Accenture Labs: Intelligent application delivery strategic initiative

In the digital economy, all companies are software companies.

IT has moved from being an innovation enabler to being an innovation driver. This is particularly true in the applications world. Application development and maintenance projects are becoming increasingly automated and commoditized.

As organizations push for greater operational agility, there is a sharp shift toward simpler, more modular apps.

There are implications for IT leaders and business leaders alike: they have to decide not just who plays what application development role in their new digital organizations but also how to transform the nature of application development itself.

Accenture is a world leader in application development, maintenance and system integration, and home to advanced methodologies and best practices across the software engineering space. Our Accenture Labs apply our experience and skills to intelligent application development.

This initiative is driven by a dedicated team of R&D professionals with years of software engineering research experience.

Our team is proficient in best-of-breed technologies such as model-driven engineering, functional test automation, business process management, service-oriented architecture, programming frameworks and technology, natural language processing and machine intelligence.

We are also looking at cutting-edge technologies, including reactive applications, dynamic application composition and domain-specific languages.

In keeping with our focus on open innovation, we have created the Accenture Labs, a center of excellence where an eco-system of partners to bring together some of the best minds in next-generation software development and delivery.