is bringing the power of AI Refinery to on-premises infrastructure, providing an open, interoperable, scalable and secure solution that paves the way for widespread AI adoption,' said Lan Guan, chief AI officer, Accenture. 'Together, we're empowering organizations to accelerate reinvention and unlock new value from data while future-proofing their investments.' 'Our collaboration with Accenture and NVIDIA will provide customers with scalable end-to-end agentic AI capabilities to bring AI to their data on-premises,' said Ihab Tarazi, Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President, Dell Technologies. 'This solution allows customers to tailor their strategies and engineered architectures to meet diverse needs, ensuring data integrity and protection to accelerate digital transformation.' Preconfigured packages integrate Accenture's AI Refinery and the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, which includes NVIDIA Enterprise AI software, streamlining data transfer and indexing to empower data-driven agentic insights. This unified, full-stack solution helps to accelerate enterprise AI transformation by enabling rapid service prototyping with modular, reusable frameworks, automated workflows, and dynamic cloud-to-edge orchestration. 'Regulated industries face the unique challenge of harnessing AI to drive innovation and efficiency while rigorously adhering to complex compliance, data privacy and governance standards,' said Justin Boitano, vice president, Enterprise AI Products, NVIDIA. 'Together, NVIDIA, Accenture and Dell deliver a turnkey AI platform for enterprises to accelerate transformation, unlock new value from data and confidently scale AI in alignment with operational requirements.' About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 801,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at Forward-Looking Statements Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'may,' 'will,' 'should,' 'likely,' 'anticipates,' 'aspires,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'projects,' 'believes,' 'estimates,' 'positioned,' 'outlook,' 'goal,' 'target' and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance nor promises that goals or targets will be met, and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These risks include, without limitation, that the use of AI could harm our business, damage our reputation or give rise to legal or regulatory action, as well as the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed under the 'Risk Factors' heading in Accenture plc's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this news release speak only as of the date they were made, and Accenture undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made in this news release or to conform such statements to actual results or changes in Accenture's expectations.
Business Wire
28-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Accenture Introduces Trusted Agent Huddle to Allow Seamless, First-of-its-Kind Multi-System AI Agent Collaboration Across the Enterprise
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has introduced Trusted Agent Huddle™ to allow first-of-its-kind multi-system agent collaboration across the enterprise. Part of AI Refinery, ™ the Trusted Agent Huddle will allow secure and seamless agent-to-agent interoperability across partners including Adobe, AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Snowflake and Workday. Agents developed by enterprise users will be able to seamlessly work together in a single platform, allowing organizations to select and manage the right agents for specific tasks and business objectives. Lan Guan, chief AI officer of Accenture, said, 'With the proliferation of AI agents across the enterprise, trust is the only limit to AI reaching its full potential, and seamless and secure multi-system collaboration between agents will further the impact and promise of what agentic AI can achieve. With the launch of Trusted Agent Huddle, for the first time, companies will be able to connect and orchestrate agents from different enterprise platforms within AI Refinery, enabling boundaryless capability and unprecedented levels of innovation.' With the use of Trusted Agent Huddle to publish and onboard agents into AI Refinery through open standardization protocols, such as Agent2Agent and Model Context Protocol, organizations can transform entire workflows, rather than isolated processes within single domains or systems. Additionally, the Trusted Agent Huddle will leverage a proprietary algorithm to evaluate and align agent performance. This certification process lays the foundation for future development of an agent trust score. Organizations with pre-existing agents based on cloud-hosted models would seamlessly integrate those agents into AI Refinery without impacting functionality, enabling future agents to be built on the platform. Accenture's agent builder can be used to adapt agents as business requirements change. FedEx is working with Accenture and NVIDIA to explore uses of Trusted Agent Huddle to drive greater resilience. 'FedEx is a trusted player at the center of the supply chain ecosystem. We work to make supply chains smarter for everyone, bringing people and businesses together to drive new efficiencies and growth," said Sriram Krishnasamy, chief transformation officer and chief digital & information officer, FedEx Corporation. "The Trusted Agent Huddle enables agents from different platforms to collaborate as one team and will help FedEx seamlessly engage and orchestrate information across the supply chain to accelerate innovation.' 'With the launch of Trusted Agent Huddle, we're helping enterprises like FedEx future proof their innovation and AI investments,' said Karthik Narain, group chief executive—Technology and chief technology officer, Accenture. 