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  • Federal Govt sheds light on next round of e-health record funding

    The Federal Department of Health has revealed detailed plans for the third round of funding to be allocated to the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) next month for the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR).

    Written by Chloe Herrick07 Oct. 11 15:06
  • Accenture pays $US63.7 million to resolve gov't kickbacks case

    Technology services and consulting company Accenture has agreed to pay $US63.7 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that it participated in a large-scale kickbacks scheme involving U.S. government contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

    Written by Grant Gross13 Sept. 11 04:37
  • Telstra, Accenture don the lab coats to develop Cloud services

    The move to Cloud will be accelerated for Telstra’s (ASX:TLS) enterprise customers following the opening of a product innovation lab with its US-based consulting partner, Accenture, in Melbourne this week.

    Written by Hamish Barwick30 Aug. 11 08:51
  • Accenture wins PCEHR infrastructure contract

    Global technology services firm Accenture has been chosen by the Federal Government as the national infrastructure partner for its $467 million personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) project.

    Written by Chloe Herrick16 Aug. 11 09:31
  • SAP project issues hurt Ingram Micro profits again

    Ingram Micro's profits were dragged down for the second quarter in a row due to problems with an SAP implementation in Australia, the technology distributor said Thursday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus30 July 11 05:01
  • Auditors: Army's huge SAP project 'at high risk'

    The U.S. Army's massive SAP software project is "at high risk" of running further over time and budget, according to a recent report by the Department of Defense's Inspector General's Office.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus09 July 11 06:39
  • Nokia reveals details of Symbian deal with Accenture

    Nokia said on Wednesday it has finalized an agreement with Accenture to develop the Symbian mobile OS as the company retrenches in a competitive mobile device market.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk22 June 11 23:29
  • Cloud economics favor the small workload

    Cloud computing can cut the cost of running small workloads though may actually be more expensive for larger compute jobs, compared to the costs of running such work in-house, according to researchers from Pennsylvania State University.

    Written by Joab Jackson16 June 11 03:17
  • IT increasingly bypassed on cloud adoption

    IT departments, long criticized as being too slow in offering new technologies and services, may be facing a grassroots rebellion in many companies over cloud services.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau02 June 11 07:37
  • Outsourcing customers focus on SLAs

    Business strategy is getting short shrift in outsourcing relationships while outsourcing customers and providers focus excessively on basic service level agreements (SLAs), according to a recent survey conducted by Accenture and the Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON).

    Written by Stephanie Overby25 May 11 05:05
  • SAP revs up mobile application strategy

    SAP is giving its ongoing push into mobile applications an extra shove with a series of new products aimed at verticals such as utilities, energy, retail and manufacturing, the company announced Tuesday during the Sapphire Now conference in Orlando.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus17 May 11 23:43
  • Accenture picks up Symbian development from Nokia

    Accenture is taking on 3,000 <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/topics/nokia/">Nokia</a> staff who support and develop the Symbian operating system and support services.

    Written by Mike Simons27 April 11 22:13
  • Nokia hands Symbian OS work and 3,000 employees to Accenture

    Nokia will outsource its Symbian software activities to Accenture, transferring 3,000 employees to the company in the process, as it moves its focus to making phones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system.

    Written by Peter Sayer27 April 11 21:59
  • Five things accenture's CIO has learned about cloud computing

    Frank Modruson has a thing for better, faster, cheaper. As CIO of business and IT service provider Accenture, that's what he wants to deliver to his internal customers and what they in turn promise to their clients. "I'm a big believer in technology and a big believer that technology helps the business in a lot of ways," Modruson says. "But it needs to be better, faster or cheaper. If you hit all three, it starts to get very compelling."

    Written by Stephanie Overby16 March 11 05:45
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