Accenture & Cisco Business Group Integrate Technology Into Key Business Processes to Reduce Costs and Improve Productivity
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwire - September 14, 2010) - Accenture South Africa Pty Ltd and Cisco (
The Accenture & Cisco Business Group combines Accenture's industry and business-process expertise with Cisco's experience in advanced and emerging technologies.
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William Mzimba, chief executive of Accenture South Africa:
"In current economic times businesses in South Africa are increasingly facing pressing challenges as well as many opportunities; subsequently the need to optimise IT costs, business and organisational efficiency is at the top of the agenda. The Accenture & Cisco strategic relationship will enable us to offer all-round services to our clients through a single point of contact, leverage both companies' cross-industry expertise, and strengthen our capability to enhance client value and experience."
David Meads, general manager for Cisco, South Africa:
"The Accenture & Cisco Business Group brings complete and integrated value-based IT solutions for our customers in South Africa and will enable them to successfully deliver on their strategy by creating a sustainable competitive advantage, significantly improving their productivity and reducing cost. Our strategic relationship with Accenture will help public, private sector and government organizations across South Africa to move seamlessly to a more virtualised environment, using the network as the platform to enable access to key business processes and applications anytime, anywhere, from any device."
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About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 190,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. Its home page is www.accenture.com.
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