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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The IT company Octo Technology, a subsidiary of Accenture, has announced the creation of 200 positions in 2019. This plan aims to strengthen the firm's areas of expertise with profiles highly sought-after by the market in Big Data, DevOps, IS Architecture, Business Intelligence and the Agile Method.
The company employs 430 consultants. The group reached a turnover of €47.2 million in 2016. Octo Technology helps its clients to design information systems and applications to transform their businesses. Two previous recruitment announcement were recorded in 2017 (100 job creations) and 2018 (140 job creations)
Eurofound (2019), Octo Technology, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 97203, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97203.
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