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Accenture and SAS

Partner Overview

With more than a decade of successful partnering, SAS and Accenture extended their relationship to deploy next-generation management science – business analytics that transforms client organizations to deliver improved business outcomes faster.

The enhanced partnership created a virtual entity: The Accenture SAS Analytics Group, which jointly builds, markets, sells, delivers and manages predictive analytics software solutions and services.

"The Accenture SAS Analytics Group will help these companies take their business results to the next level by applying best-of-breed predictive analytics and best practices to complex questions and decisions Together, we will deliver a high performance analytic platform combined with management and industry expertise that is platform-independent, so organizations can leverage their existing IT infrastructure

- Jim Goodnight
Chief Executive Officer
SAS

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Focus areas

SAS and Accenture are partnering to focus on the following areas:

  • Enterprise analytics
  • Financial services
  • Communications & Entertainment
  • Health & Life Sciences
  • Energy
  • Retail
  • Public service

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 244,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  www.accenture.com.