Delattre has led strategic programs in industries ranging from communications and electronics and high technology to media/entertainment. He was at the forefront of Accenture's focus on shifting clients' business strategies to exploit the advance of convergence, accelerate transitions to solutions and services-based revenue models and embrace the emergence of globalization.

"Al brings to Korn/Ferry an impressive track record and proven success in establishing the operational framework for some of the leading technology companies in the world," said Gary Burnison, CEO, Korn/Ferry International. "His strong technology credentials, deep relationships and hands-on understanding of the professional services environment will be a strong fit as we continue to seize talent management opportunities in the technology sector."

About Korn/Ferry International

Korn/Ferry International, with a presence throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is a premier global provider of talent management solutions celebrating 40 years in business. Based in Los Angeles, the firm delivers an array of solutions that help clients to attract, develop, retain and sustain their talent. Visit www.kornferry.com for more information on the Korn/Ferry International family of companies, and www.kornferryinstitute.com for thought leadership, intellectual property and research.

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http://www.kornferry.com

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Expected next dividend:
Dividend Announcement Date: 10/1/2009
Dividend Record Date: 10/16/2009
Dividend Pay Date: 11/16/2009
Dividend Amount: 0.75

Accelerated implementation: Preconfiguration means agencies can eliminate from 6 to 18 months of time associated with typical technology platform development.

Risk mitigation: Proven components and methods from implementations of the architecture at numerous clients help to reduce technological, operational, security and delivery risks.

Flexibility and modularity: A modular approach makes it easy to work with existing technical architectures and integrate with legacy and external systems. The architecture supports incremental approaches as well as total operational function replacement. The platform is vendor-independent, giving clients flexibility now and in the future.

Enhanced and expanded services: The Platform includes many convenient ways for citizens to access the system, such as via telephone, self-service web sites and mobile devices to drive better outcomes for citizens and maximize agencies' use of limited staff and budget.

Improved communication and collaboration: The Platform helps agencies work collaboratively across departmental and agency boundaries by enabling cross-program and enterprise-wide solutions.

Lower total cost of ownership: The Platform is composed of standardized, modular components and is comparatively easy to modify. Accommodating and implementing changing requirements and maintaining systems over time is less costly and faster than custom development, and spells lower costs for taxpayers.

Standards compliance: The Platform follows Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), open standards as defined in the Federal Technical Reference Model and industry coding standards such as OASIS and w3C.

The Platform's structure uses technology architecture successfully deployed with hundreds of public and private sector clients. It includes the following layers:

-- Portal-based user interface for presenting multiple applications in one place.

-- A rules engine makes complex policy elements easy to maintain.

-- Business services to support business functionality.

-- Service integration for consistent enterprise service delivery using most commercially available or open source Enterprise Service Bus.

-- Shared components services support technical requirements.

-- Data services for data access for inter-agency and external communications.

-- Data storage uses industry standards for application flexibility.

-- Security services allow users to sign on once and access only the information they should see.

-- Batch and reporting architecture.

-- Infrastructure services and administration and operational services.

"Accenture's Public Service Platform, drawing on our Service Oriented Architecture capabilities, is designed to address public agencies' unique needs for flexibility, integration to enable agencies to better meet citizen needs, and reduced cost and risk, and provides those benefits without being tied to a specific vendor's offerings," said David McCurley, Accenture's managing director for global human services.

Accenture has been named a leader in the systems integrator market worldwide by IDC for the past three years. (IDC, Worldwide and US Systems Integration Services 2008 Vendor Shares: Top 10 Vendors for 2008, Doc # 219466, August 2009)

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With approximately 177,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

SOURCE: Accenture

Accenture 
Joe Dickie, +1 512-694-6422 
Joseph.R.Dickie@accenture.com