Accenture Opts for SOA

Filed in archive Outsourcing News on August 5, 2006

Accenture, one of the biggest names in the outsourcing industry recently announced their intention of investing more on the development of service-oriented architecture applications or SOA. SOA was described as a modular software design which would help in maintaining and writing business applications.

The outsourcing firm mentioned that they would allot an estimate amount of $450 million dollars for the next three years. The fund would focus on two primary industries: health care and financial services.

Accenture's chief technology officer Don Rippert mentioned the reason on why they selected the Health care industry. According to Rippert, the industry was a "fast-growing area" and turning their attention in this direction would improve their future outsourcing investments and the industry as well.

Image from: Accenture website