Accenture, a global tech consulting firm, has launched a technology and innovation centre in Thailand to support clients to access advanced technologies and specialised talents to drive business transformation.
Advanced Technology Center in Thailand (ATCT) will focus on cloud, mobile, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), intelligent software engineering service and cybersecurity.
This centre will enable innovation lead delivery at scale and bring closer R&D from other centres globally, the company said. It also aims to grow 1,000 tech talents by 2024.
Speaking at a virtual news briefing, Divyesh Vithlani, Southeast Asia market unit head of Accenture, indicated Thailand's digital market is projected to grow at least 10% in 2022, driven by businesses that invest in tech innovation, economic growth and connectivity that support digital inclusion.
ATCT is part of the company's 50 advanced tech centres globally, which highlights Accenture's journey to drive 360-degree value for all the stakeholders, including clients, communities and partners, he said.
"We have been boosting our capabilities across our services by acquisitions, including the recent acquisition in Malaysia and the set-up of our innovation cloud centre in Indonesia," said Mr Vithlani.
Thailand, he said, was the country of choice as it is primed for significant growth and the Thai government has put a lot of investment in digital infrastructure.
The country also sees fast growth in a broad range of segments, such as banking, healthcare, telecom and consumer goods, which pushes up demand for innovative technologies.
"The new centre will allow clients to work very closely with Accenture to co-create advanced solutions and to co-source in a local environment while drawing upon our global delivery networks combination of industry expertise, functional capabilities, leading tools, methodologies and technologies," he said.
According to Mr Vithlani, Accenture invested US$3 billion as part of its cloud first strategy to help businesses migrate to cloud.
The next technology targets in Thailand involve 5G, Internet of Things, blockchain, digital asset trading as well as non-fungible tokens (NFT).
"Metaverse is still in an early concept, which draws together blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital objects, digital identity and extended reality to drive immersive experiences," he said.
"We will leverage work around digital currencies, tokenisation including NFT marketplaces to prepare for solutions that make sense for customers' perspective of metaverse."
