Accenture Honored as Microsoft's 2004 Global Services Partner of the Year.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Accenture (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ACN ACN Accenture (stock symbol) ACN Accenture ACN Australian Company Number ACN Automatic Collision Notification (US DOT) ACN Acetonitrile ACN Anglican Communion Network ) has been honored by Microsoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) with its 2004 Global Enterprise Services and Technology Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award. The award was announced earlier this week at the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. Accenture is the only Microsoft partner that has won the award twice. Microsoft selected Accenture for the award because of demonstrated leadership in developing and delivering enterprise-class solutions based on the Microsoft platform. The recipient of Microsoft's award is chosen based on positive feedback from Microsoft worldwide field staff. In April 2000, Microsoft and Accenture saw demand for deep technical expertise on the Microsoft platform and as a result, jointly formed an independent private business called Avanade in April 2000. Both Accenture and Microsoft support Avanade's operations, enabling an important component of joint delivery capabilities. Avanade has served more than 1,300 customers since its inception. Together Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade have successfully completed more than 900 projects for businesses and government organizations worldwide to help them improve their performance and achieve value through solutions built on the Microsoft platform. To date, the three companies have brought to market more than 50 solutions that address cross-industry as well as industry-specific needs, all based on the Microsoft platform. "Our enterprise relationship with Accenture continues to evolve and strengthen worldwide," said Simon Witts, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Enterprise and Partner Group. "Accenture excels in helping business and government clients take advantage of the latest Microsoft technologies to achieve their goals. And by closely aligning a·lign v. a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns v.tr. 1. To arrange in a line or so as to be parallel: align the tops of a row of pictures; aligned the car with the curb. our resources across the board - in solutions development, customer engagement, and services - Accenture and Microsoft together are able to deliver the optimal solution to meet the needs of each customer, quickly and with minimal risk. We are very pleased to honor Accenture as Global Enterprise Services Partner of the Year for 2004." "We are honored to receive this award from Microsoft, as it represents the strength of the partnership we have established across our companies," said Ellen Balaguer, global managing partner of Accenture's Microsoft alliance. "The award is a testament to the efforts of our partners and employees in developing powerful solutions that deliver high performance for our clients on Microsoft's platform." About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , technology services and outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize mo·bi·lize v. 1. To make mobile or capable of movement. 2. To restore the power of motion to a joint. 3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 95,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$11.8 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2003. Its home page is www.accenture.com. About Avanade Avanade is the leading technology integrator (1) In electronics, a device that combines an input with a variable, such as time, and provides an analog output; for example, a watt-hour meter. (2) See systems integrator. specializing in the Microsoft enterprise platform. Our people help customers around the world maximize their IT investment and create comprehensive solutions that drive business results. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com. |
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