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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoMany organisations are struggling to adapt long established, centralised architectures to the demands that sovereignty now places on data and AI. What is increasingly clear is that sovereignty is not a single decision or technology choice — it represents a fundamental operating model shift across the entire enterprise stack. Requirements around data residency, identity, encryption, auditing, access control and model governance now need to work across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. For many organisations, this means rethinking how decisions are made, how platforms are governed and how teams work together. There is also a growing need for capabilities such as federated engineering, policy as code and secure model operations. In this conversation with Samer Abu-Ltaif, President of Microsoft EMEA, and Stuart Wilson, Senior Research Director at IDC, hosted by Andreas Storz from IDC, we explored why this shift can be slow. Accenture research shows that only 15% of organisations treat AI sovereignty as a CEO or board level priority, and this lack of alignment often delays key decisions. The real challenge is not choosing a sovereignty technology. It is industrialising sovereignty across the enterprise without losing the speed that competitiveness demands. https://lnkd.in/dKNkUxvVEnabling AI and Resilience in EMEA Cloud EcosystemsEnabling AI and Resilience in EMEA Cloud Ecosystems
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoTrust, compliance, and sovereignty are critical as public and regulated organisations accelerate AI adoption. Today, with Google Cloud, we’re opening a new Sovereign Center in Brussels to support their journey. Even in governments and regulated sectors, the level of control over data, models, and infrastructure vary by use case. It’s rarely a matter of having complete control or giving it all up. This new center will enable organisations to explore and validate different sovereign AI options, helping them make the right decisions for their needs and innovate with confidence. It will support the development of sovereign AI skills, building in‑house expertise to ensure appropriate oversight. This partnership builds on the longstanding relationship between Accenture and Google Cloud and reflects a shared commitment to supporting digital transformation on local terms. https://lnkd.in/d8uwhrPx
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elemento2026 is shaping up to be Europe’s year of AI acceleration. After experimenting in 2024 and piloting in 2025, we’re now seeing investments turn into scaled reinvention—powered by agentic and physical AI. Europe’s AI startup ecosystem is maturing fast, with deal sizes rising as investors back solutions that transform core business processes. Our acquisition of Faculty AI reflects this momentum, strengthening our ability to help clients redesign critical operations and deliver AI at scale. Across our own client work, advanced AI programmes have more than doubled in three years, a clear sign that organisations are moving from incremental change to end-to-end operating model transformation. But AI’s full value depends on people. And here, Europe faces a widening talent gap. Few employees feel confident using AI or understand how it will reshape their roles. Many companies plan to upskill but far fewer are redesigning roles, teams or success metrics. If Europe can marry bold AI adoption with bold people strategies, 2026 can be the year AI becomes a true engine of competitiveness.
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoIn Europe and across EMEA, the conversation about banking technology has flipped. For too long, tech sat in the back office while new features were layered on old cores, creating unsustainable debt. Now, with AI compressing build cycles and customer expectations moving to real time conversational experiences, banks must close the gap between ambition and capability. This isn’t an efficiency fix; it’s a growth agenda. Our latest Banking Trends shows what’s next: convert tech debt into digital capital by modernizing to open, modular architectures, scaling (agentic) AI, and designing resilience and compliance into the core. That’s how we accelerate innovation and strengthen trust. The context matters. From the EU’s sovereignty ambitions and the AI regulatory path to real time payments and cross border rails, Europe’s competitiveness will be shaped by how boldly we reinvent the digital core and how we partner across ecosystems to create value at speed. We call this Unconstrained Banking; an era where technology fuels ambition. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/dQts7BFk
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoGolf is one of the world’s great global sports, with a rich history and an exciting future. We’re proud to partner with leading golf governing body, The R&A, as its Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner and an Official Patron of its most iconic championships. Together, we will apply technology, data, and AI to help open the game to an even wider audience - strengthening the sport’s foundations, enhancing experiences on and off the course, and supporting The R&A’s mission to grow and evolve golf for generations to come. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/dv9pJbPp
