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Accenture to lay off 7% senior staffers in the US
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: August 22nd, 2009 Accenture continues to trim their bottomline and manage cost in times when consulting revenues growth seems flat. Firms which have cost to trim continue to do ... Read more..Accenture hiring in India falls short of projections
Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Date: July 24th, 2009 SOURCE: DNA Accenture seems to have hired 3000 people in India, compared to their target of hiring 10,000 people last fall. This is not surprising, given that overall ... Read more..Accenture acquires Nokia’s Symbian services
Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
SOURCE: CNET Date: July 17th, 2009 In a move that will further increase Symbian's independence from Nokia, the Finnish phone manufacturer has agreed to sell its Symbian Professional Services unit to technology ... Read more..Accenture and British American Tobacco sign co-sourcing deal
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
DATE: July 14th, 2009 SOURCE: Banking Business Review Accenture has signed a five-year application co-sourcing contract with British American Tobacco (BAT). Under the terms of the deal, Accenture will help BAT to ... Read more..Is Accenture getting ready to undercut the Indian Vendors ?
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinions | No Comments »
May 18th, 2009 A recent article in EconomicTimes (Link) talks about Accenture proposing to setup a separate unit to offer lower cost services to it's client. Services which will be 10% ... Read more..Offshoring firms net earnings (March 2009) – Factsheet
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in Fact Sheet | No Comments »
Net income (US dollars in millions) # Company Mar 09 Dec 08 Mar 08 1 Accenture 411 479.9 406.5 2 TCS 263 276 316 3 Infosys 321 332 313 4 Wipro 178 185 219 5 HCL 43 76.6 85.4 6 Syntel 27.3 26.7 20.4 7 iGate 5 29.3 7.4 8 Mindtree 3.7 1.78 8.9 9 Mastek 6.7 6.45 8.1 10 Tech Mahindra 46.1 45.3 -54.7 11 Cognizant 113.1 112.3 101.9 12 Genpact 30 47.0 19.7 13 EXL 2.8 3.4 6.8 14 WNS 2.4 2.1 6.1 Note: Rupee-Dollar conversion rate based on end of quarter for those not available in dollars Accenture quarter ends Feb Read more..Offshore vendors revenue comparison – Factsheet
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in Fact Sheet | No Comments »
Quarter Revenues (US dollars – in millions) # Company Mar 09 Dec 08 Mar 08 1 Accenture 5,270 6,000 5,610 2 TCS 1433 1483 1517 3 Infosys 1,121 1,1,71 1,142 4 Wipro 1,290 1,350 1,400 5 HCL 564.4 507 477.5 6 Syntel 96.4 104.7 98.5 7 iGate 44.8 51.5 55.6 8 Mindtree 67.9 74.6 52.1 9 Mastek 44.7 49.9 56.7 10 Tech Mahindra 212 232 257.8 11 Cognizant 745.9 $753 643 12 Genpact 265.8 282 234.6 13 EXL 41 43.7 44.4 14 WNS 132.5 134.0 115.1 Note: Rupee-Dollar conversion rate based on end of quarter for those not available in dollars Accenture quarter ends Feb Read more..Offshore Vendor headcount – FactSheet
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Fact Sheet | No Comments »
Offshore Vendor Headcount (a/o end of March 2009) # Company Mar 09 Dec 08 Mar 08 1 Accenture 181,000 187,000 178,000 2 TCS 126,150 126,613 107,698 3 Infosys 104,850 103,078 91,187 4 Wipro 97,810 96,965 95,567 5 HCL 54,026 55,018 49,802 6 Syntel 11,760 11,531 12,093 7 iGate 6,492 6,658 6,566 8 Mindtree 6,091 5,826 5,640 9 Mastek 4,023 4,243 3,999 10 Tech Mahindra 24,972 25,429 22,884 11 Cognizant 63,700 61,700 58,000 12 Genpact 36,500 36,200 34,300 13 EXL 9000 9,500 10,500 14 WNS 21,356 21,328 18,104 15 Mphasis 33,810 29,988 27,047 Note: TCS headcount does not include subsidiaries Accenture headcount a/o end of Feb,, Nov, Feb and is the global headcount ... Read more..Legacy ERP Canned At Carlsberg: Beer-Maker Signs Big Accenture Deal for SAP ERP
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
SOURCE: CIO UK DATE: April 9th, 2009 ARTICLE Beer brewer Carlsberg has signed a three year IT and consultancy services deal with Accenture. The Danish company will use management consultancy from Accenture, as well ... Read more..Accenture Lowers Fiscal 2009 Forecasts; Shares Fall – Bloomberg
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
SOURCE: Bloomberg DATE: March 27th, 2009 Mohit Soapbox: Accenture which has till the last quarter continued to show a strong face relative to the slowdown it's competitors and Indian vendors were facing seems ... Read more..