Accenture and SAS have planned to expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing, implementing and managing next-generation predictive analytics solutions, a first for both companies.
The two companies intend to jointly invest in the development of solutions focussed on industry-specific predictive analytics applications, starting with the financial services, healthcare and public service sectors as well as cross-industry solutions in the customer and enterprise management domains. They also plan to begin delivering sophisticated analytical capabilities as a managed service.
The Accenture SAS Analytics Group, intend to bring together Accenture’s extensive industry and functional business knowledge with SAS’s market-leading analytics solutions and capabilities to help companies and government organizations understand and implement predictive analytics solutions.
William D. Green, Chairman & CEO, Accenture, said, “Companies that use predictive analytics to derive actionable insights from data and then use those insights to shape decisions, can improve business outcomes and substantially outperform competitors over the long term.”
Plans also call for the formation of joint analytics showcases in multiple locations, starting with Chicago, London, Milan and Shanghai, where the companies intend to demonstrate their new industry and functional predictive analytics capabilities to clients.
Accenture and SAS have successfully worked together for more than 10 years on more than 100 global clients and across a variety of industries. Their joint clients include Norway Post, Safeco Insurance in the US, Italy’s Snam Rete Gas, and UBS, the global financial services firm.
