Published on Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 08:36 | Source : Moneycontrol.com
Updated at Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 15:09
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Accenture, Sun Micro ally for innovation centre
Accenture and Sun Microsystems have joined hands to set up an innovation centre in Bangalore for Sun solutions. The Accenture Innovation Centre for Sun solutions would be a global hub for next-generation solutions based on Sun's technologies, officials of both companies said.
Accenture had recently announced investment of $450 million in R&D, training, and building industry-based solutions in the SOA area.
In the past four months, Accenture has ramped up its Innovation Centre for Sun Solutions to about 100 people, said Mr Sandeep Arora, Lead Executive, Accenture Delivery Centre for Technology, India.
'The India delivery centres have emerged as a hub for innovation within Accenture, be it in terms of developing industry solutions or asset engineering work,' he said.
Mr Don Grantham, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services, Sun Microsystems said, 'Enterprises across the world are looking to open source and open standards as they architect for Web 2.0 and the next evolution of SOAs.'