Accenture Launches Innovation Centre for Oracle in Europe to Bring Clients Closer to Latest Oracle Technology and Application Integration Solutions

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has opened an Innovation Centre at Oracle´s
U.K. headquarters in Reading to accelerate the development, delivery
and commercialization of innovative business solutions based on Oracle
technology.

The Accenture Innovation Centre for Oracle will be a European hub
for joint business development, producing and developing Oracle
applications and technology initiatives and offerings to help
creatively solve business issues facing joint customers. Accenture is
the first systems integration and technology consulting company to
open this type of facility on an Oracle campus in Europe. At the
Centre, Oracle-based applications will be demonstrated to clients to
show what the technology is capable of delivering.

The new Innovation Centre provides joint support for
Accenture-Oracle client projects across Europe, helping to ensure they
get the highest level of support from initial stages through to
implementation. Staff will work closely with professionals at the
other Accenture Innovation Centre for Oracle -- at Oracle´s global
headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., in the United States.

The Innovation Centres for Oracle are part of Accenture´s
three-year, US$450 million investment in Service-Oriented Architecture
(SOA), announced in July 2006, and part of the company´s ongoing
effort to help its corporate and public service clients realize value
from business solutions based on Oracle technology.

This latest Innovation Centre will encourage closer collaboration
between Accenture and Oracle executive leadership, technologists and
product development personnel in Europe. It gives Accenture unique
access to Oracle´s research and development organizations, provides
Accenture with pre-release experience with new Oracle software, and
helps Accenture accelerate training on Oracle technologies across its
operations in Europe, while offering clients a single location to view
the latest joint technology developments.

"The new Accenture European Innovation Centre for Oracle, which
builds on the long-standing relationship between our two companies, is
an important step forward in our ongoing efforts to help clients
derive maximum business value from their investments in Oracle
technologies," said David Burns, head of Accenture´s Oracle practice
in Europe.

Solutions developed in the Innovation Centres are often shaped
into key Accenture tools, such as Accenture´s SOA Reference
Architecture. Built on the Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware platform, the
Reference Architecture is a part of Accenture´s core delivery
architecture model and contains best practices for implementing,
designing and building the platform.

The new Innovation Centre showcases the leading joint Oracle and
Accenture technology solutions and processes, including Oracle Fusion
Middleware. By building fully functioning applications and
client-specific proof of concepts using Accenture´s system integration
and technology expertise, the Centre ´brings Oracle technology to
life´ by demonstrating what new Oracle-based technology can deliver.
This provides businesses with insight into Oracle´s next-generation
platform software and applications.

"Oracle sees service oriented architectures as key to the
development of modern, effective and flexible software," said Andrew
Sutherland, vice president, Technology, Oracle EMEA. "The launch of
the Innovation Centre reaffirms Oracle and Accenture´s commitment to
significant assistance for our joint customers towards functional and
scalable SOA environments. Oracle Fusion Middleware is an essential
part of our SOA capabilities; Accenture is a highly experienced Oracle
Fusion Middleware partner and has a proven track record in
successfully delivering Oracle-based IT infrastructures. The new
facility is a great enhancement of the work we do together and will
significantly benefit our customers in the EMEA region."

The Accenture relationship with Oracle has already delivered
significant benefits for clients. Turkcell, a leading mobile phone
operator in Turkey, worked with Accenture to create a delivery
platform architecture, using Oracle Fusion Middleware, in order for
Turkcell to rapidly bring new services to market. Within twelve months
of the project being completed, over 50 application service providers
and 53 content providers have offered over 180 services through the
new architecture. The result is a platform that enables the
telecommunications operator to offer market-relevant high margin
services faster than the competition, giving its customers a
differentiated online experience.

The combination of Accenture´s Innovation Centres for Oracle,
together with the Accenture Centre of Excellence for Oracle in
Bangalore, India, should enable Accenture and Oracle to develop a
portfolio of assets that will lead to the rapid delivery of
cost-effective business solutions throughout the world. The Centre
will also showcase other Oracle-related assets from Centres of
Excellence across Europe. Examples include the Accenture
Communications Solutions from Italy, Supply Chain solutions from Spain
and a Waste Management solution from The Netherlands.

Accenture, which has worked with Oracle for more than 16 years,
has one of the largest and fastest-growing Oracle enterprise solutions
practice among full-service integrators.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience,
comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business
functions, and extensive research on the world´s most successful
companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become
high-performance businesses and governments. With more than 175,000
people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$19.70
billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2007. Its home page is
www.accenture.com.

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