New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Accenture's fourth-quarter results have given global technology investors a fresh reason to look beyond the immediate concerns around artificial intelligence-driven disruption. Strong bookings, accelerating adoption of advanced AI projects and better-than-expected revenue growth sent Accenture shares sharply higher, while US-listed shares of Indian IT companies Infosys and Wipro also rallied overnight.

The reaction matters for Indian IT because Accenture is often viewed as an important read-through for technology spending by global enterprises. Its latest numbers suggested that companies were moving beyond AI experimentation and increasingly committing to larger transformation projects.

However, the outlook for Indi...