Tag: Accenture

$130m Accenture vetting system rollout still facing issues

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The rollout of the Accenture-built government security vetting system continues to face complications, as the agency in charge fails to meet its KPI on baseline clearances. Technical issues with...

Permissions capability platform abandoned after two years, $16m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The whole-of-government permissions capability platform devised by consultants and built by external contractors has been scrapped after the government sunk at least two years and $16.5 million into the...

Tech consultants caught in redundancy wave

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Tech job redundancies are continuing across the economy, with Accenture, the consulting arm of IBM, and Amazon the latest to confirm cuts. The cuts add to the job losses...

Accenture-built vetting system issues force manual workarounds

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The rollout of a $130 million Accenture-built security vetting system has faced “substantial challenges”, with some staff redeployed to manually process clearances to meet the growing backlog. The ongoing...

Qld battery industry a $1.3bn opportunity by 2030

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Queensland’s battery industry could be worth $1.3 billion to the state’s economy in less than a decade, according to a new discussion paper commissioned to inform Queensland’s first Battery...

Consulting giants, DXC join IBM on $1bn-plus Defence SAP project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Consulting giants Accenture and Deloitte and DXC Technology have been brought in to work on the final phase of Defence’s multi-billion-dollar enterprise resource planning (ERP) system project. The Department...