'Collaboration is the competitive differentiation of the future. Companies can best address today's volatility, while positioning themselves for future innovation and resilience, if they are able to harness AI innovation from across the ecosystem and not be limited to a single agent ecosystem.' Accenture AI Refinery—which is built on NVIDIA AI Enterprise —helps accelerate AI across the SaaS and cloud AI ecosystem. The new Trusted Agent Huddle can be used with the NVIDIA Agent Intelligence toolkit which provides seamless, heterogeneous connectivity between agents, tools and data. 'Collaboration and integration across platforms and systems is key to running AI agents that can reason and complete complex tasks,' said Justin Boitano, vice president of Enterprise AI Software Products at NVIDIA. 'Accenture AI Refinery, built with NVIDIA, offers a Trusted Agent Huddle to let enterprises orchestrate interoperable agent teams to drive efficiency and innovation across virtually every business function.' About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 801,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at Forward-Looking Statements Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'may,' 'will,' 'should,' 'likely,' 'anticipates,' 'aspires,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'projects,' 'believes,' 'estimates,' 'positioned,' 'outlook,' 'goal,' 'target' and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance nor promises that goals or targets will be met, and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These risks include, without limitation, that the use of AI could harm our business, damage our reputation or give rise to legal or regulatory action, as well as the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed under the 'Risk Factors' heading in Accenture plc's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this news release speak only as of the date they were made, and Accenture undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made in this news release or to conform such statements to actual results or changes in Accenture's expectations.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Accenture expands Google Cloud partnership
Accenture has deepened its strategic alliance with Google Cloud, unveiling a suite of new capabilities designed to assist organisations in scaling advanced cloud and AI technologies. The new offerings span five main areas, including agentic AI, customer experience modernisation, wide area network (WAN) services, Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) solutions, and mainframe modernisation. As part of the expansion, Accenture is broadening its catalogue of agent solutions tailored to specific industries and functions. These solutions leverage Google Agentspace and Gemini's reasoning models and are available through the joint Accenture Google Gen AI Centre of Excellence. Accenture's AI Refinery platform also supports Google Cloud's new Agent2Agent interoperability protocol, allowing AI agents to interact more effectively with a range of applications. In customer experience, Accenture is launching tools that use its GenWizard platform and Google's Customer Engagement Suite. These tools facilitate the migration of legacy contact systems to Contact-Center-as-a-Service, allow deployment of AI agents, implementation of gen AI-based testing and analytics frameworks, and provide omni-channel analytics capabilities. Accenture is also introducing packaged solutions based on GDC that are aimed at sectors including public services, manufacturing, and utilities. In networking, Accenture is incorporating Google Cloud's new Cloud WAN service into its Cloud Network Operator platform. This provides enterprises with secure connectivity to applications while enhancing operations, security, governance, and compliance. For mainframe modernisation, Accenture is using Gemini-powered tools to enhance its GenWizard platform. This will accelerate the analysis and assessment of mainframe inventories, code conversion, and reverse engineering processes, benefiting industries like banking, health, and retail. Accenture is also applying these technologies internally. Its research team, in collaboration with Kensho, S&P Global's AI hub, is using Google's third-party grounding capability to integrate S&P Global financial data into research models. This approach enhances access to reliable data with traceability. In March 2025, Accenture expanded its footprint and AI capabilities in the Nordic region with the acquisition of AI company Halfspace. Halfspace is engaged in developing AI and generative AI solutions that simplify complex business workflows. "Accenture expands Google Cloud partnership" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
CyberArk Strengthens Identity Security for AI Agents with Accenture's AI Refinery
Companies team to empower organizations to securely leverage AI agents NEW YORK & NEWTON, Mass., April 10, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help organizations implement and secure identity access controls for AI agents, CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, is working with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to integrate Accenture's AI Refinery™ with its AI-powered Identity Security Platform. This integration will provide clients with robust tools to manage and secure AI agents based on Zero Trust principles, which assume all users and devices require continuous verification and authorization. As AI agents and agentic architectures become widely adopted in production environments, their growth poses new and complex identity-centric cybersecurity challenges. AI agents will need to be authenticated to critical systems, they will need strict access controls and they must be restricted only to performing