Accenture's Borderless Workplace

At Accenture, our 180,000 globe-spanning employees have access to anytime, anywhere technologies that allow staff to work as though side-by-side, regardless of geography and time zones.

Our "Borderless Workplace" — one of the largest deployments of communication and collaboration technologies ever implemented by any organization — transformed critical workflows for our employees and boosted productivity. We've changed how people in 49 countries work with each other and with thousands of global clients, thanks to innovative applications delivered by a single, secure, scalable, resilient and low-cost MPLS network that integrates voice and data.

Our Facebook-inspired professional/social network, Accenture People, enables employees to collaborate, syndicate knowledge, find internal experts (in minutes, instead of days) and instantly connect via email, online chat, whiteboard session, high definition telepresence videoconference, phone or voicemail.

We envisioned anytime, anywhere access to anything, so our employees can collaborate while in the office, at home or in a hotel. Removing the barriers to global communication saved us millions of dollars and made us a more competitive global consulting company — we are able to supply people and expertise when and where the best talent, matched to the client's need, is most accessible. Our employees are more agile, flexible and productive, and we can structure our business around people rather than geography.

Accenture People connects global employees and telepresence videoconferencing returned seven times the investment by offsetting monthly travel-related costs, while minimizing our carbon footprint.

Employee usage of and feedback confirms improved workflow efficiency in creating, delivering and presenting proposals, superior response to clients and ease in architecting, designing and delivering solutions. Our Borderless Workplace also helps us attract and retain the best talent.