Accenture innovation center for Sun

BANGALORE: Accenture today announced the setting up of its Innovation Center for Service-oriented Architecture (SoA) and identity management based on Sun Microsystems’ solutions. Speaking at a press briefing here today, Alastair MacWilson, managing director, global security practice, Accenture, said, “Customers are opting for SoA since the traditional way of building applications is getting tough. Given the pipeline of projects for SoA, the team in Bangalore would help in building industry-specific solutions.”

This is the first innovation center started by Accenture, focused on Sun technology.

The center currently has a team of hundred engineers. “We are active in more than 20 client projects involving Sun SoA. We intend to provide tailored solutions for different verticals such as telecom, government and financial services,” said MacWilson.

The employees at the Accenture Innovation Center for Sun Microsystems Solutions would include engineers from Sun and Accenture.

As part of this relationship, the Sun Software academy will also train and mentor Accenture architects on the latest offerings SoA and Identity management SoA is a focus area for Accenture and has invested $450 million in R&D, training and building of industry-based solutions in the SoA space.

Don Grantham, executive vice president, global sales and services, Sun Microsystems, said that the center would be involved in design, building and deployment of solutions. He added that Bangalore was chosen as the location for the center owing to the talent.

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