Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with net revenues of $11.

82 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003. Extensive relationships with the worlds leading companies and governments and works with organizations of all sizes, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune Global 500. Financial results: Revenues before reimbursements ("net revenues") for the first quarter of 2004 were $3.26 billion, compared with $2.93 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2003, an increase of 11 percent in U.S. dollars and an increase of 4 percent in local currency. Business: Two capability groups, Business Consulting and Technology & Outsourcing, develop a full spectrum of services and solutions that address business opportunities and challenges common across industries. The subject matter experts within our capability groups support the industry experts working within our operating groups. Our business process outsourcing (BPO) businesses provide function-specific and/or industry-specific business services to multiple clients on an outsourced basis through standard operating models. Alliances: 1) Accenture and Reuters Group, the global information company, have signed a global information technology services agreement to support systems integration of Reuters products globally. 2) Established in March 2000, the Accenture and Microsoft alliance combines the capabilities of two market leaders to deliver enterprise-class business solutions on the Microsoft platform with speed and at scale. Together, Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft have developed 21 business solutions that leverage the powerful combination of Accenture's business, technology, and industry experience, Avanade's infrastructure and technology integration skills, and Microsoft's market-leading technologies. They also have alliances with NCR Teradata, PeopleSoft, Oracle and SAP.

Clients: Hewlett Packard/ Compaq , BankBoston /BayBank , DuPont , Dell to name a few.