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February 22, 2007

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HP, BT WIN $450 MILLION CONTRACT FROM ANGLO AMERICAN...HP and BT have signed seven-year contracts with Anglo American plc for approximately $450 million to outsource the management of the company’s global voice services, data center operations and end-user workplace environment to the BT HP Alliance. A core part of these agreements is a two-year global transformation program to support Anglo American’s strategy for growth and ongoing efficiency initiatives that will create a global integrated and consolidated IT infrastructure aligned with Anglo American’s information management strategy and architecture.

VERITAS ACQUIRES PEARSON GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS...Veritas Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Arlington, VA-based Pearson Government Solutions (PGS) from Pearson plc, the international media and education company. Under terms of the transaction, Veritas Capital paid $600 million of consideration and Pearson plc is retaining a minority interest in PGS, which has been renamed Vangent. Vangent’s more than 5,500 employees serve national and local governments, education institutions and corporations in the U.S. and around the world.

NEW COO AT CAMBRIDGE...Cambridge Integrated Services, a subsidiary of Cambridge Solutions Ltd., announced that Peter J. Imbrogno has been appointed chief operating officer for the U.S. Imbrogno’s duties will include overseeing U.S. field claims services, managed care and bill review, vendor management, business optimization and performance analysis, and the special investigative unit.

COVANSYS FOUNDER HONORED...Covansys Corporation announced that the company’s founder, president and chief executive officer, Raj Vattikuti, received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship from The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution.

Posted by jbowles at February 22, 2007 03:51 PM