Tagged: Accenture & News
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Accenture boosts digital offerings with Fjord acquisition News
24.05.2013 Technology consulting firm Accenture has wrapped up its acquisition of Fjord, a London-based global service design consultancy, for an undisclosed sum. -
Most commuters would embrace paperless travel – Accenture survey News
22.05.2013 Three-quarters of commuters who use public transportation say they believe electronic ticketing would make travel easier, and 92pc would welcome paperless travel, a new global... -
Europe must grow its manufacturing sector to stay competitive - study News
20.05.2013 Europe must increase the size of its manufacturing sector and lead in energy efficiency, technology innovation and addressing the changing consumption patterns of consumers if... -
Big data could mean big health cost savings and better outcomes News
14.05.2013 Picture a scenario where, by collecting the right data and using today’s sophisticated analytics, our health system could predict when a patient with chronic conditions might... -
Incentives could increase use of mobile phones as payment devices – Accenture survey News
27.04.2013 Financial incentives and mobile-based financial-management tools just may persuade consumers to use their smartphones more as payment devices, a survey by Accenture suggests. -
The technology business week: Aer Lingus grounds talk of San Francisco direct flights; Disney shuts LucasArts News
08.04.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Accenture acquires ChangeTrack Research News
03.04.2013 Technology consulting firm Accenture has snapped up ChangeTrack Research, a provider of analytics-based tools and services for change management, for an undisclosed sum. -
E-government returns to vogue to banish the austerity blues News
19.03.2013 Anyone with a pulse would know that Ireland’s expensive and unwieldy public sector needs reform. But since the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin, TD,... -
Women Invent Tomorrow programme launches 8 March News
07.03.2013 International Women’s Day, 8 March, sees the launch by Silicon Republic of ‘Women Invent Tomorrow’, a major year-long initiative that will highlight the importance of closing... -
Women see work-life balance more important to success than money (infographic) News
05.03.2013 Research from Accenture released ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March) reveals what professional Irish women want to feel successful at work. Greater work-life balance...Categories: In the Workplace, Careers and Employment -
Mobility matters with more CIOs this year, Accenture survey reveals News
26.02.2013 Most CIOs believe mobility will generate significant sources of new revenue for their businesses, and most will invest 31-40pc of their discretionary budgets to achieve that... -
Career Zoo: what are tech industry recruiters looking for? (video) News
11.02.2013 The first Career Zoo of 2013 took place on Saturday in The Convention Centre Dublin, where 9,000 visitors came to find out more information about the current jobs market and to...Categories: Recruitment, Careers and Employment -
#FutureJobs – Best way to fight skills shortage is to look within your organisation (videos) News
08.02.2013 Technology companies and organisations struggling with a shortage of tech talent would be wise to take proactive measures to improve continuous learning in their organisations... -
Interview: Joined up thinking required to address the talent challenge, says Accenture MD (video) News
05.02.2013 While he applauds the many initiatives under way to address what is a global skills challenge in the areas of IT and engineering, Mark Ryan, country managing director at... -
Employers part of solution to any IT skills gap, says Accenture News
23.01.2013 New research published by Accenture confirms that many employers are experiencing a lack of access to appropriately skilled workers, paticularly in the areas of technology and... -
IBM filed close to 6,500 patents in 2012 News
10.01.2013 Technology giant IBM topped the US Patent Office’s 2012 ranking for the number of patents filed, with a total of 6,478 patents filed in the areas of big data, cloud, software,... -
Consumers less likely to buy single-function devices – Accenture report News
08.01.2013 Consumers are shunning single-function electronic products in favour of multifunction devices, Accenture’s 2013 Global Consumer Electronics Products and Services Usage Report... -
Financial results this week News
17.12.2012 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial, Financial Results -
Leaders to tackle global battle for talent at Future Jobs Forum in February News
03.12.2012 As the race continues globally to find and attract the best talent, Ireland today finds itself competing with an ever-growing number of countries for the best candidates in...Categories: Science, Recruitment, Leadership & Management, Graduate, Engineering, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment