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is supported. Microsoft’s collaboration expertise, we can help significantly startups with access to breakthrough
with Accenture offers us an opportunity improve access, equality, inclusion, technology in Microsoft AI, cloud
to empower these startups so they can education, health, sustainability, and the expertise, go-to-market services, grants
use technology to make an even greater environment.” Microsoft’s involvement (in sustainability, accessibility, and skills
impact in addressing many of the world’s in this initiative is part of Microsoft’s & employability) and access to customers
most pressing challenges. By empowering Global Social Entrepreneurship program that facilitate connections on local and
them, our goal is to help change the lives designed to empower an ecosystem of global levels. The involvement of Accenture
of a million people.” With a particular focus tech-enabled startups globally, focused Labs is part of its ongoing Tech4Good
on the areas of agriculture, education on addressing important social or program, which is focused on applying
and healthcare, the program will initially environmental challenges. The Global emerging technologies in powerful ways
engage with startups in Africa, the Middle Social Entrepreneurship program supports to help solve complex social challenges.
East and South Asia, leveraging the MSR
India Center for Societal impact through
Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI).
Paul Daugherty, group chief executive —
Technology and chief technology officer at
Accenture, added, “Our experience shows
that by applying emerging technologies
to critical challenges facing society, we
can accelerate social transformation.
This collaboration is a great illustration
of delivering on ‘value’ and ‘values’ —
creating tangible business and social
value while aligning with people’s values.
By providing social impact entrepreneurs
with direct access to the combined power
of Accenture and Microsoft’s technology

Accenture and SAP Launch Upstream Oil and Gas Solution to Help Streamline
Processes and Costs

Accenture and SAP have launched a co- S/4HANA Cloud for upstream oil and reduce risk of business disruption. The
developed solution for upstream oil and gas is a scalable solution that can help solution delivers new industry standards
gas companies based on SAP S/4HANA® oil and gas companies reduce total cost that help simplify operations and free up
Cloud. Using intelligent technologies of ownership and operational costs, as resources to drive more business value.
such as artificial intelligence (AI), the SAP well as create new revenue opportunities. To define market-standard end-to-end
S/4HANA Cloud solution for upstream oil Tools for pre-configured, integrated and processes that are preconfigured within
and gas helps clients to further increase user-friendly business processes are the solution, Accenture and SAP are
visibility into operations and cash flow. included so that companies can shrink working with a consortium comprised
Now generally available globally, SAP implementation time while working to of leading exploration and production
companies – including BP, Chevron,
ConocoPhillips, Equinor and Shell.
“ConocoPhillips collaborated with SAP
and Accenture for more than two years to
launch this solution, based on a flexible
cloud architecture that can scale and
deliver real-time insights into oil and gas
upstream processes” said Mike Pfister, CIO,
Conoco Phillips. “This release represents
an important milestone demonstrating
the impact of our ongoing collaboration.
We look forward to continuing to work
together to deliver a mature solution that
creates business value for the upstream
oil and gas industry,” added Scott Wahl,
CIO Upstream, Shell. “Accenture and SAP

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