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Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest-designated Leader on both the Market Impact axis and the Vision and Capability axis in its Healthcare Payer Intelligent Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026, which evaluated 33 leading service providers.

“Healthcare payers are squeezed between accelerating medical cost trends, interoperability mandates, and limited premium headroom, while legacy cores and fragmented data slow decisions across payer operations. As a result, payers are pivoting to intelligent operations, reimagining end-to-end journeys and scaling gen AI / agentic AI beyond pilots,” says Vivek Kumar, Practice Director, Everest Group. “Accenture’s scaled delivery across the payer back-office operations, anchored by its SynOps-enabled AI-First Reinvention (ART) approach, is enabling payers to drive operational efficiency and enhance decision velocity. Its partner ecosystem and targeted acquisitions have further strengthened its ability to build secure, AI-enabled operating models, supporting its Leader position in Everest Group’s Healthcare Payer Intelligent Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.”

Specifically, the report highlighted the following Accenture strengths:

• Solutions across the payer back-office value chain, with scaled delivery in claims, enrollment, provider management, utilization management, and clinical operations, backed by domain-aligned talent and automation-enabled platforms
  
  
• AI-First Reinvention (ART) methodology, enabled by SynOps, with an integrated transformation backbone, spanning reimagination of work and an intelligent workbench redesign to help clients achieve measurable OpEx reduction and faster time-to-value
  
  
• Flexibility, collaboration, and technical expertise, supported by mature delivery mechanisms, as cited by client references
  
  
• Expanded technology and domain partnerships, including NVIDIA for the prioritization of AI use cases, along with acquisitions for augmenting health consultancy and AI capabilities, such as Consus Health, Cognosante, and Ammagamma

Health payers are balancing quality, patient outcomes and growth with the pressing need to manage costs and meet regulatory compliance. Accenture helps clients strengthen operations maturity, improve quality and financial performance, optimize workforce management, and confidently navigate AI integration, data governance, and workforce upskilling. To learn more, please visit: Healthcare Growth: Overcoming Operational Challenges | Accenture

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About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content at Everest Group.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest-designated Leader on the Market Impact axis in its Payments IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025, which evaluated 32 leading service providers.

“Accenture has demonstrated sustained strength in payments IT services through its role in large, complex transformation programs, particularly across national payment infrastructures, real-time payments, and regulatory-driven modernization initiatives,” said Pranati Dave, Vice President, Everest Group. “It has also been proactive in emerging payments themes, with successful proof points across digital assets, including stablecoins and central bank digital currency initiatives, alongside growing application of generative and agentic AI to operationalize fraud controls, compliance, and scheme-driven change. These capabilities support Accenture’s recognition as a Leader in Everest Group’s Payments IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.”

The report highlights the following Accenture strengths:

• Delivery of national-scale payments modernization programs such as RTGS renewal, instant payments, and digital euro readiness, resulting in strong credibility with central banks and market infrastructures.
  
  
• Extensive partner ecosystem that includes hyperscalers, card networks, PSPs, and FinTechs, driving co-innovation and joint go-to-market initiatives to accelerate new payments adoption and deliver large transformations.
  
  
• Comprehensive suite of proprietary gen AI and agentic AI assets across legacy modernization, payments overlays, and delivery tooling.
  
  
• Demonstrated proof points in emerging themes such as CBDCs, stablecoins, and digital assets through pilots with central banks and industry consortia, with active thought leadership and regulatory engagement to shape market adoption.

Accenture has been consistently recognized as a Leader in Everest Group’s Payments and Banking PEAK Matrix® assessments, including:

• Banking IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025
• Open Banking IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024
• Payments IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023
• Open Finance IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022
• Payments Business Process Services (BPS) PEAK Matrix® 2025

We help clients reinvent and transform their payments capabilities—enabling faster, smarter, and more efficient payment journeys as new payment methods and innovations continue to reshape the global payments landscape. Visit us at: Payments Services | Accenture and explore latest insights on the future of money in our Top Banking Trends for 2026.

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About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content Everest Group®.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest-designated Leader on both the Market Impact axis and the Vision and Capability axis in its inaugural Banking IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025, which evaluated 41 leading service providers.

“Accenture continues to expand its ability to drive measurable value in banking modernization and transformation, supported by domain expertise and a portfolio of AI-led accelerators such as FinForge, AI Refinery, and Trusted Agent Huddle,” said Pranati Dave, Vice President, Everest Group. “Clients highlight Accenture’s talent management that enhances delivery quality and consistency, paired with capabilities across consulting, application modernization, cybersecurity, and global operations. These factors have contributed to Accenture’s recognition as a Leader in Everest Group’s Banking IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.”;

Accenture strengths cited in the report include:

• Continuous growth in banking IT services through a global client base that spans large, mid-sized, and digital-first banks.
  
  
• Integrated capabilities across consulting, application modernization, operations, and platform implementation tailored to banking segments.
  
  
• Proprietary accelerators such as FinForge, AI Refinery, and Trusted Agent Huddle to support core system transformation, agentic workflows, and AI-based decisioning.
  
  
• Experience with modernization at scale supported by interoperability layers and tooling such as Gen Wizard for code rationalization and legacy transformation.
  
  
• Cybersecurity and fraud prevention services, with capabilities in threat monitoring, compliance alignment, and secure cloud deployment.
  
  
• Acquisitions including Percipient (digital twin systems), SKS Group (regulatory modernization), and Exton Consulting (banking strategy), expanding delivery capabilities across core banking systems and risk management domains.

