Accenture is a multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.

It originated as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. The division's origins lie in a 1953 feasibility study for General Electric, which were seeking to automate payroll processing and manufacturing at their Appliance Park facility near Louisville, Kentucky. Arthur Andersen recommended the installation of a UNIVAC I computer and printer, which resulted in the first commercially owned computer installation in the United States in 1954.


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