Accenture & Avanade Strengthen Microsoft Alliance to Expand Capabilities in Cloud & Digital Transformation; Debbie Polishook ...
March 08 2017 - 6:57AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE:ACN), Avanade, and Microsoft today announced
moves designed to extend their leadership in the market and
commitment to maximizing the value of the Microsoft ecosystem for
clients. The actions include the appointment of Debra (Debbie)
Polishook, group chief executive – Accenture Operations, to the
Avanade board of directors and greater investments in new
technology capabilities to accelerate the digital transformation of
clients.
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Debra (Debbie) Polishook, group chief
executive - Accenture Operations (Photo: Business Wire)
Debbie Polishook is an accomplished business leader with broad
expertise in consulting services, business strategy execution, and
operational excellence, having led numerous areas of business over
her 30+ year career at Accenture. As group chief executive of
Accenture Operations, Debbie is responsible for delivering
Accenture’s comprehensive portfolio of business process and
infrastructure services, and leads the company’s extensive cloud
business. Her team of Operations professionals develop, sell and
deliver differentiated intelligent infrastructure, cloud and
business process services to drive transformational value and
productivity for clients.
Since 2000, when Accenture and Microsoft created joint venture
Avanade, the companies have worked together to deliver more than
10,000 projects for 4,000+ clients. With 24,000 Microsoft
certifications across 75,000 Microsoft skilled professionals, the
alliance has the largest number of Microsoft specialists in the
industry. With cloud and digital innovations proving to deliver
strong business value for clients, Microsoft's three cloud strategy
is fuelling an acceleration in more joint investments that help
clients maximize the results of adopting Microsoft Azure, Microsoft
Office 365 and Dynamics 365.
For example, Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft helped COOP Italia
tap into the flexibility and scalability of the public cloud with
Microsoft Azure, while leveraging new technology like the Internet
of Things (IoT) to reimagine the grocery shopping experience.
Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft continue to share significant
joint investments including Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for
Microsoft Azure, implementing SAP on Microsoft Azure, and Accenture
Connected Platform as a Service on Microsoft Azure, as well as
investments in the areas of security, data analytics, mixed
reality, and artificial intelligence.
“Debbie brings a wealth of industry experience to the Avanade
board of directors and I’m pleased to welcome her to the team,”
said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology & innovation
officer and chairman of the Avanade board. “Her appointment and our
increased investment in our Microsoft alliance should send a strong
message that Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft are working more
closely than ever to deliver new thinking, innovation and deep
industry knowledge to help the world’s most recognized brands
digitally transform their businesses. Together, we are investing in
the future and aligning the greatest strengths of our respective
organizations to deliver secure cloud and digital innovation at
speed.”
“Customers around the world in every industry seek new ways to
understand and serve customers, create new markets and products,
reinvent operations, and modernize how employees work,” said Judson
Althoff, executive vice president, Microsoft Worldwide Commercial
Business. “Together Microsoft, Accenture and Avanade help companies
harness the power of the cloud and artificial intelligence to drive
their digital transformation strategies forward. I am looking
forward to working with Debbie and the other board members to help
Avanade continue to grow and lead in the Microsoft ecosystem.”
“Together, Avanade, Accenture and Microsoft share a common
passion and vision for delivering bold innovation that makes a
genuine impact on our clients, their customers, our people, and the
broader Microsoft ecosystem,” said Adam Warby, Avanade CEO. “There
is tremendous opportunity in the marketplace and we are uniquely
positioned to bring clients the most experienced team and the
sharpest thinking that they need to succeed. While we are infusing
new energy and fresh perspective into our board with Debbie’s
appointment, we are also focused on investing the future.”
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 more than 394,000
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 Avanade
Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud
services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered
through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our
professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology,
business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and
growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 30,000
digitally connected people across 24 countries, bringing clients
the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors
diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate.
Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by
Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more at
www.avanade.com.
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AccentureJulie Bennink, + 1 312 693
7391julie.l.bennink@accenture.comorAvanadeJennifer Grimes Douglas,
+ 1 503 330 6499jennifer.c.grimes@avanade.com
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