We just acquired a company! Exciting stuff, Accenture is currently really investing in gaining strategic capabilities, also in the security field. As part of this effort we bought Gestalt, an business and technology consulting firm that helps clients develop practical yet innovative solutions that drive competitive advantage in complex decision environments…ok this is small talk, basically the capability is in helping defense organizations achieve systems interoperability and collaboration, allowing information systems from separate branches of the armed services to share battlefield information in support of joint military operations. Gestalt’s command and control; modeling, simulation and training; and defense and commercial energy management solutions will give us new strength on the mission side of IT-related services, and a complement to our traditional focus on the back office. For more information see the website

Accenture’s refreshed advertising campaign launched the week of October 1 includes four new television commercials, five new print and airport poster ads and six new online ads. The ads’ “call-to-action” messaging encourages audiences to see insights from Accenture’s research and experience with high-performance businesses at accenture.com/research.

Continuing to demonstrate the characteristics that define Tiger Woods as a high performer, the “Drowned Clubs” TV ad shows Tiger’s response when faced with an unexpected turn of events that threatens his success. lees verder…

-Hello, Jort Possel
-Yes hi, this is miss X of Online Business Directory site Y. Are you responsible for the online presence of Accenture?
-Yes, I am. I’m on a way to a meeting though so…
-Well, you have been listed in our directory for the past year and I would like to know if you want to upgrade you listing?
-No, not interested. Sorry to be so forward but I receive calls from similar companies all the time, I know the setup and I wont play.
-Why not?
-We have our own online presence and it doesn’t fit in our strategy. Now if
-Are you on Google?
-……yes, we’re on Google
-What’s your page rank?
-…we have many sites with various page ranks. We have various activities to improve this, so really thanks.
-Ok, well than..
-Yes thanks I’m stepping into a meeting now. Have a great day, bye. lees verder…

A recent article in the guardian triggerd me to find out more about the surveilance business. Today a number of companies are working on the next generation of CCTV applications. Engineers at British defence company BAE Systems, which is working on the technology, claim they are able to automatically follow a lees verder…

On the 18 of October The Netherlands, France, Italy and Spain have signed a treaty for the European Gendarmerie Force. Under this treaty police forces with a military status intensify their cooperation. Currently the Dutch are leading the first mission to Bosnia. lees verder…

Deze en nog veel meer Finance BPO onderwerpen en achtergrond info zal ik vanaf heden verder beschrijven en becommentariëren op dit nieuwe weblog dat per vandaag in het leven geroepen is. lees verder…

Has your bike ever been stolen? And did you ever get it back? 

According to an article in De Stentor, next year, the police will start using special scanners to locate stolen bikes. As of January 27th 2008, a database will become available with the chip numbers of stolen bikes.

This is in line with the target set by the government to reduce the number of stolen bikes by 100.000/year; Currently 750.000 bikes are stolen per year!

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Op het strand van Zandvoort aan Zee vond op 6 september het zogeheten ‘community event’ plaats voor alle Accenture medewerkers die werkzaam zijn binnen onze Outsourcing practice.  Deze dag stond in het teken van teamspirit, avontuur en ontspanning. lees verder…

De Volkskrant berichtte vorige week over een een nieuw tijdschrift voor werkende moeders. Prachtig initiatief natuurlijk. Alhoewel ik persoonlijk een enorme hekel heb aan het etiket ‘werkende moeder’. Taal is wat dat betreft behoorlijk beeldvormend. Woorden krijgen in een bepaalde context betekenis maar ook een lading. Het begrip ‘werkende moeder’ impliceert dat je in de eerste plaats moeder bent en werken doe je erbij. Je identiteit wordt dus primair bepaald door het hebben van kinderen en de rest is secundair. Dus: je hebt een gedegen opleiding gedaan, een goede baan gezocht, jarenlang (fulltime) gewerkt, maar zodra er kindjes komen zit Kaatje weer in de keuken. Alle verworvenheden ten spijt.       

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I bought the Nokia N95 some time ago. A great product and I’m very happy with it. Shot some nice photos, phone and internet work fine and the extra 2.0 features are excellent. Just don’t get the Maps app working.

Honestly though, if I had the opportunity back then to buy the iPhone, I might have chosen the marketing champion. The messages then were though that it wouldn’t be available until early next year. Easy choice. Now I read all these messages that they are sold already in the Netherlands, made possible through some creative tweaking.

Did anyone buy one of these? Should I sell my N95? I hope not. The life of a gadget freak is hard enough as it is….