Oh Oh.... Accenture Coming To Wisconsin

I just heard on my local newscast that it's coming to Wisconsin, and there will be a protest in Madison on Monday (I think it's this Mon day anyway). Can't find anything yet, but here's a link from about a month ago:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct04/267740.asp

http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_18796614.shtml

The company, Accenture, claims that all the problems in Florida can be traced to the Secretary of State's office.

I find it interesting that Accenture's parent company is based in Burmuda. So much for our tax dollars.

Halliburton set out on a bold mission to build a global and seamless organization from among its hundreds of subsidiaries. The company partnered with Accenture to help it transform from decentralized operation to a globally managed entity. The outsourcing arrangement also gave Halliburton a better equipped information technology staff, attests Bill Elliott, a computer programmer who transitioned into Accenture in 1995 after 11 years with Halliburton.

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In 2000, the relationship between Accenture and Halliburton evolved from pure outsourcing to a co-sourcing arrangement. Halliburton’s ERP Solutions Team is an integrated team made up of both Accenture consultants and Halliburton employees, with shared responsibility and accountability. Halliburton thus leverages Accenture’s experience and global network while developing skills in its own employees and further reducing costs. Today, Accenture continues to provide global support for Halliburton’s applications including SAP, Siebel, Data Warehousing and other point solutions for health, safety and environment applications. The firm is involved in all major phases of Halliburton’s SAP efforts, including a systems upgrade and deployment to the acquired Dresser Industries’ business lines, which will add about 4,000 end-users.

Building Trust

From his office at Halliburton, surrounded by the buzz of activity from Accenture and Halliburton colleagues working side by side, Accenture partner Mark McNulty remarks that his commitment to Halliburton extends even to his dealings with people within the firm.

http://www.accenture.com/xd/xd.asp?it=enweb&xd=industries\resources\energy\case\ener_halliburton.xml

Accenture previously was affiliated with Arthur Andersen and Andersen Worldwide, the accounting firm that collapsed after the Enron scandal surfaced.
The company is represented by the lobbying firm of former Democratic National Committee Chairman David Wilhelm.

http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2004/03/02/news/local_illinois/95af0f10948106c486256e4a007b776e.prt

Couldn't we bring the CEO up on charges of some kind?

This is irrelevant because of that.