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November 30, 2006

New Business

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., Brazil’s low-cost, low-fare airline, has renewed its outsourcing agreement for Navitaire’s reservations system, enhancing services provided under a previous multi-year contract. The agreement includes new Web hosting services and further support for GOL’s recently announced pan-Latin America expansion plans. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Navitaire, a wholly owned Accenture subsidiary, provides outsourced technology and business solutions to the airline industry.

EDS is developing a middleware, messaging and security platform for Deutsche Lufthansa AG, a leading international airline, based on an application development and integration services contract awarded to EDS at the end of the second quarter of 2006. This platform serves as the basis of the Lufthansa Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), enabling Lufthansa the ability to interface, interoperate and integrate with Lufthansa business partners and other airline systems through open standards.

Siemens Business Services, Inc. has signed a multi-year maintenance services contract with Xerox Corporation to provide maintenance services for Xerox black and white and color network printers, as well as select multifunctional systems throughout the United States that are under warranty or an existing service contract.

Church's Chicken announced a worldwide partnership with WNS Global Services. The partnership initially will focus on finance and accounting (F&A) processes for restaurants owned by Church's throughout the world. The relationship between Church's and WNS signifies the first time a U.S. restaurant company has outsourced 100% of its financial and accounting processes overseas. WNS will handle functions such as accounts receivables, accounts payables, bank account reconciliation and general ledger maintenance.

Kanbay International, Inc. was selected as the key information technology provider for NISH, a nonprofit organization creating employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities.

Posted by jbowles at November 30, 2006 07:33 PM