Innovation Architecture

Accenture Labs

Technology innovation—it's how we tip disruption in your favor. At our labs, we incubate new concepts and apply the latest technologies to deliver breakthrough solutions for business and society, today.

Shaping the future with breakthrough technologies

Disruption is the new normal, and innovation is the answer.

That's why we made it an ongoing pursuit with Accenture Labs, a core component of our Innovation Architecture.

With a massive innovation portfolio of more than 7,400+ patents and patents-pending across Accenture, our team of applied R&D technologists work to prototype and deliver breakthrough ideas that generate new sources of competitive advantage and drive strategic impact for both Accenture and our clients. Each year, we host thousands of innovation workshops and partner with leading clients to transform industries. See how we are shaping the future in our 2020 Innovation Report.

Technology Vision 2020: We, the Post-Digital People

Technology Vision 2020: We, the Post-Digital People

Can your enterprise survive the “tech-clash”?

Case studies

Reimagining the future of entertainment

Accenture Interactive

Reimagining the future of entertainment

Accenture Interactive joins forces with The Walt Disney Studios as the first Innovation Partner of StudioLAB.

Quantum computing to accelerate drug discovery

Quantum Computing

Quantum computing to accelerate drug discovery

We helped Biogen improve its front-end processes to cut costs and time to market.

The digital car seat: Industry X.0 product design

The digital car seat: Industry X.0 product design

Our Industry X.0 group gave the car seat a makeover using AI, IoT and digital technologies.

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What we think

Technology Vision 2020: We, the Post-Digital People

Technology Vision 2020: We, the Post-Digital People

Can your enterprise survive the “tech-clash”?

Reshaping the future of experiences: Industry X.0

Reshaping the future of experiences: Industry X.0

Industry X.0 is about bringing products, services, and partners together to produce the best outcome.

Innovating at speed and scale with implicit security

Innovating at speed and scale with implicit security

Accenture has identified a set of global enterprises—the alpha innovators—that are innovating securely for competitive differentiation. Learn more.

Artificial Intelligence

Explainable AI: The next stage of human-machine collaboration

Systems and Platforms

Becoming a data-driven enterprise

Systems and Platforms

Activating enterprise robotics

Adversarial AI

Systems and Platforms

Embracing computational variety

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2020 Innovation Report

Discover how we partner with clients to overcome complex challenges and deliver breakthrough innovation. The 2020 Labs Innovation Report features 26 real-world case studies spanning industries from entertainment to healthcare and a wide range of technologies, from AI and XR to smart materials and quantum computing.

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Accenture Labs R&D groups

Our highly specialized R&D groups investigate and apply new technologies to help you deliver breakthrough solutions.

Artificial Intelligence R&D

Leverage leading-edge AI techniques to unlock business value through machine learning, natural language processing, knowledge graphs and more.

Digital Experiences R&D

Increase engagement with customers and employees by pioneering strategies such as adaptive product design, human-machine teaming and immersive experiences.

Systems & Platforms R&D

Become a data-driven enterprise of the future, running on self-aware, self-managed and self-healing infrastructures.

Application Engineering R&D

We explore ways to accelerate the application development process through intelligent automation.

Industry X.0 R&D

Bringing together AI, XR, IoT and enterprise robotics to digitally transform industries.

Cybersecurity R&D

Improve your cyber-defense strategies and capabilities with solutions that are ahead of the industry - and attackers.

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Featured lab: Washington, D.C.

Go inside our Cyber Fusion Center, where we've developed a multifaceted approach to helping clients ward off data breaches and cyberattacks:

Know the threat - Our i-Defense team has amassed more than 20 years of experience curating threat intellignece on potential attackers, their techniques and their networks. Accenture Labs works in tandem to understand how these threats may evolve in the future.
Be the threat - We use adversarial simulations to help client teams improve their skills and prepare for action.
Expel the threat - An array of highly specialized incident responders are on hand to help contain and discharge active threats.

DC Cyber Lab Video Tour - Accenture Labs

Lisa O'Connor, Cybersecurity R&D Lead at Accenture Labs, gives a tour of the Cyber Lab in D.C. See more.

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Tech4Good: Innovation where it's needed most

Our award-winning Tech4Good program applies exponential technologies to address critical challenges facing society and help build a more sustainable and inclusive world. Through our various endeavors, we help drive social change and impact financial wellbeing across the globe.

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Awards & recognition

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Accenture awarded second U.S. patent for quantum computing

Patent is for a machine learning module that selects quantum or classical computing for optimal business outcomes. Read more.

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Accenture awarded US patent combining classical and quantum computing

Unprecedented efficiency and effectiveness

EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS

Sanjay Podder selected to research Tech4Good initiatives

Exceptional leadership

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Where we are

Accenture Labs are located in seven key research hubs around the world: San Francisco, California; Washington, DC; Dublin, Ireland; Sophia Antipolis, France; Bangalore, India; Herzliya, Israel, and Shenzhen, China.

You can also experience our innovation at 25 Nano Labs in locations around the world, from Riga to Buenos Aires to Monterrey.

Accenture Labs are located in seven key research hubs around the world: San Francisco, California; Washington, DC; Dublin, Ireland; Sophia Antipolis, France; Bangalore, India; Herzliya, Israel, and Shenzhen, China.

News

Accenture and Intel support neuromorphic research project to develop robotic arm for wheelchair-bound pediatric patients

Companies collaborate with researchers from Open University of Israel to develop and test wheelchair-mounted robotic arm with patients.

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Accenture Technology Vision 2020: From tech-clash to trust, the focus must be on people

Leading in the future means working to redefine the intersection between people and technology. Explore the top tech trends that exemplify the movement.

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Accenture and Qualcomm collaborate with InterContinental Hotels Group to transform event planning using extended reality

Learn how immersive extended reality technology can streamline the hotel event planning process and increase revenue.

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Accenture awarded US patent for combining classical and quantum computing

Leveraging quantum computing technology to optimize business decision making with unprecedented efficiency and effectiveness.

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Accenture to open new R&D lab in Shenzhen, China, with a focus on artificial intelligence, robotics and Industry X.0

Part of a new Innovation Hub, the lab will partner with Chinese tech companies, startups and other institutions, focusing on disruptive technologies.

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Accenture expands innovation hub in metro Washington, D.C. with launch of new Cyber Fusion Center

Company also plans to add 1,000 highly skilled technology jobs to the region by 2020.

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Blogs

GO TO TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION BLOG

Our Technology Innovation Blog provides bold thinking and commentary of technologies that address the key business challenges facing organizations today.

Blockchain

Leveraging blockchain for global software delivery

At Accenture Labs, we have developed a software delivery insights framework that uses software sensors in delivery tools and processes.

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Tech Vision

Reimagining industries with DARQ in the post-digital era

Accenture's blog explains how we help organizations with emerging technologies like DARQ power in this post digital era to reimagine the future.

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