Accenture

zdnet | June 16, 2017

Accenture and quantum computing startup 1QBit have partnered with pharmaceutical giant Biogen to develop a quantum-enabled molecular comparison application for drug discovery. Accenture has partnered with quantum software startup 1QBit to develop a quantum-enabled molecular comparison application for US multinational biotechnology firm Biogen.The application is expected to improve advanced molecular design to speed up drug discovery for complex neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis,...

zdnet | June 20, 2017

The blockchain system would provide refugees with the ability to present their IDs via an app on their smartphones when required to access basic services such as education and healthcare. Accenture and Microsoft have developed a digital identity prototype using blockchain technology as part of a humanitarian project to provide legal ID to more than 1.1 billion people around the world, including 7 million refugees, by 2020....

zdnet | June 28, 2017

Accenture is on track to have all of its 400,000 employees on Windows 10 by 2018, officials say, which will culminate a two-year corporate migration. Microsoft partner Accenture, a global consulting company, is on track to become "the largest consumer of Windows 10," say the two companies.By 2018, Accenture will have migrated all of its 400,000 employees to Windows 10 in a move that will have taken two years. (Accenture has 400,000 employees?! Microsoft has about 114,000.)Currently, Accenture ha...

cloudcomputing | September 24, 2018

A couple of partnerships involving Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Accenture and Capgemini have been unveiled, around healthcare and enterprise migrations respectively. The first partnership, announced with Accenture and Merck, aims to launch a cloud-based informatics research platform which is designed to help life sciences organisations in the early stages of drug development.The platform will enable healthcare professionals to analyse and aggregate data from multiple applications and a single ...