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June 20, 2007

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ACCENTURE SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT...Washington Gas Light Co. and Accenture have signed a multi-year agreement for Accenture to provide business process outsourcing, and service and technology enhancements to Washington Gas. Washington Gas expects to pay approximately $350 million for a combination of capital expenditures and services over the 10-year business process outsourcing agreement, which will help the utility enhance its technology, business processes and workforce performance to improve customer service. The company also has agreed to pay an additional $16.4 million for the purchase of IT equipment and software from Proquire, an Accenture affiliate.

CAPGEMINI NAMES NORTH AMERICA BPO LEADER...Capgemini has named Deputy Global BPO Leader David Poole to lead the Capgemini Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) North America organization. In assuming the additional role of North American Leader, Poole will be responsible for driving, building, and growing BPO opportunities in existing and new North American markets. Poole will report directly to Hubert Giraud and David Bonner, Head of Capgemini Americas Outsourcing Business Unit. He also maintains his current role as Deputy Global BPO leader.

EDS TOPS BLACK BOOK RANKINGS...EDS has earned the number one position on the “Top 50 Best Managed Global Outsourcing Vendors” list compiled by the Brown-Wilson Group for The Black Book of Outsourcing from Wiley Publishers. EDS was also listed as the leading global information technology outsourcing (ITO) vendor; number three for global human resources outsourcing (HRO) vendors for ExcellerateHRO, the human resources outsourcing business of EDS and Towers Perrin; and number seven for global business process outsourcing (BPO) vendors for EDS/MphasiS.

HEWITT ANNOUNCES REAL ESTATE RESTRUCTURING...As part of its previously announced restructuring program and in conjunction with an ongoing review of its real estate portfolio, Hewitt Associates, Inc. announced its intention to consolidate facilities, and in some cases, exit certain properties. The actions are expected to result in a pretax charge of between $30 million and $45 million over the next two or three quarters, beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. Ongoing analysis and decision-making may impact the amount and timing of the charges.

Posted by jbowles at June 20, 2007 05:28 PM