Accenture Opens Digital Hub in Chicago to Accelerate Innovation for Clients
October 07 2016 - 8:59AM
Business Wire
Hub brings together digital capabilities with
state-of-the-art collaboration technologies; will house more than
500 of Accenture’s marketing, mobility and analytics experts
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has opened an Accenture Digital Hub in
Chicago, a more than 70,000-square-foot space that will serve as a
go-to destination for the company’s clients to explore the latest
innovations that are transforming how organizations compete and
grow in today’s fast-changing environment.
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The Accenture Digital Hub: Chicago uses a
variety of innovative technologies to help clients solve business
problems. (Photo: Business Wire)
Located in the newly developed West Loop, the Hub combines
capabilities across the company’s Digital business –
including Accenture Interactive, Accenture Mobility and
Accenture Analytics – to invent, develop and deliver disruptive
innovations for clients. The Hub enables clients to get hands-on
with and apply leading technologies – such as artificial
intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and voice interaction – to
solve today’s business problems in a digitally-enabled space
designed to foster teamwork and inspire innovative thinking.
“The new Accenture Digital Hub expands our commitment to
Chicago, particularly in advancing the city’s leadership in
technology,” said Jim Coleman, senior managing director who leads
Accenture’s business in Chicago. “We have an ongoing imperative to
drive innovation on behalf of our clients – in Chicago and beyond.
With this Hub, we will continue helping them invent their
futures.”
At the Hub, the company’s clients – working with Accenture teams
– are able to access a range of leading-edge digital technologies
and collaboration tools, including:
- A design studio by Fjord – the design
and innovation unit of Accenture Interactive – to apply design
thinking methodologies and rapid prototyping to create engaging
digital services.
- The Accenture Connected Analytics
Experience, an immersive and collaborative analytics environment to
make data more accessible and engaging, enabling clients to reach
faster, insight-driven decisions to influence business
outcomes.
- Digitally enabled and fully
configurable collaboration and work spaces that feature visual
collaboration solutions such as a Microsoft Surface Hub to link
locations, teams, content and devices in an connected, shared
workspace.
“We’re excited to expand our digital footprint and contribute to
Chicago’s fast-growing tech economy,” said Jay Dettling, managing
director at Accenture Interactive. “From designing new digital
experiences at the Fjord studio to co-creating marketing, content,
commerce, analytics and mobility solutions, the Hub will enable us
to collaborate with our clients in a totally new way to drive
greater innovation and business outcomes.”
Accenture, which employs more than 5,500 people across Chicago,
is an active contributor to many of the city’s digital initiatives
including Chicago Smart Cities, 1871, the City Digital consortium,
Matter and Blue 1647. Focused on helping to grow the city’s digital
talent base, Accenture also runs skills-development programs with
Girls Who Code and Wright College, the technology and innovation
focused college within the City Colleges of Chicago.
About Accenture
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 approximately
384,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
About Accenture Digital
Accenture Digital, comprised of Accenture
Analytics, Accenture Interactive and Accenture
Mobility, offers a comprehensive portfolio of business and
technology services across digital marketing, mobility and
analytics. From developing digital strategies to implementing
digital technologies and running digital processes on their behalf,
Accenture Digital helps clients leverage connected and mobile
devices; extract insights from data using analytics; and enrich
end-customer experiences and interactions, delivering tangible
results from the virtual world and driving growth. To learn more
about Accenture Digital, follow us @AccentureDigi and
visit www.accenture.com/digital.
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