[Am-info] John's Anderson query...

[John Poltorak]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 04:00:56PM +0100, Jeff Wasel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In following this debacle, the accounting practice is the one really in deep
> kimchee. Accenture is the IT side of the old Anderson (they had a very nasty
> and public divorce), and to my knowledge has not been implicated in any
> misdeeds. However, they've had problems of their own, particularly in SAP
> implementations. Hershey sued them a couple years back for roughly $35
> million or so, as Accenture botched a SAP job so badly that Hershey missed
> Halloween!
> 
> Accenture and M$ are in bed on a number of technology deals, mostly in
> systems integration work with mid-size companies. When I was working, I had
> a lot of exposure to the Andersen - pre-Accenture and Accenture partners and
> consultants. For the most part they were diligent and ethical, very much in
> keeping with the "Android" moniker at the time. Accenture here in the UK is
> hiring; in fact there were here on campus a few weeks ago and sang a pretty
> tune, so someone's passing the kool-aid around...


Are they behind this deal to provide IT services for the NHS? :-

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24700.html

This story really stinks especially since the UK government is putting up 
taxes ostensibly to provide a better UK Health Service but will end up 
lining the pockets of Tony Blair's friend, Bill Gates.

I can just see this project costing ten times as much as it should, and 
providing an unreliable service where everyone's personal medical history 
is held on hackable Microsoft SQL servers for all to access via the 
Internet. It makes my blood boil when I think about it.

Just wondered if this Dr Gwyn Thomas selling the deal is some sort of 
Microsoft stooge...

 
> Jeff Wasel


-- 
John