In addition to this recognition, Accenture has been positioned as a Leader in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® assessments for Payments and Banking, including:

• Payments IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023 and 2025
• Open Banking IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024
• Open Finance IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022
• Banking Operations – Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023 and 2025

Accenture helps banks build next-generation banking capabilities—reinventing strategies, operating models, and technology foundations to compete and grow amid accelerating disruption. Visit us at: Banking Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture and explore latest insights on the future of technology in our Top Banking Trends for 2026.

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About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content at Everest Group®.

Gartner has positioned Accenture as a Leader in its inaugural 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Technology and Business Consulting (DTBCS). This recognition is significant to us, as we believe the report’s scope aligns closely with our end-to-end capabilities and our Reinvention Services growth model.

In the Magic Quadrant report, Accenture placed highest on the Ability to Execute axis, which assessed a total of 17 providers. In our view, this placement reflects Accenture’s deep expertise, comprehensive vision, and ability to help clients navigate complexity. By uniting strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X services into a single, integrated Reinvention Services unit, we deliver transformation at scale.

Accenture’s digital technology and business consulting work spans all industries and focuses on modernizing core and functional value chains across business strategy, data and AI, talent, process, and experience. Much of this work is sponsored by top CXOs focused on driving sustained change and competitive advantage.

“Today, our clients need even more from us. In every boardroom and every industry, they are not just facing a single challenge, they are facing everything at once—unprecedented pace of technological change, economic volatility, geopolitical complexity, and radical shifts in customer behavior. Companies today require a strategic partner capable of orchestrating complex transformations from vision to value,” said Manish Sharma, Chief Strategy and Services Officer at Accenture. “Our Reinvention Services, powered by unique capabilities in advanced AI, deep industry consulting expertise and leading ecosystem partnership, empower our clients to solve their most pressing strategic challenges and innovate at speed. We believe this Gartner recognition underscores our commitment to delivering differentiated strategy and consulting services that create lasting, measurable impact.”

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Accenture is positioned as a Leader in the U.S. Value-Based Care Strategic Consulting Services 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 14 service providers. (December 2025, IDC #US53010025)

We believe Accenture is recognized for our suite of proprietary AI and analytics solutions, technology-agnostic and human-centered approach, and ability to deliver end-to-end value—from strategy and governance to workflow optimization and population health management.

According to Jennifer Eaton, Research Director, Value-Based Healthcare IT Transformation Strategies at IDC, "Accenture is positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Value-Based Care Strategic Consulting Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment, reflecting its breadth of capabilities across strategy, technology enablement, analytics, and operations. Accenture’s portfolio—including its proprietary AI and workflow solutions, human-centered design philosophy, and extensive ecosystem partnerships—demonstrates how the firm supports healthcare organizations in navigating complex value-based care transformation. Its ability to integrate advisory services with data-driven insights and scalable operational models highlights Accenture’s role in helping clients advance quality, efficiency, and health equity outcomes without prescribing a single path to transformation."

The IDC MarketScape highlighted the following strengths:

• Breadth, depth, and global scale: Unique reach and ability to orchestrate and integrate VBC solutions across multiple care markets and large client organizations
  
  
• Technology leadership: Proprietary AI, workflow, analytics solutions suites, and automation platforms (e.g., HHI, SynOps, Processing.ai) combined with deep ecosystem partnerships (Epic, Cerner, Microsoft, AWS, etc.)
  
  
• End-to-end service capability: Integrated advisory, technology enablement, workflow design, managed services, and data modernization — one of the few vendors able to execute across all dimensions
  
  
• Customization and innovation: Dynamic, impact-modeled transformation road maps, agile piloting, and co-creation with clients
  
  
• Human-centered approach: Emphasis on workforce engagement, patient experience, and health equity as core VBC objectives
  
  
• Performance accountability: Success measured using value-based KPIs (e.g., clinical, operational, financial, equity) and flexible pricing models, including shared outcome incentives
  
  
• Rapid scaling: Capacity to deploy large-scale, cross-functional teams and scale proven interventions across diverse settings

According to the IDC MarketScape, “Large providers, payers, or payviders seeking an integrated partner to lead multidimensional VBC change, from strategy to tech modernization and operations, should consider Accenture.”

To learn more about Accenture’s VBC advisory offerings, please visit: Healthcare Consulting Services & Solutions | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest-designated Leader on both the Market Impact axis and the Vision and Capability axis in its Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025. Accenture is also a Star Performer in this report, reflecting our significant growth in this area.

“Accenture offers a global delivery footprint and integrated consulting, technology, and operational capabilities, appealing to carriers seeking vendor consolidation,” said Aurindum Mukherjee, Practice Director, Everest Group. “Proven success in modernizing insurers on leading core platforms such as Guidewire and Duck Creek, proactive platform augmentation through best-of-breed partnerships, and continued investments in proprietary IP and InsurTech collaborations reinforce its innovation-led positioning. A strong focus on embedding AI in underwriting and claims has delivered measurable outcomes, and has helped Accenture earn Leader and Star Performer recognitions on Everest Group’s P&C Insurance IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.”

Specific Accenture strengths cited in the report include:

• Global delivery presence and strong integration of consulting, operations, technology, data, and talent, offering significant value for large carriers seeking vendor consolidation.
  
  
• Proven experience delivering complex modernization projects for tier-1 insurers on core platforms like Guidewire and Duck Creek, with a proactive approach to platform enhancement using best-in-class tools and partnerships.
  