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoEurope’s digital competitiveness won’t be shaped by ambition alone. It will be built through investment, capability and the courage to simplify and scale. At Masters of Digital in Brussels, hosted by DIGITALEUROPE, I joined policymakers and industry leaders to discuss how Europe can strengthen its digital capacities at a time of geopolitical fragmentation and rapid technological change. During the panel “World of disorder. Boosting Europe’s digital capacities”, moderated by Afşin Yurdakul, I joined Dr. Mirjam Storim from Siemens, Liisa Pakosta, Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia, and Victor NEGRESCU, Vice-President of the European Parliament, to answer a key question: Can Europe turn its digital ambitions into real industrial strength, or will it remain dependent on technologies, supply chains and platforms built elsewhere? Sovereignty is not an all or nothing approach. We need to protect and localise what is strategic, while continuing to tap into global platforms and ecosystems to scale innovation. From accelerating AI adoption across European companies, large and small, to strengthening digital security and simplifying regulation, the focus now must be on execution that drives real industrial competitiveness. You can watch the full panel discussion here: https://lnkd.in/dKxvhpXw #MoD2026
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoToday we announced a multi-year strategic collaboration between Accenture and Mistral AI to help organisations rapidly move from AI pilots to secure enterprise-scale deployment, with a focus on strategic autonomy for European clients. This morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box I joined Arthur Mensch, CEO and co-founder of Mistral AI, in a conversation hosted by Andrew Ross Sorkin to share the value this strategic collaboration will bring to our clients in Europe and around the world. You can watch the interview here: https://lnkd.in/ekxMPEyD Our clients are looking for AI solutions that combine world class performance with the complete ownership that Mistral AI’s technology offers enterprises. By partnering with Mistral AI, a leading global innovator, we bring together sovereign models and the capability to scale technology across industries, geographies, and business functions. Our go-to-market collaboration will enable enterprises in Europe and around the world to accelerate reinvention with AI, securely and deeply connected to strategic priorities. Enterprise AI is not plug and play. To achieve measurable outcomes CEOs need support across data, processes, skills, and governance. This is especially important in Europe, where competitiveness and technological sovereignty increasingly go hand in hand. I look forward to seeing the impact this collaboration will enable for our clients. Link to our press release: https://lnkd.in/eqfYK5CY
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoWhen I first shared our research on Sovereign AI, the conversation was heavily defensive: risk mitigation, geopolitical tension, and reducing over-reliance on a few global providers. But as we dive deeper into the next phase of AI adoption, sovereignty is shifting from a compliance checkbox and risk strategy to an advantage strategy. It is about how you build AI that is powerful, compliant, and trusted at the same time. Our latest data shows a striking sovereignty gap: - While 61% of organizations are seeking sovereign solutions due to geopolitical friction, only 15% have made it a CEO or Board-level priority. - In Europe, 51% of executives see the value, yet only 12% have a sovereign platform in production today. Yet, only about one-third of AI workloads need to be sovereign. The winning model is not ‘everything sovereign’- it’s a smart portfolio that protects what matters most while still accessing global innovation. I’ll be speaking about this on February 25 at the Master’s of Digital Conference, organized by DIGITALEUROPE, and the need for a balanced approach to AI sovereignty. The path forward is clear; by building for resilience and intelligence simultaneously, we can ensure that our digital future is one we truly own. It is time to execute. Let’s move beyond the pilot phase and build an AI industrial base that drives sustained, enterprise-wide impact across the stacks. Read our full framework here: https://lnkd.in/ecY4EWHu
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Mauro Macchi ha condiviso questo elementoLeaders everywhere are asking how to embrace AI- and how to bring their teams with them. The answer isn’t more tools; it’s scale, redesigned work, and a culture that learns fast. Technology matters but people matter more. At World Economic Forum in Davos this year, conversations centered on moving from AI adoption to value at enterprise scale and how people and technology advance together. Key to this is the way we, as leaders, lead during this. My playbook for the next 6 months: - Reshape work end‑to‑end- processes, talent, tools, ethics. - Free time for creativity (set bold goals and model continuous learning). - Make culture the catalyst (address excitement and anxiety, build trust, and support real on‑the‑job adoption). How do we do this as leaders? These are the four actions I’ll continue to take: 1. lead with a growth mindset and raise AI literacy, 2. empower (don’t just manage), 3. communicate openly, 4. embrace change. The next six months are pivotal. AI won’t replace leaders, but leaders who embrace AI will replace those who don’t.
