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Accenture To Invest $400 Million In Cloud Technology Capabilities

By TechTaffy Desk

accentureAccenture will invest more than $400 million in cloud technologies, capabilities and training by 2015, says the company.

As part of its overall investment, Accenture has created expanded services on the Accenture Cloud Platform, including public and virtual private cloud infrastructure, data decommissioning, software systems testing and big data analytics solutions in the cloud.

Accenture has worked on more than 4,000 cloud projects for clients, including over half of the Fortune Global 100, and has more than 6,700 professionals trained in cloud, according to the company.

[Image courtesy: Accenture]

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