Today, Accenture and Google announced a new alliance to develop solutions that bring together cloud, mobility and collaboration for enterprises that will help clients embrace the digital transformations technology can enable.

Most importantly, this collaboration is based on the real needs of businesses across markets. Enterprise customers are looking to Accenture for their deep understanding of specific industry needs and to Google for our technical strengths in machine learning, analytics, mobile technology, augmented reality, IoT and big data.

Google and Accenture will work together to deliver solutions to customers in a number of industry-specific verticals, including retail, healthcare, energy, finance and others. The solutions will combine technology from across Google’s products and platforms. Accenture and Google will provide dedicated resources from each company with expertise in cloud solutions architecture, mobility and app development to help bring these solutions to large enterprise clients.

Our collaborative efforts with Accenture open up a new world for enterprises looking to cloud and mobile solutions to change the way they do business. We're excited about the possibilities of what we can create together.