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Technology Strategy and Consulting

Our Technology Strategy & Advisory practice helps architect and realize exceptional business value from technology.

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Technology is everywhere—but value isn’t

With technology now critical to helping drive corporate strategy and ensuring its success, today’s CIO is fast becoming the new corporate “rock star,” as well as an advocate for change, corporate transformation and the realities of what new technologies can do. But technology investments don’t always achieve the expected benefits, and companies are finding that harnessing technology to fuel innovation is a major challenge.

Organizations therefore need a fundamentally different approach to building and managing technology and large-scale transformation—one better suited to the ever-changing reality of today’s business landscape.

That’s where we come in. Accenture’s Technology Strategy & Advisory practice helps organizations harness technology and innovation to shape their technology visions, execute their digital transformation journeys, and reinvent their businesses to create exceptional, sustainable value from their technology investments.

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How we can help

Our global team of tech strategists, enterprise architects and transformation experts help harness technology and innovation as a way to reinvent every business.

Cloud strategy & advisory

Now that you are living in the cloud, maximize your cloud investment and its benefits by learning to think and act differently. Learn more.

Intelligent operating model & innovation

Respond to changing market demands by being nimbler. Design and implement an operating model built for agility, resiliency and growth.

Resilient architecture

Make the most of modern architecture technologies and techniques to improve business continuity and reduce operational risk.

Tech value

Measure and maximize technology investments—achieving the transparency to define value, optimize costs and enable business transformation.

Analytics & automation

Unlock the value of data, artificial intelligence, and automation to drive business value through real-time decision making.

Future tech

Transform your business by implementing innovative technologies and practices.

Tech transformation

Drive efficiency and improve technology ROI, while redirecting the majority of spending to innovation and propelling growth. Learn more.

Transformation office

Orchestrate complex transformations, from start to finish, with a relentless focus on vision, value, speed, talent and technology. Learn more.

Tech mergers & acquisitions

Shape, execute and accelerate transformational M&A deals, using disruptive technology to deliver speed, innovation and value. Learn more.

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Focus on recent acquisition: Advocate

Advocate is a leading technology consultancy and managed services provider of Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions. It helps organizations to create business value, achieve cost savings and modernize their technology platforms.

For more than 20 years, we have helped organizations in the US to define, architect and measure the value of their digital and cloud transformation initiatives. Advocate works with companies in industries including financial services, healthcare and insurance. Advocate’s passionate, collaborative team understands the challenges inherent in creating sustainable value from technology investments.

We’ve developed a distinct, informed perspective on how organizations can directly align their technology investments with their business goals to uncover savings which can then be reinvested in growth and transformation initiatives.

Now with Accenture, we bring our knowledge, approaches and values at scale to help companies deliver on their Technology Business Management strategies and innovate new ways of working.

Financial transparency

We design, implement and improve an organization’s ability to see, track and manage its technology spending.

Cost optimization

We help companies to ensure they are paying the right amount at the right time for the right services.

Solution modernization

We design and implement innovative technology solutions that unlock the full potential of a business.

Adnan Shah

Managing Director – Tech Strategy & Advisory and North America Lead – Tech Value
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Tim Wise

Managing Director – Technology Strategy & Advisory
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IT Strategy blog

Catch up on our latest thinking on technology topics from our tech strategists and innovation advisors. From cloud strategy and IT value realization to tech-enabled transformation, this is where ideas come to life.

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IT Strategy

Strong headwinds will persist. A guide for CIOs

CIOs’ challenges focus on 5 areas: efficiency, value, operations, talent and reinvention. Accenture explains actions for now and next.

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IT Strategy

Why should you care about the metaverse?

What is the metaverse and what could it mean for your business? Accenture went to the metaverse to find out.

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IT Strategy

Can a transformation run like a lemonade stand?

How do you simplify a complex enterprise transformation? Start with a clear vision and value creation story, Accenture’s Jason Sain recommends.

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Why nurturing a tech-savvy board is essential

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What we think

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Cloud

Maximizing your cloud advantage

Accenture helps organizations leverage five practices to maximize their cloud investments and thrive in the Cloud Continuum.

Cloud

The race to the cloud

Companies are reaching the inflection point to long sought value but must first overcome some persistent barriers.

Strategy & Consulting

Total Enterprise Reinvention

See how "Reinventors" are setting a new performance frontier for their companies–and entire industries.

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Case studies

Software and Platforms

Cloud-first for the future

Fueling new growth for SUSE with a reimagined IT landscape in the cloud.

Retail

Digital makeover at The Body Shop

Cloud-based IT lays foundation for growth.

Cloud Insights

Del Monte’s fresh approach to IT

Del Monte Foods rethinks its IT infrastructure in a bid for operational agility and streamlined processes.

Our ecosystem

We extend our technology and business capabilities through a powerful ecosystem of market leaders and innovators, from the largest platform companies to startups and niche players.

 

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Our leaders

Ashley Skyrme

Senior Managing Director – Strategy & Consulting, Cloud First, Global
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Keith Boone

Lead – Technology Strategy & Advisory, North Americas
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Frédéric Brunier

Senior Managing Director – Technology Strategy & Advisory, EMEA
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Tejas R. Patel

Lead – Technology Strategy & Advisory, APAC
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Diana Bersohn

Managing Director – Accenture Strategy, Technology Strategy
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Frequently asked questions

Also known as Information Technology (IT) consultancy, computer consultancy, and IT advisory, technology consulting plays a vital role in helping organizations use of technology to drive innovation and growth. Today, technology consultants assist organizations in using new technology across all parts of a business, which requires great agility and also makes their day-to-day role incredibly versatile.

Management consultants help organizations develop business strategies powered by insights from data and artificial intelligence that can be executed at scale, with speed and certainty. Technology consultants take a strategic look on how technology can help improve an organization, which includes architecting and realizing exceptional value from technology. Both help companies better connect with customers, improve resilience, and drive sustainable growth.

Technology is a critical component to a business’ success. With its rapid growth and expansion into almost every industry, it is now more important than ever for organizations to understand how to best leverage technology. Technology consulting helps organizations expand and grow, mitigate risk and improve important processes.