Accenture : Transforming services through technology
Accenture : Transforming services through technology
Nils Müller-Sheffer is a managing director for Accenture . He tells us why Accenture ’ s German software engineering business is at the heart of change for customer needs
As digital services explode globally , customers are demanding more streamlined and flexible services from providers . Accenture , one of the world ’ s leading professional services companies , has a reputation for stand-out innovations , responding to client needs and adapting and transforming to market requirements .
Müller-Sheffer points out , “ that as society consumes more services digitally , and mobile adoption increases , companies are increasingly turning to partnerships to help them expand on their digital offerings . We ’ re positioned uniquely covering from strategy consulting and technology implementation work , down to operations of solutions , later on . We ’ re covering the whole value spectrum . And I think that ’ s differentiating for Accenture in the marketplace .” people with suits go and work there , but there is a whole different side to Accenture . We have a very sizable cloud and software engineering practice . I ’ m responsible for a team of roughly 1500 people in Germany , Austria and Switzerland that work across the whole value chain of software engineering . And we are looking for many more talented and driven software engineers .”
Müller-Sheffer says , “ Our mission is to help our clients change their business and adapt to their customers ’ need . This comes down to a digital transformation story , oftentimes also involving cloud-based technologies .”
He adds , “ Speaking of cloud , traditionally you needed sizable operations teams to take care of the solution once in production . But , the challenge is often not only to create an application initially , but also to then operate and maintain it later on .”
Müller-Sheffer concludes : “ With cloud , you get a lot of that essentially for free or at least baked into the overall cloud offering . And that ’ s a huge differentiator for Generali Vitality and many of our clients .”
Marketplace changes for Accenture
“ The greatest challenge is finding the right talent to help on our engineering projects .” Says Müller-Sheffer . “ Accenture is often seen as the consultancy , as though only
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