Accenture Positioned in the "Leaders" Quadrant of Gartner'sMagic Quadrant for Oracle Application Management Service Providers, Worldwide

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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant in Gartner
Inc.'s recently published "Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Management
Service Providers, Worldwide."1

Gartner assessed 13 of the leading service providers for this Magic Quadrant
report, which focused on companies providing application management services for
Oracle® solutions. This includes ongoing activities relating to application
development, implementation, integration, testing, maintenance and support
(functional and/or technical), and help desk services delivered within the scope
of a multiyear application service agreement.

"We believe Accenture's positioning in this new report reflects the results we
deliver every day to clients who entrust us with the management of their Oracle
Applications," said Derek Steelberg, global managing director of Oracle business
for Accenture. "Our application outsourcing services for Oracle are designed to
deliver reliability, value and innovation--helping our clients to reduce costs,
improve operations and respond to a dynamic business and Oracle technology
landscape."

Among the factors weighed by Gartner in this report are the providers' products
and services; overall viability; sales execution; ability to execute; market
responsiveness and track record; and customer experience.

With more than 52,000 skilled Oracle consultants around the globe, Accenture is
uniquely qualified to provide strategy, implementation, upgrade and application
outsourcing solutions across a comprehensive suite of Oracle products.
Accenture-developed solutions such as Accenture Delivery Methods for Oracle
enable a consistent and reliable Oracle solution implementation across any
industry and business function.

Accenture is a Diamond level partner in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).

1 Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Management Service
Providers, Worldwide," by Christopher Ambrose, Gilbert van der Heiden and Helen
Huntley, 20 December 2012. Click here to access the full report.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing
company, with more than 257,000 people serving clients in more than 120
countries. 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. The company generated net
revenues of US$27.9 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2012. Its home
page is www.accenture.com.

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