Accenture, a leading global professional services company, has announced plans to collaborate with Google Cloud to accelerate the adoption of cloud solutions and generative AI capabilities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to address local data, operational and software sovereignty needs. 

 

The initiative aims to help organizations create new business opportunities and improve customer experiences by establishing a modern digital core and scaling generative AI agents to enhance operational efficiency and enterprise intelligence, said Accenture in a statement.

 

According to a recent report by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority in collaboration with Accenture, the adoption of generative AI has the potential to increase Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product by four percent. 

 

To address this unique opportunity, Accenture will collaborate with Google Cloud to advance AI initiatives locally, it added.

 

Building on their global collaboration, Accenture and Google Cloud will extend their joint Generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) to Saudi Arabia to provide organizations with cutting-edge industry solutions, products and assets, including generative AI agents. 

 

This expansion can help rapidly transform ideas into tangible value by combining the latest Google Cloud technologies with Accenture’s industry-tested solutions and services with significant generative AI projects in production. 

 

Experts from both companies will work closely with clients to identify transformative use cases and rapidly develop and scale them in production for strategic advancements. 

 

The collaboration will help enable organizations to harness the power of generative AI while maintaining data security and compliance through Google’s Dammam cloud region, it stated.

 

Dr. Majid Altuwaijri, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia chair and country managing director at Accenture, said: "Being ready for continuous reinvention hinges on a modern digital core to rapidly seize every opportunity. We’re expanding our joint Accenture and Google Cloud Generative AI CoE to bring new capabilities to the region and transform how Saudi organizations can reinvent products, services and experiences."

 

"Our partnership with Google Cloud aims to help clients in Saudi Arabia accelerate business outcomes in new ways," stated Altuwaijri. 

 

"We are unique because our strategy brings together key stakeholders to pioneer digital sovereignty and to develop systems that are not only secure and compliant but also resilient and future ready," he added.

 

Bader Almadi, country manager of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at Google Cloud, said: "Organizations need the combination of leading technology and services expertise to successfully deploy generative AI."

 

"With Google Cloud’s advanced capabilities and Accenture’s industry expertise, customers will have access to the resources needed to plan, deploy and optimize generative AI projects," he added.-TradeArabia News Service