The technology services major's growth was primarily led by Health and Public Service, while segments such as Financial Services, Communications, Media & Technology saw flat growth and Consulting revenues declined 8% year on year to $5.7 billion. "We believe that the other large service provider firms are also experiencing short term pain in consulting, particularly in their ERP implementation practices as well as all of discretionary spending. However, the industry pipelines for new work are very full and all firms including Accenture are posting record bookings," said Peter Bendor-Samuel, chief executive, Everest Group, an IT advisory firm. Bendor-Samuel added: "What this translates into is another difficult quarter followed by strong growth likely starting in the later part of this year and certainly next year." Indian IT services peers of Accenture have faced challenges during the first quarter (April-June) due to delay or cancellation of certain projects in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.