  
• Significant investments in expanding proprietary IP and solutions through both organic (partnerships, centers of excellence, point solutions) and inorganic (regional acquisitions, InsurTech investments) channels, supporting innovation-led market positioning.
  
  
• Proactive identification of emerging industry trends and pioneering adoption of practical AI applications, including generative AI use cases in underwriting and claims, with tangible results.

Leaders featured in this report “have seen steady growth in their P&C insurance services practice revenue due to strong program governance, extensive investments in AI-led IP development, and the ability to drive large transformation engagements by partnering on strategic business mandates with clients.” They also have “a large diverse pool of resources that are appreciated for their technical and domain expertise…”

The urgency for P&C insurers to embrace digital transformation, streamline operations, and evolve their business and operating models has never been greater. Accenture helps insurers reimagine their customer relationships—shifting from reactive indemnification to proactive, continuous risk mitigation and management. For more information P&C Services offered by Accenture, please visit: Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance Services | Accenture

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Licensed extracts taken from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® Reports, may be used by licensed third parties for use in their own marketing and promotional activities and collateral. Selected extracts from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports do not necessarily provide the full context of our research and analysis.  All research and analysis conducted by Everest Group’s analysts and included in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports is independent and no organization has paid a fee to be featured or to influence their ranking.  To access the complete research and to learn more about our methodology, please visit Everest Group PEAK Matrix® Reports. 

About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content Everest Group®.

IDC has positioned Accenture as a Leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Life Sciences Healthcare Provider (HCP) Engagement Services 2025 Vendor, which evaluated 13 service providers. (September 2025, IDC #US51813524)

We believe this recognition acknowledges our deep understanding of the complexities of the life sciences industry, including pharma, biotech, MedTech and distributors, which contributed to our positioning. We also believe, this expertise is reinforced by our ability to deliver comprehensive services—from product launch and access, customer engagement (HCP and medical)), patient services and marketing reinvention (including creative brand experiences) across strategic consulting, transformation initiatives, AI and data analytics, technology implementation, and business process outsourcing.

According to the IDC MarketScape, clients should consider Accenture when “seeking an end-to-end transformation partner for comprehensive HCP engagement initiatives that demand both deep life sciences expertise and advanced technology capabilities. Accenture is particularly suitable for large-scale global projects requiring rapid scaling while ensuring local adaptability and compliance with complex regulatory requirements (including in highly specialized industry areas). The company is a compelling choice for AI/GenAI-driven HCP engagement innovation initiatives, including use cases such as omni-channel orchestration, next best action, content personalization, and market access strategies.”

Specific Accenture strengths highlighted in the IDC MarketScape include:

• “Deep industry and cross-functional expertise for end-to-end transformation: Customers value Accenture's deep industry expertise. With more than 22,000 dedicated professionals in its life sciences practice, the company draws on decades of industry experience to serve life sciences organizations in diverse market subsegments, regions, and organizational sizes. It leverages a global delivery network and a multi-disciplinary approach to support the global redesign and execution of HCP engagement strategies. Accenture's teams integrate strategy, technology enablement, and operational delivery expertise to provide end-to-end support for customers, from planning through execution. Its structured methodologies and industry-specific accelerators foster close alignment with customers' goals, backed by rigorous change management support for sustainable outcomes. The company also makes co-innovation a core part of its life sciences engagements, co-investing and collaborating closely with its customers to jointly design and develop innovative, industry-tailored solutions.”
  
  
• “AI-driven technology capabilities and innovation focus: Accenture pursues a strong innovation agenda for HCP engagement, integrating advanced digital tools and proprietary platforms (e.g., GenWizard), modular AI agents, and GenAI assistants to support areas such as HCP targeting, omni-channel orchestration, next best action, marketing analytics, and data-driven operations. Its approach leverages AI and advanced analytics within flexible frameworks to support customers in refining HCP engagement strategies and operations as they adapt to shifting market dynamics. The company has also developed agentic accelerators on Salesforce's Agentforce for its life sciences customers; these are currently being scaled to drive efficiencies and enhance HCP experiences through personalized, agentic-first interactions, cross-functional orchestration, and "always on" capabilities.”
  
  
• “Expanding capabilities through ecosystem partnerships at scale: Accenture's extensive network of ecosystem partners supports flexible and scalable transformation in diverse life sciences technology environments. The company pursues collaborations with multiple global and specialized partners. These alliances, combined with its academic collaborations and dedicated innovation centers and centers of excellence (e.g., in Dublin, Boston, Barcelona, Bengaluru, and Singapore), enable Accenture to accelerate innovation and address fast-evolving industry trends. Additionally, strategic acquisitions (e.g., ConcentricLife in 2023, the Beacon Group in 2022, and Future State in 2021) have enhanced the company's ability to deliver industry-tailored services and solutions, strengthening its broader ecosystem-driven co-innovation strategy.”

