Annette Rippert, senior managing director for technology at Accenture, has been recognized by the National Association of Female Executives for her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math fields. “As the leader of our technology business in North America, Annette has made great strides in …
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The White House is set to hold a meeting on Thursday with executives from at least 30 U.S. technology companies as part of efforts to advance the use and deployment of algorithms, robots and other artificial intelligence technologies, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A draft schedule of the meeting says …
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Accenture has made a series of changes in its technology organization by appointing Paul Daugherty as chief technology officer and Bhaskar Ghosh as group chief executive for technology delivery, with each move set to take effect in September. The company said Tuesday that Martin Cole will retire on Aug. 31 as group chief executive for …
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Accenture and Royal Philips have partnered to create a system for doctors to access medical information remotely via Google‘s wearable Glass device. The product uses a Philips patient monitoring technology and illustrates how a physician can track vital signs and engage in surgical procedures at the same time, Accenture and …
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Prith Banerjee, former chief technology officer at ABB Group, has joined Accenture Plc as managing director of global technology research and development within the firm’s technology group platform. Banerjee will lead Accenture's technology labs organization as well as oversee the company's research for enterprise information technology, Accenture said Wednesday. Paul Daugherty, …
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Accenture and Salesforce collaborated to provide the World Economic Forum a screen showing popular trending conversations on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus. According to Social Barrel, the companies built the approximately 26-foot widescreen display in an attempt to follow the most active active and most …
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