Mobile Technology Solutions: South Africa

South Africa has embraced the concept of mobile connectivity with enthusiasm and many organisations are using mobile technologies innovatively to enhance business performance.

With its strong presence in South Africa, Accenture is at the forefront of this wave of local innovation, partnering with organisations and service providers to help create new strategies to boost business performance.

The Accenture Mobile Solutions group implements innovative, mobile technology-based business applications such as online trading and wealth management, mobile supply chain management, telematics, field force enablement and customer relationship management. It benefits from its close association with Accenture Technology Labs, which develops and tests new technologies.

Accenture in South Africa combines its profound knowledge of local market conditions and top-notch skills with full integration into the global Accenture organisation, perfectly positioning it to help clients achieve high performance.

This combination gives South African companies the advantage of a strong, local innovation base in mobile solutions for business in partnership with a global leader in the field. Accenture bases its approach on leading-edge research and tools as well as tested methodologies and technologies. We also maintain alliances with market leaders in the niches within the mobile world. Furthermore, Accenture Technology Labs is a world leader in developing and applying new technologies in business.

The proliferation of mobile devices and the potential of anytime, anywhere information exchange invites re-evaluation of long-standing business processes. Accenture professionals harness mobile technology to provide business solutions that help companies achieve a positive return on investment and outperform the competition.

Accenture is focused on helping clients use mobile technologies intelligently to drive high performance:

• Emerging Applications in Mobile Solutions: Accenture's technology research and development centers envision and research the business impact of technology in the near future, and apply emerging technologies to create innovative business solutions for clients today.
  
  
• Accenture Mobile Workplace: This set of solutions is designed to simplify the deployment of Windows®-powered mobile devices, business applications and support through Microsoft and third-party technologies and services