By integrating current and emerging intelligent technologies into commercial functions and operations, Accenture helps pharma, biotech, and MedTech companies reinvent their sales and marketing organizations to keep pace with rapid scientific innovation. Leveraging data and generative AI enables the entire organization to work cohesively on shared insights and AI-driven recommendations—modernizing strategies, accelerating growth, improving efficiency, and delivering cost-conscious, competitive commercial operations. To learn more about life sciences services offered by Accenture, please visit: Commercial, Sales & Marketing Services | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Accenture has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI Services for State & Local Government 2025 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 18 service providers. (October 2025, IDC #US53009325) 

We believe Accenture’s placement as a Leader is a direct result of following a disciplined approach to using advanced AI capabilities in problem solving and delivering value to state, regional and local governments. In addition, we implement innovation that impacts through dedicated AI labs and regional teams, offer ethical AI frameworks, deploy sovereign cloud and impact modeling against public KPIs (e.g., equity, fraud prevention, sustainability). We also help build local capacity-building programs, such as AI skills development in municipalities and states, tailored to public sector needs.

Specific Accenture strengths described in the IDC MarketScape include:

• “Compliance-first delivery. Accenture's integration of responsible AI, ISO 27001, GDPR/EU AI Act alignment, and audit-ready documentation enables SLG agencies to move forward with AI initiatives that pass legal, ethical, and public scrutiny.”
  
  
• “Mission-specific tools and templates. Platforms such as NAV AI/AI Refinery for Public Sector, GenWizard, and AIM are preconfigured for government workflows in benefits delivery, tax compliance, transportation optimization, optimization, health and human services, and public health — reducing implementation time and complexity.”
  
  
• “Ecosystem strategy and interoperability. Accenture's relationships with Google Public Sector, AWS, Palantir, Microsoft, Anthropic, and new large language model (LLM) providers such as Mistral AI enable SLG CIOs to retain flexibility, comply with procurement mandates, and avoid vendor lock-in.”

The IDC MarketScape suggests clients should “Consider Accenture When”:

• “Your agency is embarking on a major IT modernization initiative — such as re-platforming tax, pension, and benefit systems — and requires GenAI services that are auditable, secure, and vendor-agnostic”
  
  
• “You operate in a high-compliance subsector (e.g., health and human services, public health, child welfare, transportation safety) and need an AI partner with demonstrated ability to navigate complex procurement, privacy, and audit mandates”
  
  
• “You represent a state, provincial, or regional government with access to AI funding or digital transformation grants, and need an integrator capable of scaling sovereign AI, agentic automation, and infrastructure modernization across multiple departments”

At Accenture, we believe we are a leader in building multi-agent solutions such as NAV AI to enable the adoption of human + machine technologies that can materially reduce the overhead for high-complexity knowledge-based tasks.

In addition to this recognition of Accenture as a Leader in AI Services for State & Local Government, Accenture has previously been recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScapes including:

• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI Services for National Civilian Government 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US53125325, October 2025)
  
  
• IDC MarketScape: North America State and Local Government Cloud Professional Services 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc # US50040223, May 2024)
  
  
• IDC MarketScape: Europe, Middle East and Africa Government Cloud Professional Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # EUR152039224, February 2025)
  
  
• IDC MarketScape: European Professional Services for Data-Driven Government 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc # EUR149014122, February 2023).

In an environment of limited resources and funding, state, regional and local government agencies continue to face rising demands for government services. Accenture helps these organizations embrace continuous change, providing world-class citizen services in an efficient and cost-effective manner. To learn more, please visit: Public Sector Consulting Services | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

HFS Research has named Accenture a Market Leader in Horizon 3, which is the strongest positioning, in the HFS Semiconductor Horizons: The Best of Service Providers across the Value Chain, 2025 report.

According to HFS report authors, “Accenture differentiates through its end-to-end semiconductor capabilities, spanning silicon design, digital engineering, supply chain and go-to-market, strengthened by 3,500+ global experts, AI-driven assets, and ecosystem partnerships. Its ability to co-innovate with hyperscalers and IDMs, embed digital engineering, and deliver domain-specific solutions makes it a trusted partner driving resilience, efficiency, and innovation across the semiconductor value chain."

The report further notes that Accenture is an "end-to-end semiconductor expert, prioritizing manufacturing efficiency, supply chain resilience, and AI-driven insights to mitigate risks from geopolitical tensions, talent shortages, and complex data environments.” 

Specific Accenture differentiators highlighted in the report include:

• Capabilities: Covers end-to-end semiconductor value chain elements along with chip design, manufacturing, supply chain transformation, testing, packaging, embedded systems, and sustainability.
  
  
• Go-to-market: Combines deep ecosystem partnerships with Intel, NVIDIA, and ServiceNow, driving co-innovation and targeted commercialization across identity and digital management (IDM), foundries, hyperscalers, and OEMs for scalable impact.
  
  
• Outcomes: Delivered fab optimization, supply chain agility, productivity improvement, operational efficiency, SAP/IT core transformation, enhanced data-driven decision-making, AI-led defect detection, reduced time-to-market, improved yield, and global scalability.
  
  
• Innovation: A semiconductor innovation approach that integrates global CoEs, AI and data-driven platforms, digital twin architectures, and co-innovation with partners to deliver scalable, domain-specific transformation across chip design, manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise operations.

Horizon 3 positioning indicates that Accenture is recognized for “the ability to drive the OneEcosystem impact via collaboration across multiple organizations with common objectives around driving completely new sources of value” as well as “innovation scope at the ecosystem level, with the resulting value focused on growth through new business and collaboration models.”

Accenture helps semiconductor clients build a smart strategy, leveraging ecosystems, continuously reinventing and embracing new learning opportunities to be a leader in the AI revolution. To learn more about our semiconductor services, please visit: Semiconductor Strategic Insights | Accenture.

