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June 22, 2006

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EDS COMPLETES MPHASIS ACQUISITION...EDS has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in MphasiS BFL Limited, a leading applications and business process outsourcing (BPO)services company based in Bangalore, India. EDS acquired 83 million shares (approximately 52%) of MphasiS for approximately US$380 million in cash. MphasiS will operate as an independent EDS company. With the addition of MphasiS and current expansion plans, EDS' total India work force is projected to exceed 20,000 by year end.

PEROT SYSTEMS TO OPEN FOURTH CENTER IN INDIA...Perot Systems Corporation plans to expand its resources and facilities in India to a fourth city, Coimbatore, with the opening of a new information technology center there in late summer. The company has operated facilities in India for the past 10 years, continuously expanding in Bangalore, Noida and Chennai.

TELETECH TO ACQUIRE DIRECT ALLIANCE...TeleTech Holdings, a leading global business process outsourcing (BPO)provider, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Direct Alliance Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Insight Enterprises, Inc., a large information technology provider.

ACS TO OPEN SALT LAKE CITY CALL CENTER...Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. will open a 47,000 square-foot facility in Salt Lake City in mid-August.

PLAN NOW F0R THE SECOND 2006 FORBES/OUTSOURCING CENTER SPECIAL REPORT...The second 2006 Forbes/Outsourcing Center special text/advertising report focused on best practices in managing outsourcing relationships will appear in the November 27 issue of Forbes magazine with an advertising close date of September 11. Participating advertisers receive a text profile or customer case study that will appear in the pages of Forbes magazine, which is read by some 5 million business decisionmakers. You can view the first 2006 report in pdf format online here. For more information and special rates for Outsourcing Alert subscribers, contact Jerry Bowles.

Posted by jbowles at June 22, 2006 06:48 PM