Interview: Understanding Metafora’s new Agile coaching program with Peter Rentschler and Kevin Jenkins
Metafora, a management consulting and technology development firm, recently made a new addition to its services portfolio. The firm introduced a coaching program that will guide engineering teams in the freight industry through the process of adopting the Agile software development methodology.
CGI wins five-year IT deal with Frankfurt Airport operator
CGI has won a broad, and likely highly lucrative, deal with Fraport to spruce up the German airport operator’s IT infrastructure. The agreement will run...
Accenture snaps up SAP interface consultancy Bourne
Accenture’s latest acquisition in Australia is Bourne, a Melbourne-based consultancy that develops custom user interfaces for corporate SAP environments. The deal will expand Accenture’s SAP...
DHL bakes consulting into its air freight marketing
DHL, the Germany-headquartered delivery services powerhouse, has sprinkled a touch of consulting into its latest marketing initiative. Earlier this year, DHL launched a sustainability service...
IT services giant Encora hires a new CEO
Encora, one of the world’s largest IT consultancies, has brought tech industry veteran Anand Birje aboard as CEO. Birje was earlier an executive at HCL...
Improving picks up Jump Analytics as it continues growth push
Improving, the Dallas-headquartered software development consultancy, has made another acquisition: a Canadian analytics firm called Jump Analytics.
Protiviti nabs compliance and privacy award from Microsoft
Protiviti, the IT business of HR consulting heavyweight Robert Half, has nabbed a partner award from Microsoft in the compliance and privacy category. The Compliance...
CloudMasonry scales its Salesforce business with new martech practice
Chicago-based Salesforce consultancy CloudMasonry has launched a marketing technology practice to support customers’ advertising campaigns.
CGI improves its revenue and margins in the second quarter
CGI, the 91,000-employee-strong Canadian consultancy, has chalked up another strong quarter. The company’s fee income rose 13.7% on an annualized basis to $3.72 billion in...
Capgemini teams up with ETH Zurich for 3D printer research
Capgemini, the French IT consultancy, has teamed up with ETH Zurich to research new ways of applying 3D printing technology. Today’s 3D printers are mostly...