Accenture has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI Services for National Civilian Government 2025 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 20 service providers. (October 2025, IDC #US53125325)

We believe Accenture was positioned as a Leader due to our deep public sector industry knowledge and our focus on the government workforce as a key adopter of AI solutions. Accenture’s NAV AI multi agent solution embeds verifiable governance built into each agent that supports our responsible & ethical AI framework—enabling rapid, secure and scalable AI adoption for national civilian agencies. Accenture has also been a leader in Sovereign AI solutions with its Brussels AI Lab dedicated to testing and deploying agentic solutions on sovereign and air-gapped infrastructure.

Specifically, Accenture strengths described in the report include:

• Mission-specific AI accelerators and expertise for government: The federal AI Solution Factory ships pretrained eligibility rules, data model blueprints, LLM workflow agents, and fraud detection models that agencies can use to shorten pilot-to-production cycles. Accenture’s mission-specific expertise and solutions, including AI agents, cater to social protection agencies, financial market authorities, grantmaking agencies, tax agencies, and more. Its multi-agent solutions focused on government workforces are designed to reduce backlogs, address demographic challenges in hiring and retaining specialized talent, and materially improve government services. The company’s focus on deploying multi-agents at scale is intended to enable safe and secure workforce transformation. Accenture’s compliance with international standards and national certifications such as the EU AI Act, AI Refinery FedRAMP-High “sovereign pods,” and NVIDIA-based confidential computing helps governments meet compliance and security requirements.”
  
  
• “Centers of excellence and innovation studios: The Dock, a hub in Dublin, Ireland; the AFS Federal Digital Studio and Innovation Hub in Washington, D.C.; and other innovation centers and studios around the globe offer federal civilian government agencies the opportunity to co-design AI prototypes using agile governance and human-centered design methods.”
  
  
• “Ecosystem co-innovation: Partnerships with Palantir, AWS, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Dell, NVIDIA, EQTYLAB, and others offer governments a wide spectrum of skills and knowledge to accelerate AI innovation.”
  

In the report’s key observations under “Consider Accenture When”, IDC notes:

• “National civilian agencies worldwide need support with large-scale AI system implementation and legacy modernization. Federal civilian agencies need to scale new AI workloads or leverage AI to modernize large-scale legacy systems; they also require GenAI-driven workbenches combined with mission-specific expertise for code documentation, testing, refactoring, and engineering.”
  
  
• “National civilian agencies worldwide need flexible deployment options. Federal agencies need advisory and execution services to support the implementation of alternative deployment models, from air gapping to public cloud, depending on sovereignty, compliance, security, and mission requirements.”
  
  
• “National civilian agencies worldwide need expertise in responsible AI. Federal agencies need advisory and implementation expertise to design transparent AI governance, from data lineage to bias monitoring and content provenance, that meets international standards and guidelines.”

At Accenture, we believe we are a leader in building multi-agent solutions such as NAV AI to enable the adoption of human+machine technologies that can materially reduce the overhead for high-complexity knowledge-based tasks.

In addition to this recognition of Accenture as a Leader in AI Services for National Civilian Government, Accenture has previously been recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScapes including:

• IDC MarketScape: North America State and Local Government Cloud Professional Services 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc # US50040223, May 2024)
  
  
• IDC MarketScape: Europe, Middle East and Africa Government Cloud Professional Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # EUR152039224, February 2025)
  
  
• IDC MarketScape: European Professional Services for Data-Driven Government 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc # EUR149014122, February 2023).

In an environment of limited resources and funding, public service organizations continue to face rising demands for government services. In addition, they face an unprecedented level of disruption caused by national and international challenges, impacting their ability to provide high-quality public services for individuals and communities. Accenture helps these organizations embrace continuous change, turning challenges into opportunities for lasting impact. To learn more, please visit: Public Sector Consulting Services | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as a Leader in its Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance BPS PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025, which evaluated 25 service providers. Accenture is also named a Star Performer in this report, recognizing our significant improvement since the previous assessment.

"Accenture remains a pivotal force in reimagining transformation across the P&C insurance value chain amid rising loss costs, distribution complexity, and regulatory change,” says Abhimanyu Awasthi, Practice Director at Everest Group. “By modernizing claims and underwriting with AI and gen AI-led solutions, as well as deepening actuarial capabilities through acquisitions such as Optimind, OnServices Group, and Altus Consulting, Accenture is accelerating growth via modular service-line engagements and outcome-linked models. Through these initiatives it has cemented its standing as a Leader and Star Performer in Everest Group’s Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance BPS PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.”

Specific Accenture strengths cited in the report include:

• Ability to align strategy, delivery, and technology across the insurance value chain, strengthening our transformation playbook and driving strong growth.
  
  
• Expanded presence Europe and the UK through a partnership with Lloyds syndicate as well as OnServices Group and Altus Consulting acquisitions.
  
  
• Consistent investment in AI and agentic AI, such as the AI Refinery, including embedding it across SynOps to support autonomous operations and insurance domain-specific decision making.
  
  
• Expanded actuarial capabilities through the acquisition of Optimind as well as our decision science offering focused on AI and gen AI-enabled pricing, reserving and capital modeling.
  
  
• Shift in buyer mix from mega deals to targeted service-line deals for faster entry into the small and midsized segments.
  
  
• Strong partnerships with core platform providers (Guidewire and Duck Creek) as well as enterprise software (ServiceNow and Pega) that allow the seamless integration of BPS with client IT environments.

