12.22.2005 CSC added seven years to a contract with Dupont while EDS extended its arrangement with Barcelona’s “la Caixa.”
12.15.2005 The outsourcing of such functions as vendor management, purchasing and accounts payable is growing at a 30 percent rate.
12.7.2005 Strategic Computer Solutions used the iSeries platform for a server consolidation project at retailer Trans World Entertainment.
11.29.2005 Contract Watch: The software giant’s acquisitive ways seem to have given a boost to the growing software-hosting market.
11.22.2005 Visual Networks aims to cultivate VAR partners to market its broadening network and application performance management product set.
11.15.2005 Contract Watch: Dutch food retailer Ahold decides to give outsourcing a try, EquaTerra and TPI merge, BlueRoads adds an SFA module and CSG expands its service portfolio.
11.9.2005 The vendor is building a channel program to market its endpoint security products in the United States.
11.1.2005 Opinion: UK company Sainsbury turns its back on outsourcing, fueling speculation about the value of the practice.
10.25.2005 The BPO market should top $640 billion in 2006, according to IDC, which says the market is vibrant and full of opportunity.
10.18.2005 Opinion: While IBM benefited in its third-quarter results from its services business, it was a different story for rival Unisys.
10.12.2005 BearingPoint expects to miss a milestone in its ongoing overhaul, but the company’s CEO remains optimistic about restructuring efforts.
10.4.2005 Karvy launched a subsidiary to focus on financing and accounting BPO.
9.28.2005 Satyam went up against heavyweights Accenture, IBM and others for a World Health Organization contract and took the prize.
9.20.2005 GM recompetes up to $15 billion on outsourcing contracts, as ABN Amro puts out $2 billion of its own.
9.13.2005 Pharmaceutical companies may be planning to cut expenses the same way many companies in other market segments have done—by sending IT and other functions overseas. Ing Bank reportedly has a multi-billion-dollar outsourcing plan in the works; Accenture just nabbed a contract from Sandvik. Wireless and open-software companies continue to court the channel
9.7.2005 A recent survey indicates banks around the globe are planning upgrades, and that opens opportunities to systems integrators and outsourcers.
8.31.2005 ACS announces a five-year, $100 million outsourcing deal with GlaxoSmithKline that covers facilities in the U.S. and U.K. Separately, IP PBX and systems management vendors pursue channel affiliates.
8.29.2005 Opinion: High-tech jobs are finally seeing a recovery, with tech execs and specialists in business applications at the top of the hiring pyramid.
8.24.2005 There is a lot of opportunity in RFID installations, but most potential customers are going slowly, often as slowly as the pressure on them allows. But storage and IM security is growing, and vendors need VARs to help sell them.
8.10.2005 Contract Watch: A new round of contracts demonstrates renewed interest in outsourcing, but not just for technology. Business processes, off-shift workloads and procurement of manufacturing as well as office supplies fatten the deals.
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