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Accenture Positioned As A Leader In Cybersecurity Consulting Providers In Asia Pacific
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 2:06 pm | Accenture
SINGAPORE; February 16, 2022 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been positioned as a leader in “ The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Consulting Providers In Asia Pacific, Q4 2021 ” report. According to the report, Accenture received the top score in ... More >>
Banking Sector Should Brace Itself For Watershed Year In 2022
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 11:19 am | Accenture
This year is set to be a defining year for the banking industry, as it enters a period of unprecedented transformation. Accenture’s annual banking trends outlines the top ten predictions that will disrupt the banking industry in 2022, bringing ... More >>
Businesses Must Rethink Growth Strategies As Our Relationships With Work, Technology And The Planet Change
Thursday, 13 January 2022, 3:39 pm | Accenture
Nearly two years of disruption to the fabric of society has resulted in a collective shift in people’s relationships with work, consumerism, technology and the planet, pushing companies to design new ways of doing business, according to the annual Fjord ... More >>
New Zealand Companies Need To Embrace Cloud-based Solutions
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:23 am | Accenture
More than 70% of Fortune 500 companies run critical applications on mainframes, despite the significant business and IT challenges that they present, based on new research by Accenture. High running costs, performance, security, and compliance ... More >>
The Monkeys Aotearoa Welcomes New Senior Creative Team Liz Richards & Nick Dellabarca
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 12:17 pm | Accenture
The Monkeys Aotearoa, part of Accenture Interactive, is excited to announce the appointment of new senior creative team Liz Richards and Nick Dellabarca who join effective immediately. Liz Richards (left) and Nick Dellabarca (right) join The Monkeys ... More >>
The Three Golden Rules For Christmas Shopping This Year: Early, Local And In-store
Friday, 26 November 2021, 12:01 pm | Accenture
Christmas might look a little different this year, particularly if you don’t plan ahead to make sure the gifts you want are under the tree come Christmas Eve. Over the last year, global supply chains have come under significant pressure. We’ve ... More >>
Business Leaders Need To Step Up Their Game To Fight Cyber-attacks
Monday, 22 November 2021, 9:36 am | Accenture
Accenture’s State of Cyber Resilience report reveals more than half of organisations are not effectively defending themselves against cyber-attacks. More than half (55%) of large companies globally are not effectively stopping cyber-attacks, finding and ... More >>
Quality Of Climate Risk Disclosures Only As Good As The Data
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 11:09 am | Accenture
New Zealand is the first country in the world to introduce laws mandating banks, insurance, and investment firms to report on the impacts of climate change to their business. To accurately quantify climate risk, firms will need greater consistency, ... More >>
CEOs Call For Bold Government Action And Consistent Climate Policy At COP26
Friday, 5 November 2021, 3:16 pm | Accenture
CEOs Unequivocally Call for Bold Government Action and Consistent Climate Policy at COP26, According to Latest Sustainability Research from the UN Global Compact and Accenture CEOs say that while private sector can lead the response, mobilize ... More >>
Five Technology Trends That Will Define Kiwi Businesses
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 10:03 am | Accenture
As companies reinvent themselves for pandemic life, the boldest, most visionary leaders – those who use technology to master change – will define the future. That’s according to global consultancy, Accenture, which has predicted the key ... More >>
Four Trends That Will Define Banking Post-COVID 19
Monday, 11 October 2021, 11:00 am | Accenture
Navigating COVID has given the banking industry a glimpse of the future, but the next 12 months will determine how much of that future is institutionalised. The world of retail and commercial banking was already a complex and fast-moving sector. The ... More >>
Accenture launches Microsoft practice in New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 9:18 am | Accenture
Accenture New Zealand has further extended its support for Kiwi organisations with the launch of a dedicated Microsoft practice. More >>
Accenture launches Microsoft practice in New Zealand
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 11:36 am | Accenture
Accenture New Zealand has further extended its support for Kiwi organisations with the launch of a dedicated Microsoft practice. Head of Technology for New Zealand, Nick Mulcahy, said Accenture’s experience and track record of success as a global ... More >>
CX Won’t Help Businesses Grow In A Post-Covid World; It’s Time To Think Bigger
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 2:25 pm | Accenture
The emphasis on experience is arguably at its greatest today because the structure of almost everything we do has been upended by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increasingly, the customer experience (CX) offered by organisations is measured not just by standards ... More >>
More Boomers Than Zoomers Want To Work From Home - Accenture
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 1:49 pm | Accenture
While often associated with tech savvy Gen Z or Zoomers, new global research from Accenture shows that the push for more flexible working environments is being led by Gen Xers and Baby Boomers. Accenture’s survey of over 9,000 workers across the ... More >>
Four Trends That Will Define Kiwi Businesses Post-Covid
Monday, 14 June 2021, 9:38 am | Accenture
Over the past year, the global business landscape has become much more precarious due to the global pandemic. Globally, businesses have had to manage dual economic and health crises, which have forced businesses to adopt new employee and customer ... More >>
Accenture Interactive Announces The Opening Of The Monkeys In NZ With The Appointment Of Justin Mowday & Damon Stapleton
Saturday, 22 May 2021, 5:45 am | Accenture
Involved in some of New Zealand’s most awarded campaigns, Mowday joins after leaving his role as Group CEO of DDB New Zealand, where he was responsible for overseeing a staff of 270 and a client roster including some of the country’s most revered ... More >>
Hospital Hack Shows Importance Of Staff Training
Friday, 21 May 2021, 9:10 am | Accenture
The ransomware attack at Waikato District Health Board shows why staff training is needed to identify and report suspect emails that can contain cyber threats. Accenture New Zealand Managing Director Ben Morgan says organisations must train staff to have ... More >>
Smart Technology Needed To Handle Potential For Trans-Tasman Bubble Disruption
Friday, 16 April 2021, 10:01 am | Accenture
As New Zealand takes its first steps toward reopening to tourists, travel and tourism companies should optimise cloud-based solutions to respond quickly to disruption and uncertainty. Ahead of the resumption of quarantine-free Trans-Tasman travel, ... More >>
IT Skills Mismatch Must Be Addressed Through On-the-job Training – Accenture
Monday, 15 March 2021, 9:50 am | Accenture
New Zealand will not become a hi-tech knowledge economy unless businesses urgently address a mismatch in IT skills between graduates and job vacancies. The warning from Accenture comes after the release of the Digital Skills Aotearoa report which ... More >>