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November 16, 2006
New Business
Avon Products, Inc. and IBM announced a strategic multi-year business partnership by which IBM Global Services will provide Avon with a portfolio of specialized human resources services and technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the partnership, IBM will provide Avon with support for certain key HR processes, including compensation, payroll, benefits, and performance management.
Perot Systems Corporation has teamed with Salt Lake City-based Medicity, Inc. to build the first statewide health information exchange for the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN). The six-year contract, with two automatically renewing two-year extensions, was awarded in competitive bidding in October. The DHIN Clinical Information Exchange Utility is designed to help the state of Delaware monitor public health, allow providers to better manage patient care, and provide consumers with tools to become more engaged in their own healthcare.
Comcast has selected StarTek to support Comcast's rapidly growing IP-enabled phone service, Comcast Digital Voice. StarTek will provide provisioning services and additional back-office operations.
Computer Sciences Corporation has signed a seven-year,$180 million information technology (IT) services contract with Newmont Mining Corporation, one of the world's largest gold mining
companies. Under the agreement, CSC will manage IT operations for all of Newmont's global shared services operations and regional gold mining facilities,including locations in Denver, Nevada, Ghana, Peru and Australia.
Workscape, a provider of outsourced benefits administration and performance-driven compensation solutions, announced that Spartanburg, S.C.-based BMW Manufacturing Co. has recently implemented the company's comprehensive outsourced benefits administration services to handle the benefits service needs of BMW's more than 4,400 employees.
Posted by jbowles at November 16, 2006 05:28 PM
