Accenture said it has signed a six-year strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to help organisations across the Middle East region modernise legacy infrastructure, strengthen their digital core, and unlock value from cloud, data, AI and next-generation enterprise platforms.

The strategic collaboration agreement provides dedicated Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) support to help clients modernise infrastructure, migrate critical workloads, and accelerate adoption of AI capabilities.

Accenture said it will deploy a dedicated regional team of architects and delivery leads to help clients accelerate transformation across migration and modernisation, data and AI and enterprise platform initiatives.

Industry-specific initiatives will support digital transformation and data and AI adoption, across key sectors including energy, financial services and the public Sector.

Imran Sayyed, Accenture Managing Director, AWS Business Group Lead & Public Sector Technology Lead, Accenture Middle East & Africa, said: "We are seeing a fundamental shift in the Middle East."Organisations are accelerating their investments in cloud, data and AI to drive growth, resilience and innovation. But realising that opportunity requires a strong digital core."

"Our expanded collaboration with AWS is focused on supporting clients modernise infrastructure, unlock the value of their data, and adopt AI at scale through the AWS Cloud," stated Sayyed.

"We are committed to helping organizations across the region move faster from strategy to execution and build the foundations for long-term growth in an AI-powered economy," he added.-TradeArabia News Service