PALO ALTO, Calif.; Sept. 2, 2010 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will work with Stanford Hospital & Clinics on a seven-year, connected health technology initiative to improve patient care and operational efficiency. The effort will continue to advance Stanford’s patient care platform, which connects the hospital and outpatient clinics to create a near-paperless electronic medical record.

NEW YORK; Aug. 31, 2010 – Educational Testing Service (ETS), the leading provider of education assessments and psychometric research, has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a seven-year, $160M contract extension to continue managing its end-to-end supply chain,  under a business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement. The contract was signed in May 2010.

RESTON, Va.; Aug. 11, 2010 – The University of North Texas System (UNTS) has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to assist in developing a plan for implementing IT and HR/payroll shared services for its component institutions. 

BRUSSELS; July 21, 2010 — The Taxation and Customs Union Directorate General (DG TAXUD) has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) an IT systems management and development contract to support the European Commission’s CUST-DEV2 program, which is designed to introduce a harmonized, centralized and paperless customs system (eCustoms) across the EU by 2013. The three-year contract is valued at approximately EUR 49.3 million, with the option for two one-year extensions.

LONDON; June 28, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed a seven-year agreement with Aviva‘s property claims repair service, Asprea, to provide application and infrastructure outsourcing services for its buildings claims division in the UK. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NEW YORK; June 14, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will deliver application management services to the North American operations of Henkel, a Fortune Global  500 company that markets well-known brands such as Dial® soap, Purex® laundry detergent, Loctite® adhesives and got2b® styling products under a six-year application outsourcing contract. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

NEW YORK; May 20, 2010 – SICREDI, one of Brazil’s leading credit unions, has engaged Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to provide information technology (IT) support and systems development services under a strategic outsourcing contract.

NEW YORK; April 19, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been ranked No. 1 on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ (IAOP®) Global Outsourcing 100 list, marking the third consecutive year that Accenture has topped this ranking of the world’s best outsourcing providers.