TORONTO, Aug 4, 2020 /CNW/ - Accenture (NYSE: ACN)
and Avanade Canada are proud to announce they have jointly
won the 2020 Microsoft Canada Enterprise Impact Award. The annual
Canadian awards recognize Microsoft partners that have focused on
bettering the lives of Canadians, aligned their efforts with
customer excellence, and who have created innovative solutions
leveraging Microsoft products, services and technology.
Accenture and Avanade Canada have had remarkable success in
deploying Microsoft products and services, including doubling their
cloud business on Microsoft Azure in Canada over the past twelve months and 724%
year-over-year growth in deploying Microsoft Teams to clients in
Canada, enabling collaboration and
meaningful business transformation. They have also seen significant
momentum with clients around the use of SAP on Microsoft Azure and
Accenture's AIP+, a cross-industry offering which helps
organizations solve big data and analytics challenges.
Together, Accenture and Avanade Canada exceeded expectations for
FY20 metrics in the Enterprise Operating Unit segment and proved
their ability to provide unique value to their shared clients.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has made business transformation and
virtual collaboration crucial to the success of today's companies –
and we've been helping many of our clients move to the cloud and
implement tools like Microsoft Teams to ensure they can operate
effectively in our never-normal environment," said Jeffrey Russell, president of Accenture in
Canada. "We're thrilled to
celebrate this award and our ongoing relationship with Microsoft.
This recognition is especially meaningful as it is a metric-driven
award and validates the hard work of our Accenture and Avanade
teams who support our clients and community partners with
groundbreaking digital systems and solutions every day."
Jeff Gilchrist, president of
Avanade Canada Inc., added, "We're delighted to be recognized by
Microsoft with this award. Partnering together during the COVID-19
pandemic in particular has been a testament to the strength of our
relationship. The pandemic did a number of things. First, it
prompted Canadian companies who were contemplating moving to the
new Teams cloud platform to do so at an accelerated rate. Second,
we were able to demonstrate how quickly and easy the transition to
Teams can occur. Finally, we were able to assist our clients in
realizing the benefits of such a powerful collaboration tool."
Microsoft Canada presented these awards at the first-ever
virtual Microsoft Inspire conference. Winners were selected based
on the outstanding work the companies provided to their customers
and community.
"We are honoured to recognize Accenture and Avanade for the
Enterprise Impact Award at this year's IMPACT awards," said
Suzanne Gagliese, vice president,
One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Canada. "Even throughout a
challenging year, Accenture and Avanade have proven to be
outstanding partners committed to the highest levels of innovation
and customer excellence empowering organizations across
Canada with industry-leading
solutions to achieve more."
Together, Accenture and Avanade have delivered more than 35,000
Microsoft projects for more than 12,000 clients across over 20
industries around the world. The companies have been named
Microsoft Alliance Partner of the Year 15 times, more than any
other partner.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting,
interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities
across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and
specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered
by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and
Intelligent Operations centers. With 513,000 people serving clients
in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation
to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value
across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
About Avanade
Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud
services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered
through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our
professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology,
business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and
growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 38,000
digitally connected people across 25 countries, bringing clients
the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors
diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate.
Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by
Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more
at www.avanade.com.
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SOURCE Accenture