Avanade
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry |
Professional services Technology services |
| Founded | April 4, 2000 |
| Founder | Accenture and Microsoft |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Adam Warby (CEO) |
| Services | Digital marketing, IT services, IT consulting |
| Revenue |  US$ 2.0+ billion (2016 fiscal) |
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Number of employees
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29,000+ |
| Parent | Accenture |
| Website | avanade |
Avanade (/ˈæv.əˌnɑːd/) is a global professional services company providing IT consulting and services focused on the Microsoft platform with business analytics, business applications, cloud, digital marketing, technology and managed services offerings. Headquartered in Seattle, the company has more than 80 locations in 20 countries with approximately 29,000 professionals and revenues of over $2 billion as of 2016. Avanade serves 34% of the Fortune 500 and 46% of the Fortune Global 500.
Avanade operates as a subsidiary of Accenture and was founded as a joint venture with Microsoft. On June 1, 2016, Accenture and Avanade were named the Microsoft Alliance Partner of the Year for the ninth year in a row and twelfth time overall.
Avanade was formed on April 4, 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and Microsoft. Ownership was initially split between the two founding companies, with Accenture owning 51% and Microsoft 49%. As of November 30, 2007, Accenture is the majority owner holding 95% of , with Microsoft and founding employees retaining the remainder. The companies maintain the Accenture-Avanade-Microsoft alliance to combine Accenture's consulting expertise with Microsoft's scalable cloud and mobile technologies. Avanade and Accenture has been recognized as the Microsoft Alliance Partner of the Year twelve times, most recently in 2016 for the ninth year in a row.
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