Difference between revisions of "Deloitte"

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Type:	Privately held (Limited Guarantee)
Industry:	Management Consulting
Founded:	1845
Founder(s):	William Welch Deloitte George Touche Admiral Nobuzo Tohmatsu
Headquarters:	1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019
Country:	USA
Businesses:	Deloitte & Touche LLP Deloitte Consulting LLP Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP Deloitte Tax LLP
Employees:	182,000
Revenue:	$28.8 billion (2011) ^[1]
Website:	www.deloitte.com
Facebook:	Deloitte
LinkedIn:	Deloitte
Twitter:	@Deloitte
Key People
Barry Salzberg, CEO Steve Almond, Chairman

Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited) is the world's leading private professional services organization. The company has more than 182,000 employees and reported a $28.8 billion revenue in 2011. Deloitte is based in New York City,^[2]

Application for .Deloitte Brand gTLD

In April, 2012, Deloitte confirmed its application for the .deloitte Brand TLD with ICANN. According to Larry Quinlan, Chief Information Officer, the company's decision to apply for their own TLD will help improve and protect the company's brand. He said, "With the rollout of the TLD, Deloitte member firms will continue as industry leaders in providing clients and people with world-class IT security." ^[3] Deloitte was one of the first brands to make a public announcement regarding its intention to apply for the brand TLD.

ICANN Involvement

In 2009, Deloitte was invited by ICANN's Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) to share its experience in providing rights protection mechanisms for the .asia, .tel, .me and .nl TLD registries, in order to provide recommendations to develop strategies that will increase trademark protections for new TLDs. The company provided a list of 100 brands to be included in the GPMLGlobally Protected Marks List (GPML) proposed by the IRT.^[4]

The criteria used by Deloitte in compiling the brand list include:^[5]

Number of trademarks registered by brand holders
Trademark's history of registrations in previous sunrise periods
History of trademarks being objects of cybersquatting
Website ranking and link building

The brand list provide by Deloitte for the proposed GPML is available here.

Services

Deloitte provides the following services: ^[6]

Audit & Enterprise Risk Services
Consulting
Financial Advisory Services
Tax
Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services
Featured Services, which include Chinese Services Group, Sustainability & Climate Change, Deloitte Analytics, Driving Enterprise Value, Finance Transformation, Governance and Risk Management, International Financial Reporting Standards Services (IFRS), Japanese Services Group, Mass Career Customization, Merger & Acquisition and others.

Time2Dot Alliance

Deloitte partnered with OpenRegistry and eBrand Services in providing a complete solutions to entities interested in operating their own dot Brand gTLD. The services include business case preparation, tax planning and IP structuring, application registration and registry/registrar operations.^[7]

References

[Facts_and_Figures-1] Facts & Figures

[2] Deloitte ascends to become the largest private professional services organization worldwide

