Technology Architecture: Services Overview

Today’s CIOs struggle to stay ahead of changing business requirements.  In an age of rapidly evolving technology platforms and standards, it is increasingly challenging to align and integrate IT systems in a way that makes them adaptable, predictable and easier to maintain while providing the foundation for organizations to integrate new and existing IT capabilities.

Accenture Technology Architecture Services provide development of a foundational technology architecture that guides custom software implementation and integration of multiple systems to maximize scalability and performance. Services include architecture assessment, review and planning and delivery.  We leverage a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach and leading integration techniques to increase the value of applications to our clients. We also offer a complete SOA transformation option as well as business process management and automation solutions.

By helping organizations design and implement IT systems in complex development and configuration environments, Accenture enables organizations to drive business value through IT, including:

• More predictable and agile IT systems at lower cost through industrialized delivery

• Improved quality and speed to market for new systems development

• Innovative approaches to leveraging new and proven technologies, which can deliver solutions architected to enable transformational change

• Increased testing effectiveness for architecture based solutions

Accenture is uniquely positioned to execute comprehensive and objective technology architecture projects. Accenture has a vendor-neutral viewpoint, a global network of technology expertise, deep vendor relationships, and years of implementation experience focused on adding value to the business.

• Deep experience: Delivery of 3,500 technology architecture  solutions annually

• 25+ year track record with object technology, open systems and SOA

• 3,500+ architects—1,200+ certified technology architects

• Innovation centers for Oracle, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, and Open Source

• Alliances and deep product knowledge with all key platforms vendors and emerging providers

• Innovative approaches to architecting  advanced technologies (Cloud, SOA/BPM, Open Source, Web, Mobile)

Accenture Technology Architecture Services Include:

• Technology Architecture Planning and Delivery defines the vision, principles, standards and roadmap that guide the prioritization, operations and management of technologies supporting the business.  Architecture Planning and Delivery enables an organization to understand their current system and enterprise level architecture and establish their ‘to-be’ architecture. It includes creating a roadmap to identify the dependencies, prioritize projects and create cost and duration estimates of the transformation.

• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) connects the enterprise—through collaboration, real-time analytics and business intelligence (BI)—and prepares organizations to readily embrace emerging technologies, while continuing to capitalize on legacy applications. Accenture helps clients adopt SOA to increase their maturity level to architect, build, operate and govern in a service-centric environment. We have the experience, tools and industry solution offerings that helped establish Accenture as the market leader in delivering SOA.

• Business Process Management (BPM) is a management and IT discipline developed to improve market agility, speed, innovation, and overall operational performance of an organization, by aligning all aspects of that organization with the needs of the client, in order to be more efficient and effective.  Together, business process management and service-oriented architecture deliver true business transformation for high performance.