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Accenture positioning themselves as a support monopoly for deprecated but widely adopted--and therefore highly lucrative--technology?
by pero 15y ago
Accenture positioning themselves as a support monopoly for deprecated but widely adopted--and therefore highly lucrative--technology?
- crb 15y agoThey're already in that position, having bought the professional services division of Symbian Software from Nokia. As Symbian Software did in their day, Accenture do a lot of work with the other remaining Symbian licensees.
- neovive 15y agoExactly! Supporting deprecated, but critical, infrastructure components is extremely lucrative for services companies. Accenture has been building up this sort of outsourced support operation for years and this just continues to expand on their current strategy. Support contracts are a steady revenue stream without the risk of continually needing to sell new projects.