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Accenture began as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the early 1950s. [4] The division conducted a feasibility study for General Electric to install a computer at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, which led to GE's installation of a UNIVAC I computer and printer, believed to be the first commercial use of a computer in the United States.
In 2000, Andersen Consulting broke off from Arthur Andersen and announced their new name Accenture. [16] The name change was effective starting January 1, 2001, and Accenture is currently the largest consulting firm in the world in employee headcount. [17] They are publicly traded on the NYSE with ticker ACN. [18]
Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative (AWSC) was a Swiss-based entity which managed the global offices of accounting firm Arthur Andersen.It was also the parent corporation of Andersen Consulting (now called Accenture) before its split in 2000.
Arthur Andersen LLP was an American accounting firm based in Chicago that provided auditing, tax advising, consulting and other professional services to large corporations. By 2001, it had become one of the world's largest multinational corporations and was one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers).
Avanade's business model combines leading and delivering Microsoft-based projects contracted by Accenture, and its own direct business where Avanade is the contracting partner. The latter direct business has grown substantially over the past 10+ years in part due to a series of acquisitions, each of which has brought a book of direct business ...
Accenture plc is an American professional services company nominally based in Dublin for tax benefits, specializing in information technology services and consulting. It has been a very acquisitive company, completing more than 275 acquisitions [ 1 ] since it split off from Arthur Andersen .
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As of 2017, Accenture Interactive was the world's sixth-largest ad agency, behind WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, Interpublic, and Dentsu. In 2019, it purchased David Droga's Droga5 agency, the first major consultant acquisition of an ad agency. [7]