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Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in Synadia
and the NATS.io Open Source Project

Accenture has made a strategic investment, value for our clients now and in the future Accenture Ventures’ commitment to
through Accenture Ventures, in Synadia as edge computing accelerates.” Derek discover and curate the next generation of
Communications, the company behind the Collison, founder and CEO of Synadia, technologies and entrepreneurs that will
production-proven open source NATS.io added, “As organizations continue to push forever change how the world works, lives
project which provides a highly-scalable, the boundaries of a hyperconnected world, and plays. We believe that Synadia offers
secure communications technology for Synadia delivers solutions required to help our enterprise clients a foundational piece
digital systems, services and devices. accelerate business value and growth. of data security and resiliency needed for
As edge computing expands at an Accenture’s investment will enable Synadia edge computing." Synadia is the latest
unprecedented pace, organizations require to further capitalize on our position as addition to the investment portfolio of
a secure, flexible, extensible and future- a leader for adaptive edge architectures Accenture Ventures, which is focused
proof communications capability across and modern distributed systems.” Tom on investing in companies that create or
cloud, on-premises, web, mobile, and Lounibos, managing director, Accenture apply disruptive enterprise technologies.
Internet of Things environments. Synadia Ventures, said, “Our investment in Synadia Terms of the equity investment were not
helps to address these needs with its and the NATS.io ecosystem demonstrates disclosed.
differentiated Adaptive Edge Architecture.
Synadia’s cloud-native messaging
technology, built on top of NATS.io and
available to run on all major cloud provider
platforms, enables companies to build
a new class of edge applications with
improved security, latency and ease-of-
use over today’s options. “Enterprise data
is increasingly being created at the edge
and the ability to securely message across
the edge application landscape is critical,”
said Sanjeev Vohra, senior managing
director, Growth & Strategy, Accenture
Technology. “Powered by NATS.io, Synadia
provides capabilities we believe will provide

Accenture and AT&T Bring Mobile Connectivity to Phillips 66 with Private
Cellular Network

Accenture and AT&T are working with demonstrate the ability to handle increased for oil distillation units, capacity tracking
Phillips 66 to develop industrial cellular mobile connectivity needs from the and more — so connectivity is critical to
wireless connectivity, with the development ongoing Phillips 66 digital transformation keeping our operations running,” said
of a private cellular network solution. initiatives. The proof of concept private Zhanna Golodryga, Senior Vice President,
The solution will lay the foundation for network was designed from the ground Chief Digital and Administrative Officer
potential future 5G use cases, including up to address Phillips 66’s industrial at Phillips 66. “The results of the proof
support for Industrial Internet of Things digital requirements. AT&T was selected of concept are promising. This private
(IIoT) and low latency applications. Phillips as the telecommunications provider to cellular network can address existing
66 invited Accenture to address cellular develop the necessary engineering for coverage gaps today and potentially lays
performance gaps with its existing public a dedicated cellular network solution, the foundation for pervasive connectivity
cellular network near one of its refineries using multi-access edge compute across to enable upcoming use cases based on
in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. The private licensed spectrum. Phillips 66’s private IIoT and 5G.” During the proof of concept,
cellular network — a local cellular network cellular network from Accenture and AT&T teams were able to bring dedicated private
that includes cell sites and core network brings record speed improvements to their cellular infrastructure onsite and record
servers that support the connectivity of refinery “Mobile applications are central speed improvements at the refinery. In
a specific organization’s requirements to our day-to-day business activities — addition, the cellular reference signals
— was selected as a proof of concept to we use them for safety inspection forms showed the potential for improvement in

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