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September 29, 2005

New Business

Accenture will provide NewPage Corporation with information technology and human resources services under separate multi-year outsourcing contracts the two companies signed recently. Financial terms of the contracts were not disclosed.

Perot Systems Corporation will provide inbound call center services to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The new agreement will help Arkansas Blue Cross quickly deliver information to prospective members about its new Medi-Pak Rx prescription drug plan.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has renewed its investment operations outsourcing arrangement with State Street Corporation following five years of successful partnership. The original outsourcing mandate, announced in October 2000, was an industry first in Europe.

The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) Atlantic Area of Responsibility, known as Sealift Logistics Command, Atlantic (SEALOGLANT), N6, has awarded Unisys Corporation a contract to provide maintenance and enhancements of the MSC’s applications used to support daily operations of the command.

Tata Teleservices, India's leading private telecom service provider has announced a strategic outsourcing of its entire IT infrastructure management to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). TCS will manage the IT infrastructure of Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. in a deal which is estimated at over Rs. 10 billion ($250 million) over 5 years.

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. has been awarded a business process outsourcing (BPO) contract with FirstGroup of America (FGA), the leading provider of transportation and fleet services in North America. Under the terms of the three-year contract, ACS will provide document scanning, data capture, image processing, and storage for FGA.

Ariba, Inc. has been engaged to manage indirect spend for Harris Corporation, a leading provider of communications products, systems and services for government and commercial customers.

Posted by jbowles at September 29, 2005 10:07 PM