Accenture picks up UK comms consultancy The Storytellers
Accenture has acquired The Storytellers, a U.K. management consultancy with a fairly unusual focus: helping senior business leaders communicate with team members more effectively. It’s...
Alvarez & Marsal hires former PwC employee training executive
Accounting services firm Alvarez & Marsal has hired Lawrence Ferrara as the global chief learning officer of its transaction advisory group. The move is notable...
IPG consolidates its Mediaworks marketing business
IPG, one of the world’s largest marketing firms, has merged three of its subsidiaries into a single unit to streamline its operations. The three subsidiaries...
WPP inaugurates new corporate hub in Paris suburb
WPP is moving 18 of its marketing agencies into a new office building in Levallois-Perret, one of Paris’ most expensive suburbs. Levallois-Perret is home to...
Ernst & Young harmonizes its AI efforts with EY.ai
Ernst & Young is rolling out EY.ai, a broad suite of consulting offerings designed to help enterprise clients incorporate machine learning into their operations. The...
Accenture folds Japan’s SIGNAL into its marketing business
Accenture has acquired SIGNAL, a Tokyo-based marketing agency that was previously owned by Japan’s largest PR firm. The move might come as a bit of...
Deloitte forms vertical-specific ServiceNow consulting practice
Big Four member Deloitte has launched a practice that will work with large organizations to deploy ServiceNow’s software-as-a-service platform. ServiceNow is not exactly a household...
Accenture wins AI assistant contract from Amadeus
Accenture will build an AI-powered trip booking chatbot for Amadeus, one of the world’s largest makers of business travel software. The deal also involves two...
CGI gives its software go-to-market strategy a cloud upgrade
CGI is giving its budding software business a boost in the form of a new partnership with Microsoft’s cloud unit. Canada-headquartered CGI is one of...
Interview: Xalient CPO David Bowes on the role of HR in enabling business growth
Xalient is a London-headquartered IT services firm that specializes in networking and cybersecurity. It counts Kellogg's, Keurig Dr Pepper, WPP and other major brands among...