NEW YORK; Aug. 11, 2010 – Marketing executives responsible for driving corporate growth are being hampered in their efforts by insufficient budgets, skills shortages and inadequate tools, according to a new study by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).  The study, “Onward and Up – How Marketers Are Refocusing the Front Office for Growth,” also found that marketers today are increasingly challenged by their companies’ customers who demand greater value, quality and service.

NEW DELHI; July 28, 2010 -- TheUnique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has awarded a contract to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to implement the core biometric identification system in support of the “Aadhaar” program.  The goal of the program is to provide each Indian resident with a unique identification number – Aadhaar, and enable easier, more efficient and secure access to government and commercial services.  The program is designed to confirm the identity of the 1.2 billion residents of India, making it the largest identity management program in the world.

NEW YORK; July 19, 2010 – More than half (54 percent) of large U.S. businesses that reduced staff in the past 12 months plan to rebuild their workforces to pre-recession levels within two years, according to a study released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). 

NEW YORK; June 22, 2010 – In spite of the recent economic downturn, an overwhelming majority of corporate CEOs – 93 percent – say that sustainability will be critical to the future success of their companies. Furthermore, CEOs believe that, within a decade, a tipping point could be reached that fully meshes sustainability with core business – its capabilities, processes and systems, and throughout global supply chains and subsidiaries.

NEW YORK; June 8, 2010 -- Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has completed its acquisition of assets from CadenceQuest, Inc., a privately-held Arlington, Va.-based company specializing in customer data and analytics for retailers.

NEW YORK; May 18, 2010 -- Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire assets from CadenceQuest, Inc., a privately-held Arlington, Va.-based company that specializes in customer data and analytics for the retail sector.

NEW YORK; May 5, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN); BSI, Ltd. and NetHope have been engaged by the Tanzania Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) to create an eLearning initiative to improve the country’s secondary education system using state-of-the-art information and communications technology. The initiative, “Tanzania Beyond Tomorrow,” will help the country’s 4,000 secondary schools deal with the challenges of teacher capacity and technology enablement of more than 1.5 million students in a rapidly growing school system.

SAN ANTONIO; March 2, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has opened a threat analysis center in San Antonio, Texas, in response to growing demand for data-centric security services, specifically trusted application (software) development and delivery, malware analysis, Internet Protocol version 6 security, and security code reviews.

BRUSSELS; Feb. 25, 2010 — Delhaize Belgium has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a multi-year contract to support the implementation of an integrated supply chain enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.