Accenture has announced the launch a new Liquid Studio in Toronto as part of its accelerated investment in innovation in Canada.

Part of the Accenture Innovation Architecture, Liquid Studios bring together capabilities — from research, ventures, and labs to studios, innovation centers and delivery centers —to develop and deliver disruptive innovations for clients, and to scale them faster. It brings together clients and Accenture professionals to work side-by-side to turn ideas into innovative applications and solutions with speed and agility.

“Continuous innovation is imperative to driving Canadian growth and competitiveness, and we will be working closely with our Canadian clients at the Liquid Studio to use new technologies and ways of working to solve their most significant business challenges,” said Steve Convey, managing director, Accenture Technology Canada.

The Liquid Studio accelerates innovation by using rapid development approaches including Agile methodologies and DevOps, and applying disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and serverless architectures, the official release said. This allows clients to reduce development time from months to days and shorten the time to business impact.

“Through immersive workshops, organizations will receive tangible, hands-on experience of how their business can benefit from the most disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality,” Convey said. “By leveraging agile teams, a start-up culture and multi-speed, microservice and cloud-based architectures, organization will see more value quickly and easily.”

According to the official release, the capabilities of the Liquid Studio will be supplemented by Accenture’s alliance ecosystem, start-ups, and organizations like the Vector Institute, among others. The Liquid Studio in Toronto will collaborate with Accenture Liquid Studios in Silicon Valley, Houston, Paris, Milan, London, Kronberg, Singapore, Sydney and other locations, and with the Accenture Labs, where Accenture incubates and prototypes new concepts through applied R&D projects.

Accenture said that the Liquid Studio in Toronto is one of its several new initiatives in Canada, which include expanded investments in training and hiring, aimed at driving innovation locally.

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