Dominic Delmolino, chief technology officer of Accenture‘s federal services business, has said some government agencies have started considering machine learning and artificial intelligence as potential tools to help personnel analyze data for missions, GCN reported Sunday. The report noted local, state and federal agencies have increasingly considered the possible advantages of …

Accenture‘s federal services business will build a data repository for the Library of Congress under a potential three-year, $27.3 million contract. Elaine Beeman, senior managing director and civilian portfolio lead at Accenture Federal Services, said in a statement released Wednesday the project is key to helping the library deploy technology designed to facilitate …

Gus Hunt, cybersecurity strategy lead at Accenture’s federal services business, has said adopting data-centric security approach could help agencies protect data, maintain control of networks and achieve cyber resilience. Hunt wrote in a Nextgov piece posted Monday that agencies should develop a framework for data tagging and marking in order to facilitate …

Accenture and Thales have partnered to demonstrate a blockchain-based supply chain security platform at the Farnborough Air Show. The prototype system, based on Linux‘s Hyperledger Fabric project, uses blockchain, internet-of-things and other technologies to detect, trace and authenticate aircraft components, Accenture said Monday. The system is intended to provide a …

Accenture has established a facility in Arlington, Va., in a move to help organizations adopt new data protection and cybersecurity platforms. The company said Wednesday it will collaborate with clients at the Cyber Fusion Center to test cyber defense tools and help them predict attacks. The 28,000-square-foot facility has an incident response …

Accenture’s federal arm has received the 2018 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award in recognition of its efforts to establish and maintain security best practices at its corporate headquarters in Virginia and branch office in San Diego. Accenture Federal Services is one of the 39 award recipients selected …

A new Accenture report shows that 86 percent of aerospace and defense companies plan to incorporate blockchain technologies into their corporate platforms by 2021. Accenture said Tuesday it surveyed 30 A&D industry leaders for the “Launchpad to Relevance: Aerospace & Defense Technology Vision 2018” report and found potential areas where …

Christine Bailey, chief financial officer of Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary, has received the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s CFO of the Year Award in the division/group category. The award recognizes her work in the greater Washington area’s technology sector. John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, said Bailey has provided expertise to …

A new report from Accenture’s federal arm has identified five emerging technology trends that federal agencies can leverage to forge partnerships and relationships with citizens, business partners and employees in the digital economy. The Technology Vision for U.S. Government 2018 report is based on a survey of 240 federal officials, …

Mary Legere, managing director for national and defense intelligence business at Accenture‘s federal arm, has received recognition from the Women in Technology organization for her work in the defense sector. WIT honored Legere with the Women in Defense Technology Leadership Award at a ceremony that took place Thursday in Reston, Va., the …

Accenture‘s federal services business has received the “Above and Beyond” award from a Defense Department group for offering non-mandated benefits to employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve. The Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented the award to Mark Hild, senior manager at Accenture …

Accenture and SAP have agreed to team up to co-develop a digital platform designed to help defense agencies advance their digital transformation initiatives. The companies will develop the digital defense platform based on SAP’s S/4HANA enterprise resource planning offering built on SAP HANA in-memory platform, Accenture said Thursday. “What our …

Ron Griggs, a more than 20-year veteran of Accenture and formerly an alliance sales executive at Deloitte, has joined Avaya as vice president of system integrator relations. Avaya said Wednesday Griggs will lead the company’s relations with partners that aim to integrate emerging technology with its unified communications and contact center platforms. He previously …

Venkata Renduchintala, a group president and chief engineering officer at Intel, has been appointed to serve on audit committee of Accenture‘s board of directors. Accenture said Thursday Renduchintala’s appointment brings the number of its board members to 12, including 11 external and independent directors. He leads Intel’s client and internet-of-things businesses …

A new Accenture survey indicates that 54 percent of adults aged 18 and older across six countries have expressed interest to adopt artificial intelligence systems used by the government to deliver public services. Accenture said Thursday it polled 6,000 citizens in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, France and Singapore through an online …