Leaders in this report demonstrate strong capabilities across the policy lifecycle, significant AI adoption in production and scaled delivery networks across North America, India and the Philippines, with growing presence in LATAM and Eastern Europe. 

To learn more about P&C Insurance BPS services provided by Accenture, please visit: Fuel the Future by Modernizing Your Insurance Organization | Accenture

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Forrester has positioned Accenture as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Digital Transformation Services Vendor Assessment Q3 2025), which evaluated 12 service providers. 

According to the Forrester Wave research, “Organizations that face complex transformation scenarios, seek speed and scale through repeatable assets, and want to pair strategy advice with deep execution skills will be well served by Accenture.”

We believe Accenture stood out in this assessment for innovation, transformation, and strategic consulting through structured AI-driven capabilities, while clients value our evolving culture and leadership engagement.

Specific strengths cited in this complimentary report include:

• “Strategy. Accenture has an above-par innovation roadmap and is actively adding capabilities through acquisitions. Its transformation approach is standardized through accelerator assets, and the firm is building a catalog of scalable agents within its AI refinery platform. Its talent strategy is well structured around AI fluency, systems thinking, and domain specialization and is reinforced by deliberate cross-training between strategy and technology specialists. While its pricing flexibility is on par with its peers, the depth of its supporting services is superior.”

• “Capabilities. Accenture provides superior business strategy consulting capabilities through a highly structured, data-driven, and asset-assisted approach. Its abilities in enterprise architecture are top-notch, as are its data architecture and emerging technology offerings. Its above-par transformation accelerators are consolidated in the Reinvention Console platform. Its ability to manage complex transformation scenarios across verticals earned a superior score in this category.”

In today’s digital economy, where traditional capabilities are commoditized and customer demand for AI and new digital experiences are ever increasing, Accenture empowers clients to harness technology for market expansion, enhanced customer engagement, new product development, and improved competitiveness. To learn more about how we can help, please visit: Technology Strategy and Consulting | Accenture

Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivity here.

Accenture is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Life Sciences R&D AI (Including GenAI) in Clinical Trials 2025 Vendor Assessment. (August 2025, IDC #US53704325)

According to the report, clients should consider Accenture when they are “seeking support from an organization that brings to the table deep life sciences expertise; a clear AI strategy; its own life sciences–specific AI Refinery encompassing agents, knowledge, and models (its cognitive enterprise brain); its model AI library; Switchboard, which routes the right model to the right task; and a series of novel AI accelerators including the Clinical Trial Companion for Life Sciences for developing a personalized clinical trial plan for trial participants and a Clinical Trial Accelerator solution that can monitor and report onsite performance.”

Other Accenture strengths cited in the report include:

• “It has developed a Clinical Trial Companion for Life Sciences for a top 5 pharma, which involves a series of agents providing support for a patient, such as a Trial Educator and Technician agent, overseen by a Clinical Trial Companion Agent that, based on the inputs from these agents, will develop a personalized clinical trial plan for a participant, and an Orchestrator agent that will oversee all Clinical Trial Companion Agents.”
  
  
• “It has also developed a Clinical Trial Accelerator solution for a major pharma to support clinical trial operations, from study start-up to site closeout. The tool can monitor site performance, identify high-performing sites, identify site issues by digging into site monitoring visit reports, and generate intelligent summaries using GenAI, propose recommended actions, and monitor whether those actions had the desired impact or not.”
  
  
• “Accenture is also helping another pharma company build agents to sort through their historic contracts and public information to streamline contracting activities. Accenture is investing heavily in training its employees on AI technologies and has trained over 10,000 of its clients' employees as well.”

Accenture empowers life sciences organizations to enhance R&D productivity, drive faster innovation, and improve patient outcomes by seamlessly integrating advanced technologies—including AI, GenAI, and Agentic solutions—with robust data-driven insights. Our approach not only delivers cutting-edge digital capabilities but also supports clients in navigating the organizational and operational changes necessary to achieve sustainable, large-scale impact. To learn more about Research & Development in Life Sciences services provided by Accenture, please visit: Research and Development (R&D) in Life Sciences | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. 

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Accenture is positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for the Worldwide Media Production, Distribution, and Monetization Integrated Cloud Solutions 2025 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 19 service providers. (September 2025, IDC #US52989125) 

We believe our positioning reflects our ability to help organizations stay ahead in a fast-changing media environment driven by evolving consumer behaviors, emerging technologies, and growing competition.

According to the IDC MarketScape research, “By integrating advanced technologies with strategic consulting, Accenture empowers media enterprises to streamline operations, enhance audience engagement, and unlock new revenue opportunities.”

The report also cited these select Accenture strengths:

• “Deep industry expertise: Accenture has decades of experience working with global media and entertainment companies. This gives the company a nuanced understanding of the industry's challenges, such as fragmented workflows, shifting consumer behaviors, and the need for rapid innovation. Its solutions are tailored to address these specific pain points.”

• “Integrated end-to-end capabilities: Accenture offers a seamless, unified approach that connects every stage of the media value chain, from production to monetization. Cloud-based tools and AI-powered content management streamline creation and collaboration during production. For distribution, scalable platforms like the Accenture Video Solution ensure efficient, multiplatform delivery. Finally, advanced analytics and flexible revenue models (AVOD, SVOD, free ad-supported streaming television [FAST]) help maximize returns during monetization.”

• “Advanced technology and innovation: Accenture leverages cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning for content tagging, personalization, and ad targeting; cloud-native infrastructure for scalability and agility; and data analytics for driving decision-making and optimizing performance across the content life cycle.”

