Accenture Awarded Contract to Support University of Michigans IT Program

RESTON, VA. - The University of Michigan has selected Accenture announced in a press release that it is to conduct its first-ever comprehensive assessment of information technology (IT) at the unit and campus levels. The assessment is part of the first phase of NextGen Michigan, a multi-year university-wide IT transformation effort.

The primary objective of the assessment is to develop an authoritative view of how IT is distributed and provided across the university. All of the universitys schools, colleges, major research and administrative centers and institutes, and the central IT group Information and Technology Services (ITS) are participating. The University is seeking to rationalize its IT services with the goal of identifying sustainable and recurring IT cost savings and reinvesting a portion of the savings into the schools strategic priorities.  This will improve the interoperability of applications, products and services across campuses, and to achieve faster deployment of new shared products, technology infrastructure and services.

This assessment will enable the University of Michigan to make data-driven determinations regarding IT planning and sourcing, said David Wilson, managing director of Accentures Canada and US State & Local Government client service group. It is a crucial first step for the university to enable innovative, value-based approaches to technologies and applications to better meet the needs of faculty, researchers and students.

Accenture will work with the university to develop an IT rationalization roadmap once the initial assessments are completed.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 181,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.