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May 09, 2007
New Business
Hana Bank, Korea’s fourth-largest bank and a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group Inc. has chosen Accenture to provide project management office services for the initial phase of its next-generation banking system transformation program. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Hewitt Associates will provide HR business process outsourcing (HR BPO) services to Rogers Communications, Inc., a communications and media company based in Canada. This is an expansion of the companies’ relationship, as Hewitt has provided compensation and benefits consulting services to Rogers for the past few years. Under the new multiyear contract, Hewitt will provide HR BPO services, including workforce administration, payroll, compensation and health and welfare administration services to approximately 26,000 Rogers employees in Canada. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
EDS has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration to provide end-to-end satellite communications services to all federal government agencies under the Satellite Services-II (SATCOM-II) contract. EDS is one of 24 companies that may compete for task orders under the five-year, $750 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Erie Family Life Insurance Company, a member of Erie Insurance Group, providing life insurance and annuity products in ten states, has signed a multi-year policy administration contract with TAG, a Perot Systems company. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Convergys Corporation will continue to provide human resources and payroll administration services to Fifth Third Bancorp under a five-year contract renewal. Although Fifth Third’s original agreement with Convergys was scheduled to run through 2008, both companies agreed to extend the service agreement two years early as a result of Convergys’ successful execution of the program.
Posted by jbowles at May 9, 2007 07:10 PM
