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March 15, 2007

New Business

Acxiom Corporation announced the renewal and service expansion of a three-year agreement to provide IT outsourcing services for Safety-Kleen. Headquartered in Plano, TX, Safety-Kleen is North America’s leading provider of cleaning, environmental and re-refining solutions. the renewal will not only extend the current mainframe agreement that was established in 2000, but also includes new services for fully managed distributed systems management.

Accenture will provide First Horizon National Corp. with procurement services under a seven-year business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The agreement is designed to reduce First Horizon’s costs for purchased goods and services through improvements to supplier relationships, processes, technology and spend compliance.

Welch’s, the world’s leading marketer of Concord and Niagara grape-based products, has selected SPS Commerce as its outsourced EDI provider, replacing an internal managed EDI system. In 2006, Welch’s determined that its internal IT staff was needed to implement and support their new Oracle ERP solution, leaving insufficient resources to maintain and support their existing EDI system. Instead of hiring additional staff to manage their EDI system, Welch’s elected to outsource this capability and chose SPS Commerce’s solution.

The TriZetto Group Inc. has signed a software hosting and business process outsourcing agreement with Health First Health Plans. Under the agreement, TriZetto will host and manage on behalf of the customer its Facets Extended Enterprise core administrative system, HealthWeb Internet platform, and multiple specialized software components, including the Facets e2 Workflow application and consumer-directed application, which processes employer-funded health reimbursement arrangements and employee-funded flexible spending accounts. TriZetto will also provide administrative healthcare services, such as claims processing, member enrollment, and billing.


Posted by jbowles at March 15, 2007 07:12 PM