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Proud to see the continued investment and impact our teams are making in Saudi Arabia.
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Absolutely Salvatore, thank you for taking the time to read.
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoLa tecnologia ha valore quando si mette al servizio delle persone. Negli ultimi mesi abbiamo avuto il privilegio di collaborare con il Centro Sant'Antonio dei Frati Minori di Milano, una realtà che ogni giorno offre ascolto, accoglienza e supporto concreto a chi si trova in difficoltà. Come Accenture Italia, abbiamo messo a disposizione le nostre competenze per progettare e realizzare il nuovo sito del Centro: dalla grafica allo sviluppo, fino alla costruzione dei contenuti. Ma questo progetto è stato molto più di un lavoro digitale. Noi abbiamo portato tecnologia e visione progettuale. Il Centro Sant'Antonio ha portato la conoscenza profonda delle persone, del territorio e delle fragilità sociali che incontra ogni giorno. Da questo incontro è nato qualcosa che riesce davvero a raccontare chi sono, cosa fanno e perché lo fanno. 👉 https://lnkd.in/d_NXheAu Un grazie speciale alle colleghe e ai colleghi di Accenture che hanno reso possibile tutto questo: Nicoletta Cremona Valentina Ariemma Elvira Iacutone Fabrizio Lo Presti Alessandro Vivari Marcos Renato Bruno Vittoria Cesaroni E un sincero ringraziamento al team del Centro Sant’Antonio dei Frati Minori, per la disponibilità e la generosità nel condividere la loro realtà: @LucaVolontè - Responsabile delle attività del Centro Nicola Di Terlizzi - Responsabile del Centro di ascolto Rosi Lucifero - Responsabile della mensa @FabrizioBarzaghi - Referente sviluppo aziende Gloria Peccini - Comunicazione e canali social Delmenico Carlo - Volontario #CSR #Reinventors #Accenture #CentroSantAntonioCentro accoglienza Milano | Centro Sant’Antonio - Centro Sant'Antonio Centro Sant'Antonio Centro Sant'AntonioCentro accoglienza Milano | Centro Sant’Antonio - Centro Sant'Antonio Centro Sant'Antonio Centro Sant'Antonio
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoBig moment this week in Brussels. Super proud to see us launch the new Accenture + Google Cloud Sovereign AI Innovation Centre, a facility purpose-built for governments and regulated industries that need to innovate without compromising on data control. Sovereignty isn't a compliance checkbox — it's a strategic capability. And with an air-gapped environment powered by Google Distributed Cloud, we now have a place where clients can actually test and build with confidence. Special shout out to Praveen Gorur and the team for the leadership in driving this for the benefit of our clients and this evolving arena. Look out for Praveen at #GoogleCloudNext where he and I will be hosting the "Solve the Sovereignty Puzzle: Your Cloud, Your Rules” session on how to balance AI-driven innovation with strict data control, navigate fragmented global regulation, and build a cloud strategy that holds up. More here: https://lnkd.in/gb4QcQdG. Mauro Macchi, Scott Alfieri, Chetna Sehgal, Claudia Caldera, Mauro Capo, Sudhindra (Sudhi) K Ghanathe, Matt Renner, Eliot Danner, John Abel, Ryan Oakes #DigitalSovereignty #AI #CloudComputing #Accenture
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoI am extremely proud that last Monday we opened our #SovereignAI Lab in #Brussels, in collaboration with Google - a milestone that builds on years of common work on digital sovereignty. A place where clients can test real AI use cases, validate architectures, and deploy in sovereign environments. Sovereign AI is rapidly shifting from compliance to control, resilience, and competitiveness. AI adoption is accelerating - 84% of organizations plan to increase investments - but in a more constrained world shaped by energy, compute, and geopolitics. This changes the game: it’s no longer just about scaling AI, but doing it efficiently and under control. Ultimately, value is not captured at the infrastructure layer, but at the application layer. With Google Distributed Cloud, we can bring advanced AI into sovereign environments, turning theory into real deployment choices. https://lnkd.in/d43tB5Wj Looking ahead, the next frontier may not be bigger models, but more specialized and efficient ones - the right model for the right problem. More to come. #SovereignAI #DigitalSovereignty #AI #Cloud #Accenture #GoogleCloud Mauro Macchi Tara Brady Scott Alfieri Olivier Girard Ashish Goel Claudia Caldera Praveen Gorur Nick Watkins David Wood Stefania Lamonaca Philippe MONCHAUZOU ☁Andy Tay Jan Van Den Bremen Valerio Romano Surya Mukherjee Katia De Vos
