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March 22, 2007

New Business

Accenture has been awarded a contract worth up to $57.52 million by the U.S. Department of the Navy to provide business transformation services and military preparedness support.

Unisys Corporation has received a contract from Sun Hung Kai Financial (SHKF) to build a fully integrated securities trading system for SHKF. Based on open platform technology, the system is intended to provide a modernized environment that enables SHKF to capitalize on new opportunities to expand its presence in the securities market and deliver enhanced services to its customers. SHKF is the largest non-bank financial services provider in Hong Kong.

Cognizant announced a multi-year IT contract with New York-based publishing giant, Simon & Schuster, Inc (S&S). Under the agreement, Cognizant will provide Simon & Schuster with end-to-end information technology infrastructure management services including, helpdesk, network management, server management, application infrastructure support, and desktop support.

Computer Sciences Corporation has resumed work on the $628 million U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) task order previously awarded and announced in September 2006. In addition, the company will expand into a new facility in Greene County, Ohio. Following a competitor protest, the Government Accountability Office upheld the Air Force's selection of CSC to provide a full range of information technology (IT) services to help the Air Force transform its global supply chain

Convergys Corporation has signed a direct response contract with Rosetta Stone, the publisher of Rosetta Stone language-learning software. Rosetta Stone is relying on Convergys to handle high volume calls with quality agents and a routing platform that directs calls based on the unique campaign profile.



Posted by jbowles at March 22, 2007 02:50 PM