• “Client outcomes and measurable impact: Accenture's media clients have reported measurable outcomes following AMAP and AVS deployment, including up to 30% faster time to market, 25% reduction in operational costs, and doubledigit growth in ad revenue. These results demonstrate the platforms' effectiveness in driving efficiency, agility, and monetization across the media value chain.”

We help media companies harness the current investment cycle to drive innovation and growth by unlocking data and AI, optimizing operations, and advancing market position through M&A and strategic partnerships. This enables them to scale efficiently and seize emerging opportunities in a rapidly evolving landscape. To learn more about how we can help, please visit: Communications & Media Consulting | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. 

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Accenture is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Life Sciences R&D Pharmacovigilance Technology Solutions and Consulting Services 2025 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 11 service providers. Worldwide Life Sciences R&D Pharmacovigilance Technology Solutions and Consulting Services, 2025 (July 2025, IDC #US53669225)

The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Life Sciences R&D Pharmacovigilance Technology Solutions and Consulting Services 2025 Vendor Assessment recommends clients consider Accenture “when seeking a modular cloud-native PV platform (SynOps), with a suite of AI/GenAI-enabled accelerators, deep expertise in PV platform implementation and modernization and in data-led transformation strategies, in PV consulting capabilities, in business transformation strategy, in establishing Global Captive Centers, in quality management services for the medtech industry, and in providing regulatory guidance and audit and inspection readiness solutions.”

The report also noted:

• “Accenture brings to the table two decades of experience in PV strategy consulting, technology, and operations to deliver the "One Safety" experience to customers.”
  
  
• “In addition to 25 robotic process automation (RPA) solutions, in the past 6 years, Accenture has offered its cloud-native and modular SynOps platform for PV, which can integrate seamlessly with all major existing safety databases. More than 17 global PV clients leverage the SynOps Suite of solutions.”
  
  
• “Accenture has developed Safety Scan (its own technology vendor analysis report to accelerate decision-making and business transformation in PV), a requirements repository to outline best practices for process development, a PV toolkit (including templates and frameworks and process maps), a safety databases assessment questionnaire and scorecard, and a safety proof-of-concept scenario repository.”
  
  
• “Accenture has developed an automated Safety Signal Detection tool, using FAERS data for spontaneous reporting and PubMed for literature review. The platform has four modules enabling retrospective analysis, trend analysis, disproportionality analysis, and comparative analysis. Its signal validation capabilities include no validation, primary validation, and secondary validation. The secondary validation uses GenAI to see whether a similar AE-drug pairing has been identified in literature reviews.”

IDC also recognized Accenture a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Life Sciences R&D PV Solutions 2022 Vendor Assessment. (December 2022, #US48061622)

In the era of intelligent technologies, organizations must reinvent to bring breakthrough treatments to patients, faster and at lower costs. To learn more about Life Sciences Services provided by Accenture, please visit: Life Sciences Consulting Services | Accenture

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Accenture is positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Energy Transition Professional Services 2025 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 16 service providers. (August 2025, IDC #US52984025) 

We believe our ability to help organizations design and execute decarbonization pathways, optimize energy systems, and accelerate a shift to net zero played a role in our positioning. According to the IDC MarketScape, “Accenture delivers digital and AI-driven energy management by deploying IoT, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence to optimize energy use, enable predictive maintenance, and support real-time decision-making in industrial and grid environments.”

The research also cited the following Accenture strengths:

• “Accenture covers the full energy transition life cycle, from strategy and business case development to engineering, digital enablement, and operational optimization. It has solid experience across all the use cases evaluated in this vendor assessment, with referenceable customers from different markets around the world.”
  
  
• “Accenture has a broad geographic reach and experience across energy, utilities, heavy industry, and public sector, enabling tailored solutions for diverse energy transition challenges.”
  
  
• “Accenture has made significant investments in engineering acquisitions and digital accelerators to enable the delivery of complex capital projects and advanced technology solutions.”
  
  
• “Accenture’s proprietary analytics and simulation tools provide clients with actionable insights for system planning, investment prioritization, and performance tracking.”

Amid rising disruption, energy transition progress remains uneven, necessitating adaptive strategies, targeted investment and redefined energy security. To learn more about the Accenture point of view on energy transition, please see our latest thought leadership developed in collaboration with the World Economic Forum: WEF-Fostering-Effective-Energy-Transition-2025

About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.

IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as a Leader in its Banking Operations – Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025, which evaluated 34 leading service providers.

“Accenture brings coverage across lending, retail, and commercial banking operations, supported by a scaled global delivery footprint,” said Dheeraj Maken, Practice Director, Everest Group. “Its SynOps framework, along with platform investment, has enabled wider adoption of automation and agentic capabilities across banking workflows. Growth in Continental Europe, combined with its experience delivering multi-year transformation programs for Tier-1 banks, reinforce Accenture’s position as a Leader in Everest Group’s Banking Operations Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.”

The report specifically described the following Accenture strengths:

• End-to-end support across retail, commercial, and corporate banking, including lending, payments, KYC, mortgage, cards, and risk operations, with modular BPaaS via proprietary and co-developed platforms.
  
  
• Presence across tier-1 and mid-market banks, supported by broad geographic coverage and outcome-linked, multi-year commercial models.
  
  
• Proprietary AI Refinery, Digital Brain, and SynOps Agent Marketplace that enable scaled deployment of AI agents across workflows to accelerate underwriting, spreading, and covenant monitoring in commercial lending as well as enhance origination and servicing in mortgage operations.
  
