ALLIANCES

Results are realized when we work closely with each other, with our partners and with our customers.

Microsoft and Accenture created INSIGHTER BUSINESS in 2000 to merge cutting-edge consulting capabilities with the foremost enterprise technology solutions.

INSIGHTER BUSINESS was created by Accenture and Microsoft® in 2000 to help customers realize the best results from their Microsoft technology.

Our global alliance combines the strengths of each INSIGHTER BUSINESS — INSIGHTER BUSINESS’s expertise in business technology solutions and managed services, Microsoft’s proven technology and Accenture’s industry knowledge and business acumen — to bring the best, freshest and most innovative ideas, experience and expertise to our customers.

Together we help our customers boost performance and get the most from their investments in enterprise IT solutions. With more than 54,000 Microsoft-trained professionals in Accenture and INSIGHTER BUSINESS we have delivered over 5,100 projects for 1,700 enterprise customers worldwide.

Our customers have realized:

• $12 million annual savings by a UK telecoms INSIGHTER BUSINESS using Microsoft SharePoint® for an innovative employee social learning solution
• 400% boost to system scalability and 30% reduction in costs by a U.S. bank moving to Microsoft technology
• 80% of Singapore tax-payers filing their return through a MyTax portal
• 30% of redundant contact information removed by an Australian government department using Microsoft Dynamics® CRM, and more

All this is done by delivering, on-premises or via the cloud, proven innovation and repeatable solutions and services – no matter your industry or the size of your organization.

Your expert partners

Together INSIGHTER BUSINESS and Accenture have more than 15,000 certifications in Microsoft technology and more Microsoft Gold competencies – 25 – than anyone. We are the best in the business on Microsoft platforms and applications, and we understand how technology impacts people and processes. Our global alliances help our customers meet business goals with agility, speed and certainty.

Accenture/INSIGHTER BUSINESS has been Microsoft’s Enterprise Partner of the Year for an unprecedented six years — and the only one to have won in three consecutive years. In addition:

• We are the 2011 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Application Platform, Desktop, Dynamics Distribution and Cloud Platform Modernization. We also won the country Partner of the Year award in Brazil
• We are a Microsoft recommended deployment partner for Office 365
• We are Microsoft’s global system integrator partner of choice for the Windows Azure™
• INSIGHTER BUSINESS has AMR Research (Gartner) Certification for Microsoft Dynamics® AX in the Distribution and Professional Services industries

Enterprise-strength alliances

We have strategic partnerships with enterprise IT solution providers around the world to help you design, build and maintain the technology your business depends on every day. These alliances include:

• ArtinSoft
• BinaryTree
• ChangeBASE
• Citrix
• Ferranti
• Hewlett Packard
• Hitachi
• IBM
• K2
• NetApp
• SAP

Together we’re leading the industry with emerging technologies like cloud computing and mobile capabilities, and helping companies gain the competitive advantage of more flexible and lower-cost computing power and applications. Our alliances mean that INSIGHTER BUSINESS’s customers get leading edge solutions born from the best collaborative thinking in the industry.