their intended functions. At scale, enterprises may need to manage the lifecycle, access and associated keys and certificates for millions of machine identities, requiring comprehensive identity-centric visibility, control and safeguards. Accenture AI Refinery is an AI foundation platform that helps companies turn raw AI technology into useful business solutions. The AI Refinery platform is available on all public and private cloud platforms and will integrate seamlessly to accelerate AI across the Software as a Service and Cloud AI ecosystem. The CyberArk Identity Security Platform is built to help secure the full spectrum of identities across every environment. With CyberArk's unified platform, organizations can secure the continued proliferation of every identity type—human, machine or AI. "AI agents have the potential to gain privileged access to systems and processes, so they require the same level of identity security controls as human and machine identities," said Matt Cohen, CEO at CyberArk. "By combining the comprehensive identity security capabilities of the CyberArk Platform with the powerful functionality of Accenture's AI Refinery, we will be enabling our customers to realize the full potential of agentic AI to transform their businesses with the peace of mind that comes with knowing the agent identities are secure." Organizations must prepare for the integration of AI agents into their workforces and marketplaces, ensuring they receive the same level of security considerations and controls as human employees. This preparation is critical considering that according to Accenture's Technology Vision 2025 report, 77% of executives think AI agents will reinvent how their organizations build digital systems. "AI agents operate autonomously, presenting unique identity security challenges. Ensuring secure authentication, credentialing and authorization is crucial for their safe operation both within and outside of organizations," said Damon McDougald, global Cybersecurity Protection lead at Accenture. "Our collaboration with CyberArk by integrating Accenture's AI Refinery into their platform is a significant step forward in helping our clients achieve secure identity access controls and more effective credential management." Delivering Identity Security for Scalable AI Agent AdoptionCyberArk and Accenture are collaborating to help enterprises effectively manage and secure AI agents using Zero Trust principles. The collaboration will focus on combining CyberArk's robust identity security capabilities with Accenture's innovative AI Refinery services, helping organizations build the trust needed to run AI Agents in enterprise production environments. As AI agents become an integral part of day-to-day operations, this collaboration will enable: Visibility and control: Implementing tools to help enterprises have comprehensive oversight of AI agent activities, including quick identification of risks or anomalies. Least privilege and just-in-time access: Enforcing Zero Trust security principles to limit AI agent access only to what is necessary, reducing potential attack surfaces. Secure authentication: Establishing robust mechanisms to verify and authenticate AI agents to enterprise systems and other agents, providing seamless yet secure operations. Protection against manipulation: Safeguarding AI agents from internal and external threats that could expose sensitive data or disrupt operations. Learn more about Accenture and CyberArk. About CyberArkCyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations around the world to secure human and machine identities in the modern enterprise. CyberArk's AI-powered Identity Security Platform applies intelligent privilege controls to every identity with continuous threat prevention, detection and response across the identity lifecycle. With CyberArk, organizations can reduce operational and security risks by enabling zero trust and least privilege with complete visibility, empowering all users and identities, including workforce, IT, developers and machines, to securely access any resource, located anywhere, from everywhere. Learn more at About AccentureAccenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 801,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at Accenture Security is a leading provider of end-to-end cybersecurity services, including strategy, protection, resilience and industry-specific cyber services. We bring security innovation, coupled with global scale and a worldwide delivery capability through our network of Cyber Fusion Centers. Helped by our team of 25,000+ highly skilled professionals, we enable clients to innovate safely, build cyber resilience and grow with confidence. Visit us at Forward-Looking StatementsExcept for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "may," "will," "should," "likely," "anticipates," "aspires," "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects," "believes," "estimates," "positioned," "outlook," "goal," "target" and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance nor promises that goals or targets will be met, and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These risks include, without limitation, that the use of AI could harm our business, damage our reputation or give rise to legal or regulatory action, as well as the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed under the "Risk Factors" heading in Accenture plc's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this news release speak only as of the date they were made, and Accenture undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made in this news release or to conform such statements to actual results or changes in Accenture's expectations. Copyright © 2025 Accenture. All rights reserved. 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