  
• Support for self-funded transformation journeys by addressing inefficiencies in process, data, and talent to improve productivity and cost-income ratios. Buyers have noted gains in cost reduction and STP improvements as well as uplift in NPS and cross-sell metrics.
  
  
• Balanced shoring mix to enable flexibility for regulated and multilingual banking operations combining human and digital talent, with increasing use of AI agents and automation.

Accenture helps clients harness AI and data analytics to transform banking operations, reducing the cost and rigidity of legacy systems while improving efficiency and customer experience. By enabling intelligent data extraction, we support timely and accurate information flows that drive cost savings, strengthen compliance, and increase overall operational agility.

For more information, please visit: Reinvent Banking Operations with Data and AI | Accenture

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About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content at Everest Group.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest-designated Leader on the Vision and Capability axis in its Clinical Data Management Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025, which evaluated 22 Clinical Data Management (CDM) service providers.

Vandana Sharma, Practice Director at Everest Group, says “Accenture stands out for its technology-enabled operations, leveraging proprietary AI tools such as iCRAFT, SDTM-to-ADaM conversion engines, SAE reconciliation bots, and the Clean Patient Analyzer. The firm’s sustained investments in workforce upskilling spanning across therapeutic areas, data science, and AI / genAI, along with its scalability, technology maturity, and disciplined project management, enable it to deliver both innovation and reliability. This unique blend of advanced technology, talent development, and operational excellence positions Accenture as a Leader in Everest Group’s Clinical Data Management Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025."

According to the report, Accenture strengths also include:

• End-to-end services: Comprehensive end-to-end coverage across multiple therapeutic area for study setup, data cleaning, medical coding, CTMS & eTMF services, site/investigator payments, statistical programming, and medical monitoring – ~7,000 unique studies delivered globally.

• Tech-enabled operations: Reinventing CDM operations through proprietary AI tools (iCRAFT™, SDTM-to-ADaM engine, Data Cleaning bots) with over 9 generative AI and agentic AI proof-of-concepts in progress.

• Workforce upskilling: Structured role-based learning in data science, therapeutic areas, and generative AI, reinforced by oncology simulations, protocol interpretation modules, and sandbox-based trainings.

• Key differentiators: Scalability, technology maturity, and strong project management consistently highlighted by referenced clients.

Those designated as Leaders in this research “demonstrate comprehensive, end-to-end capabilities across the CDM value chain, supported by deep therapeutic expertise and global service delivery across all buyer segments.” Also, “They are pioneers in the adoption of AI, gen AI, and agentic AI, leveraging these technologies to enable real-time data validation, automated query resolution, and optimized protocol design.”

To learn more about Health Operations offerings provided by Accenture, please visit: Healthcare Growth: Overcoming Operational Challenges | Accenture

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Licensed extracts taken from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® Reports, may be used by licensed third parties for use in their own marketing and promotional activities and collateral. Selected extracts from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports do not necessarily provide the full context of our research and analysis. All research and analysis conducted by Everest Group’s analysts and included in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports is independent and no organization has paid a fee to be featured or to influence their ranking. To access the complete research and to learn more about our methodology, please visit Everest Group PEAK Matrix® Reports. 

About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content at Everest Group®.

Everest Group has positioned Accenture as a Leader in its Clinical and Care Management Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 which assessed 20 service providers. Everest Group Clinical and Care Management (CCM) Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.

Lloyd Fernandes, Practice Director, Everest Group says “Accenture addresses these challenges through investments in advanced technologies, particularly gen AI, supported by a strong partner ecosystem that enables a secure, AI-enabled digital core. Its USRN build program ensures a steady pipeline of clinical talent, while its flexible, analytics-driven client approach tailors solutions to enterprise needs. Together, these strengths allow Accenture to scale AI-enabled workflows, strengthen clinical decision-making, and deliver measurable improvements in outcomes, cost, and experience - underpinning its Leader position in Everest Group’s CCM Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025."

Specifically, the following Accenture strengths were cited:

• Substantial investments in advanced technologies, with a particular focus on gen AI to strengthen CCM capabilities, bolstered by a robust partner ecosystem that enables a secure, AI-enabled digital core and scalable innovation.
  
  
• A steady pipeline of clinical talent supplemented by our in-house United Stated Registered Nurse (USRN) build program for consistent development and onboarding of US-registered nurses at scale.
  
  
• Strong client partnership approach, with a high degree of flexibility, responsiveness, and a proactive stance in identifying opportunities for process improvement. Clients appreciate the ability to tailor solutions to specific needs and its effective use of analytics to drive informed decision making.

According to the report, Leaders in CCM differentiate through robust clinical talent pools, advance their offerings by embedding AI and automation in core workflows and are increasingly adopting outcome- and risk-based approaches. 

To learn more about Clinical and Care Management Operations services provided by Accenture, please visit: Healthcare growth: Overcoming operational challenges

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Licensed extracts taken from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® Reports, may be used by licensed third parties for use in their own marketing and promotional activities and collateral. Selected extracts from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports do not necessarily provide the full context of our research and analysis.  All research and analysis conducted by Everest Group’s analysts and included in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports is independent and no organization has paid a fee to be featured or to influence their ranking.  To access the complete research and to learn more about our methodology, please visit Everest Group PEAK Matrix® Reports.

About Everest Group

Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content at Everest Group.