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Novetta Adds Depth, Scale To Accenture’s Federal Business

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 31st, 2021

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Novetta Adds Depth, Scale To Accenture’s Federal Business

Tiffany Gates, National Security Portfolio Lead for Accenture Federal Services. Photo: Accenture

The acquisition last month of classified solutions provider Novetta by Accenture’s [ACN] federal business segment will bolster existing capabilities by adding depth and scale in a number of areas that will strengthen the company’s position for new work, according to Tiffany Gates, lead for the National Security Portfolio of Accenture Federal Services (AFS). Novetta has core capabilities in data analytics, cyber, DevSecOps, cloud, sensor integration, and artificial intelligence and machine learning which “are not new capabilities necessarily but just a…

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