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March 15, 2007

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TRADITIONAL IT INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSOURCING MODEL SHOWS DECLINE...Infrastructure outsourcing suppliers that employ the traditional model will face steadily declining revenues as early as 2009, according to a new study by the Everest Research Institute. This is the result of companies continuing to sign shorter-term IT outsourcing contracts that retain ownership of their assets but allow remote infrastructure support.

Although the traditional Infrastructure Outsourcing (IO) revenue decline trend is predicted to be slow, suppliers must develop new strategies to grow their businesses, according to Growth of Infrastructure Management Outsourcing (IMO). The report is one of a four-report series that provides a comprehensive examination of the IO market trends and dynamics.

CSC SIGNS $330 MILLION DEAL WITH DANISH TELCO...Computer Sciences Corp. has signed a seven year information technology services agreement worth about $330 million with TDC, the largest telecommunications company in Denmark. CSC will provide IT infrastructure services for TDC including desktop, helpdesk, data center and local area networking services to support some 17,000 users at TDC locations across the Nordic countries.

CAPGEMINI'S CIO SURVEY FINDS AGILITY CHALLENGE...During the last three years, 97% of businesses have experienced major change in the business environment, according to a worldwide survey carried out by Capgemini Consulting of CIOs with average budgets in excess of €100 million a year. And yet 38% of those questioned do not believe that business IT provides the agility it needs and 29% do not believe their IT function is able to keep pace with the changing business environment. With 83% of the CIOs stating IT agility as a strategic imperative needed to enforce overall agility in the organisation, many companies are at risk in this environment of accelerating change.

ACCENTURE, HHSC WIND DOWN CONTRACT...Accenture and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) have mutually agreed to wind down the contract between the Accenture-led Texas Access Alliance and HHSC. Under the contract, the Alliance has been working with HHSC to enhance its technology and business operations in support of the state’s modernization plans. Accenture and HHSC have not been able to agree on contract changes required to implement the “rebalancing” of the contract.

GE EXECUTIVE JOINS CERIDIAN AS CFO...Ceridian Corporation has appointed Gregory Macfarlane as chief financial officer, effective March 26, 2007. Macfarlane joins Ceridian from the General Electric Company, where he most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for GE-WMC Mortgage, a $36 billion mortgage originator owned by GE.

EDS BUYS FIRM IN INDIA...EDS has reached a definitive agreement to acquire RelQ Software Private Ltd., a privately owned Bangalore, India-based software testing company. Over time, RelQ will be fully integrated into EDS' global testing organization and will accelerate EDS' global testing capabilities by offering low cost, high quality applications testing, validation and verification, and quality assurance services.

FISERVE ACQUIRES CRIME MANAGEMENT FIRM...Fiserv, Inc. has acquired NetEconomy, a leading financial crime management and compliance solutions provider to financial institutions across the globe with more than 130 implementations in 58 countries. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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