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September 19, 2007

International News

Siemens IT Solutions and Services has received a major order from the Turkish Ministry of Finance Revenue Administration. Siemens will upgrade the existing IT infrastructure of more than 1,000 tax offices and property directorates and connect them via a countrywide IT system. The administration aims to improve collaboration between the different offices, government institutions and banks in order to better control tax issues. The system will also lead to improved and faster services for the Turkish taxpayers. The contract has a total value of some73 million euros and is the largest ever IT contract in the Turkish public sector.

Stellar, a leading global call center and business process outsourcing provider, announced its entry into the UK outsourcing market after the re-branding of Excell Contact Centres (a prominent UK call centre outsourcing provider based in Scotland) to Stellar UK. Stellar UK operates two call centres in Scotland that employ over 500 staff in Irvine, Ayrshire and Paisley, Renfrewshire. Specialising in call centre outsourcing, Stellar UK will continue to expand their operations to cater for growth in the UK outsourcing market.

Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization, has executed a mission-critical engagement for the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), an autonomous organization established by Kingdom of Bahrain to restructure Bahrain's labour market regulations through strategic reforms.

CGI Group Inc. has signed a seven-year information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP). Under the agreement, CGI will manage BRP's SAP infrastructure support, business intelligence applications, Web sites, as well as the e-commerce application that allows retailers and distributors to do business with BRP around the world. The contract also includes the support of this application.

Genpact, which manages business processes for companies around the world, has opened its new Latin America headquarters facility in Juárez, Mexico. The 125,000 sq. ft. (11,612 sq. meter)custom-built facility in north Juárez is part of an ongoing expansion of Genpact’s operations in Mexico.

Posted by jbowles at September 19, 2007 07:15 PM