Accenture Opens New Delivery Center in Brno, Czech Republic.Brno is Accenture's sixth center operating in Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. BRNO, Czech Republic -- 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 opened its second Czech delivery center in Brno, which will provide application outsourcing for European clients. The Brno center will complement Accenture's existing global delivery network of 44 delivery centers. In Central and Eastern Europe, Accenture already operates delivery centers in Bratislava, Bucharest, Prague, Riga and Warsaw. These centers provide a wide array of services in system integration, application outsourcing, infrastructure outsourcing and business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in . Accenture opened its Prague delivery center in 2001 and has been operating in the Czech Republic since 1991. "We selected Brno for its proximity to our existing Prague and Bratislava delivery centers, as well as the region's highly qualified workforce of talented information technology professionals who are fluent in multiple languages," said Jozef Kokoska, managing director of Accenture's Brno delivery center. The Brno delivery center will provide technology services including application maintenance and development and system integration. The technologies offered will include SAP, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. solutions, enterprise application integration (EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. ), database technologies and the proprietary development of systems on the Java and .Net platforms. Professionals in the Brno center will provide services in multiple languages. In the coming months, Accenture will employ and train IT professionals and recent graduates with information technology skills, a bachelor's degree or higher Bachelor's degree or higher is a commonly used term by the US Census Bureau and other United States government agencies on the federal as well as state and local level. The term describes the portion of the population that has either a Bachelor's degree or a higher degree such as and advanced knowledge of English or German. "Leading companies such as Accenture have shown great interest in Brno recently," said Tomas Hruda, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Investment and Business Development Agency CzechInvest. "In the past five years, CzechInvest has worked on more than 10 projects involving IT firms willing to locate operations in Brno. Companies investing in the Czech Republic are primarily looking for top-class talent and expertise, and Accenture's new center only serves to reaffirm this trend." About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing 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 the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 146,000 people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$16.65 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2006. Its home page is www.accenture.com. |
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