The IT industry has been one of the fastest-growing industries in the world today. Numerous companies have been put up in the past 20 years to cater to the increasing demands for different IT related services. These companies usually have different services and products to offer with to their clients. Some concentrate on hardware, some on software and still others focus on other support services.
One of these emerging IT companies is Accenture, which started as a global management and technology solutions company and eventually ventured on outsourcing services. It started out as a company in the 1950’s and boast of having been a pioneer in the creation the first commercially used computer system and later on becoming a pioneer in providing numerous business management and technology integration solutions aligned to the needs of their clients. Since then, it has been serving millions of clients from around the globe with around 250,000 strong and fully qualified employees. The company looks for the best people around the globe with a “can do” attitude.
The companies’ belief is maximized and capitalized the rapidly changing technology with the constantly evolving management trends while taking into consideration the specific needs of their clients.
The services and products of the company are divided into four categories namely: consulting, technology, outsourcing and industries. One of the technology related services and/or products of the company is providing security solutions to their clients to help them secure their data specially those companies which deals with vulnerable data. They provide both security from theft and unauthorized access but also disaster recovery mechanisms or data backup for all types of systems as well as risk management. Other technology related services of the company includes among others customer relationship management, data center technology & operations, human capital management solutions and IT strategy and transformation and network technology.
The companies’ clients ranges across several industries like agribusiness, insurance, banks, mining and utilities.
References
Accenture.com (2012). Retrieved from http://www.accenture.com/us-en/technology/technology-consulting/security-solutions/Pages/index.aspx
Computer Business Review (2012). Retrieved from http://www.cbronline.com/companies/accenture_services_pvt_ltd
