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Nokia announced today that it has completed the transaction to outsource its Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. The signing of the transaction was announced on June 22, 2011. As a result of the transaction, approximately 2,300 employees will transfer to Accenture.

The study, carried out by Redshift Research on behalf of Accenture and in conjunction with the charity Action for Children, looked at the role technology plays in charitable giving, particularly among younger generations. It found that one in three young people[1] say technology has had an impact on the amount of money they have donated to charity over the past five years.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Telstra today announced a new Product Innovation Lab in Melbourne to develop cloud computing solutions for customers in Australia and New Zealand.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has secured a three year contract with Enel Energia, the leading supplier in the liberalized Italian energy market, to provide business process outsourcing (BPO) services in support of Enel Energia’s customer care operations.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, and Avanade, a global business technology services provider, have been honored with four Microsoft Partner of the Year awards for 2011. Together the companies have earned more Microsoft partner awards worldwide than any other company.

Forrester, a leading industry analyst firm, evaluated 14 global service providers, measuring their skills in implementation, application support and hosting of Oracle applications such as the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle’s JD Edwards, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle’s Siebel CRM, Oracle Hyperion Performance Management, Oracle’s Demantra, Oracle Retail, Oracle Transportation Management, Oracle’s Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) and Oracle Governance, Risk, and Controls.

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have finalized an agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Plans of the agreement were first announced on April 27, 2011.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Plan International today announced that Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded Plan International a grant of US$1.93 million to help provide training and career opportunities for approximately 3,500 underprivileged young people in India and Vietnam.

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced plans for a strategic collaboration in which Nokia would outsource its Symbian software activities and transition about 3,000 employees to Accenture. At the same time, Accenture would provide mobility software services to Nokia for future smartphones.

The Inter-University Council of Ohio (IUC) – The Institutional Excellence and Shared Services Assessment evaluates the functions of finance, human resources, IT, and procurement to identify opportunities to lower delivery costs, increase service effectiveness and lower operating risk.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that Marathon Petroleum Company LP (Marathon), a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), is deploying the wireless-based Accenture Life Safety Solution at its Robinson, Illinois refinery.

Expanding its line of postal services, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced it will enable postal agencies worldwide to offer digital mail – a digital version of printed mail securely delivered to an online mailbox – to their customers to recapture lost revenue from a steady decline in mail volumes and to compete against a growing number of independent operators currently offering digital mail direct to consumers.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named to the DiversityInc list of Top 50 Companies for Diversity for the fifth consecutive year, appearing at No. 23 on the ranking.

DiversityInc, the leading publication on diversity and business, annually recognizes companies that exemplify meaningful diversity management through their corporate practice.

New research by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) shows that nearly half (45 percent) of the most active mobile device users would welcome the opportunity to pay for goods and services using their mobile phone, despite the fact that 73 percent expressed significant privacy and identity theft concerns.

As the prime system integrator for the software platform, Accenture worked with LAN CARGO to deploy and maintain the new cargo booking system. The cargo booking system that LAN CARGO has deployed is part of the Accenture Freight and Logistics Software (AFLS) solution.

The emerging world of information technology is one in which data is king, social platforms evolve as a new source of business intelligence, and cloud computing finally delivers on IT’s role as a driver of business growth, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of CAS Computer Anwendungs- und Systemberatung AG (CAS), based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. CAS is a leading international provider of customer relationship management (CRM) and mobility software focused on retail execution and trade promotions for the consumer products industry.

The government of Nagaland has awarded a 42-month information technology (IT) contract to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to implement the state’s public service portal. Harnessing the power of the internet, the portal will be used to bridge the gap between the government and citizens by offering enhanced and efficient delivery of information and services through a common platform for speedy resolution of questions and demands from Nagaland residents.

The Volkswagen Group is realigning its management structure in Russia having completed the development phase at the Kaluga plant and successfully established a sales network. Marcus Osegowitsch (43), Managing Director Sales, takes over as General Director of VW Group Rus from Dietmar Korzekwa (60), who retires on January 1.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and NHN Corporation have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of applications for smartphones in South Korea. NHN is a leading Internet content service operator in South Korea.