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoBrussels at the heart of Europe’s sovereign AI journey. Last week at our Accenture Belgium Brussels office we launched the new Accenture – Google Cloud Sovereign AI Innovation Centre. A concrete step in helping governments and regulated organisations move forward with AI securely, compliantly, and on their own terms. As Mauro Macchi said it, trust, compliance and sovereignty are not binary choices. Different use cases require different levels of control over data, models and infrastructure. This centre gives organisations a safe place to test, learn and decide with confidence. Beyond technology, it’s about skills and oversight, and by building sovereign AI capabilities locally, we’re supporting a future where innovation, responsibility and public trust go hand in hand. Truly excited to see what we’ll build, with and for our clients. Olivier Girard Tara Brady Claudia Caldera Praveen Gorur Mauro Capo Céline Callewaert Brecht Van Poucke Kiryakos Chebel #leadership #AI #Reinvention #sovereignty
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoSovereignty is not about constraints or protectionism. It is about operational resilience: the ability of organizations to keep running, adapt, and innovate through the right architectures, even in a disrupted world. It was a pleasure to attend the opening ceremony of our Sovereign AI Innovation Center in Brussels, inaugurated in partnership with Google Cloud, alongside Mauro Macchi and Tara Brady. This new Center will enable companies and organizations to explore the different sovereign #AI options available to them, so they can innovate with confidence. It reflects our partnership with Google Cloud on this topic and our shared commitment to supporting digital transformation tailored to European and local specifics. I especially appreciated the opportunity to exchange views with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, with whom we share, at least, two convictions: in these challenging moments, "time is of the essence" and "AI does not replace leadership", to quote his own words. A necessary reminder that humans must always be in the lead, at the center of decisions, especially on matters of #sovereignty and ethics. Claudia Caldera Praveen Gorur Mauro Capo Kristof Lambert Accenture Belgium
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoI recently joined Accenture's EMEA CEO, Mauro Macchi, and IDC's Research Director, Stuart Wilson, to discuss how sovereignty is reshaping the course of digital transformation across EMEA. It’s no longer solely viewed as a regulatory requirement but as a strategic foundation for resilience and trust. Fresh IDC’s data puts it in context: 40% of European organizations already use sovereign cloud solutions, and another 40% plan to. (You can find the full InfoBrief "Sovereignty as Strategy: Enabling AI and Resilience in EMEA Cloud Ecosystems" linked in the comments section below.) A key idea from our discussion was that success lies in choice. From public cloud with sovereign controls to fully private environments, success lies in a continuum that aligns control, security and risk. When designed in from the start, sovereignty enables long‑term resilience and responsible AI adoption. Thank you to Mauro and Stuart for the insightful exchange. Mark Chaban, Ihab Foudeh, Jeff Bullwinkel, Jordi Armengol, Walid Ibrahim https://lnkd.in/dFzB-xDzEnabling AI and Resilience in EMEA Cloud EcosystemsEnabling AI and Resilience in EMEA Cloud Ecosystems
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Mauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoMauro Macchi ha consigliato questo elementoToday Accenture, in partnership with Google Cloud, is announcing the opening of a new Sovereign Cloud and AI Innovation Center in Brussels. This new hub comes as governments and regulated sectors in Europe look to scale AI adoption while maintaining control over data, security, and compliance. Swipe to learn more ↓
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