Investorideas.com Newswire - The AI Eye: Accenture (NYSE: ACN) Opens New Innovation Hub in Australia, HPE (NYSE: HPE) and Cray Unveil Next-Gen HPC & AI Portfolio

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has opened a new innovation hub for mining and energy in Perth, Australia. The hub gives mining and energy companies access to "technology innovations including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, virtual and augmented reality, quantum computing, blockchain and drones". Ann Burns, who leads Accenture's Resources sector in Australia and New Zealand, commented: "With this new innovation hub, we are helping raise the innovation profile of Western Australia and Australia overall. We believe that the Western Australian energy and mining sectors can become world leaders in digitalization. Crucial to this is a focus on what we refer to as'triple zero': ideas, design and technologies that help achieve zero harm to workers and machines, zero loss across the value chain, and zero waste for sustainability."