IT location Tyrol: Accenture turns Innsbruck into a technology competence center
With the takeover of the General Data Center (ARZ) by Accenture, Innsbruck and Tyrol are set to develop into one of the world’s leading IT technology locations. But politics is also required. It takes skilled workers and training.
INNSBRUCK. “It is something when a leading high-tech company decides to come to Tyrol and invest heavily in the location. Tyrol offers good framework conditions – through well-trained people and a particularly strong network of business and science,” explains Governor Anton Mattle. In 2022, the shareholders of the ARZ decided to be taken over by the leading international technology and consulting company Accenture, which with 738,000 employees advises customers in over 120 countries in the areas of digitization, cloud and security.
Strong IT know-how
“We will set up a comprehensive technology competence center for our customers in Austria and throughout Europe at the Innsbruck location. With 400 highly qualified experts, the ARZ team has the experience to jointly lay the foundation stone for the banking of the future “Made in Austria”, explains Michael Zettel, Country Managing Director of Accenture in Austria. The IT implementer Avanade is also coming to Innsbruck with Accenture. Country manager Christiane Noll draws attention to the actual job prospects in the IT sector: “With flexible working models, employees can drive digital transformation in Austria, Europe and the world.” The Innsbruck location is also excellent because of the livable environment. Accenture and Avanade therefore invite the people in Tyrol to benefit from the international expertise and to speak explicitly to the people who have been cut at Swarovski in the past.
Taking the right step
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Tirol sees the takeover as the right step: “Sometimes you have to let go so that more can be created – it is therefore strategically correct to take the step to Accenture. The location itself benefits from the combined expertise of the ARZ and the umbrella of Accenture, all bank customers can meet the complex challenges of cyber security in the long term.”