[3] Deloitte confirms TLD domain name application for .deloitte

[4] Brand List

[5] Criteria used to determine the brand list

[6] Services

[7] Time2Dot

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-| keypeople       = [[Barry Salzberg]], Global CEO <br> [[Steve Almond]], Chairman
+| keypeople       = [[Barry Salzberg]], CEO <br> [[Steve Almond]], Chairman
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-'''Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited)'''  is one of the world's leading professional services network providing audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services. The company has more than 182,000 employees and reported a $28.8 billion revenue in 2011. <ref name="Facts and Figures"/>
+'''Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited)'''  is the world's leading private professional services organization. The company has more than 182,000 employees and reported a $28.8 billion revenue in 2011. Deloitte is based in New York City,<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/press/global-press-releases-en/78ed944968a7b210VgnVCM1000001956f00aRCRD.htm Deloitte ascends to become the largest private professional services organization worldwide]</ref>
-==History==
+=== Application for .Deloitte Brand gTLD ===
-William Welch Deloitte established his own accountancy firm across the the Bankruptcy Court on Basinghall Street, London in 1845. He served as assistant to the Official Assignee at Bankruptcy Court for more than a decade since 1933 at the age of 15. In 1849, Deloitte became the first appointed independent auditor for Great Western Railway. He developed the standards for accounts keeping system in the railways and hotels industry, which was adopted in Great Britain and internationally.<ref name="Deloitte History">[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/about/overview/history/index.htm Deloitte History]</ref>
+In April, 2012, Deloitte confirmed its application for the [[.deloitte]] [[Brand TLD]] with [[ICANN]]. According to Larry Quinlan, Chief Information Officer, the company's decision to apply for their own [[TLD]] will help improve and protect the company's brand. He said,  ''"With the rollout of the TLD, Deloitte member firms will continue as industry leaders in providing clients and people with world-class IT security."'' <ref>[http://techdomainer.com/2012/04/19/deloitte-confirms-tld-domain-name-application-for-deloitte/ Deloitte confirms TLD domain name application for .deloitte]</ref> Deloitte was one of the first brands to make a public announcement regarding its intention to apply for the [[brand TLD]].
+==ICANN Involvement==
+In 2009, Deloitte was invited by ICANN's [[IRT|Implementation Recommendation Team]] (IRT) to share its experience in providing rights protection mechanisms for the [[.asia]], [[.tel]], [[.me]] and [[.nl]] TLD registries, in order to provide recommendations to develop strategies that will increase trademark protections for new TLDs. The company provided a list of 100 brands to be included in the [[GPMLGlobally Protected Marks List]] (GPML) proposed by the IRT.<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/be/brand-list Brand List]</ref>
-In 1857, Thomas Greenwood became Deloitte's partner after contributing £800 in capital. The firm became Deloitte & Greenwood. In 1869, John George Griffiths joined the partnership and the firm was renamed Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co. In 1880, Deloitte, Dever, and Griffiths served as the founders of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales firm after the Royal Charter mandated its incorporation. On the other hand, Philip S. Ross co-founded the first Accounting Society in North America. In 1880, the firm began to expand in the United States. Its first office was established in New York. By 1945, the company established offices in Cincinnati, Chicago and Montreal, Boston and Los Angeles. In 1897, Deloitte retired. <ref name="Deloitte History" />
+The criteria used by Deloitte in compiling the brand list include:<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_BE/be/services/aers/riskandgovernance/contractriskandcompliance/iss/brand-list-criteria/b08e6bfd44797210VgnVCM200000bb42f00aRCRD.htm Criteria used to determine the brand list]</ref>
+* Number of trademarks registered by brand holders
+* Trademark's history of registrations in previous sunrise periods
+* History of trademarks being objects of [[cybersquatting]]
+* Website ranking and link building
-In 1905,  Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co. became Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Company. Subsequently in 1952, the company merged with Haskins & Sells, an accounting firm based in New York City founded by Charles Waldo Haskins and Elijah Watt Sells in 1893. After the partnership agreement, the new company became Deloitte Haskins & Sells. <ref name="Deloitte History"/>
+The brand list provide by Deloitte for the proposed GPML is available [http://www.deloitte.com/be/brand-list '''here'''].
+==Services==
-In 1990, the company merged with Touche Ross and in 1993, the company re-branded its name to '''Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu''', which was named after '''William Welch Deloitte, George Touche, and Admiral Nobuzo Tohmatsu'''. <ref>[http://www.ozres.com/uni/deloitte_touche_tohmatsu.php Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]</ref>
+Deloitte provides the following services: <ref>
+[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Services/index.htm Services]</ref>
-George Touche started his own accounting firm in London in 1898 and expanded its operations in United States by partnering with John Ballantine Niven in 1900. On the other hand, Admiral Nobuzo Tohmatsu became a partner in a foreign-affiliated accounting firm in Japan in 1952 and later in 1968 he established Tohmatsu & Co. with 10 partners. <ref name="Deloitte History"/>
+* Audit & Enterprise Risk Services
+* Consulting
+* Financial Advisory Services
+* Tax
+* Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services
+* Featured Services, which include Chinese Services Group, Sustainability & Climate Change, Deloitte Analytics, Driving Enterprise Value, Finance Transformation, Governance and Risk Management, International Financial Reporting Standards Services (IFRS), Japanese Services Group, Mass Career Customization, Merger & Acquisition and others.
+==Time2Dot Alliance==
+Deloitte partnered with OpenRegistry and eBrand Services in providing a complete solutions to entities interested in operating their own dot Brand gTLD. The services include business case preparation, tax planning and IP structuring, application registration and registry/registrar operations.<ref>
+[http://time2dot.com/who-we-are.html Time2Dot]</ref>
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