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October 17, 2007

International News

Computer Sciences Corporation announced that its European Group signed a previously unannounced contract, as well as a previously announced award with no assigned value, during CSC’s fiscal 2008 second quarter, which ended September 28. These contracts have a total estimated value of approximately $171 million if all options are exercised. The contract performance periods range between five and eight years.

Unisys Corporation announced a global IT outsourcing agreement with Elekta, a leading provider of medical technology and clinical solutions based in Sweden. Unisys will manage Elekta’s global IT infrastructure to support the organisation’s worldwide operations. The contract, signed in the second quarter of 2007, has an estimated value of $21 million over seven years. Under the terms of the contract, Unisys will provide IT outsourcing services supporting 2,000 of Elekta’s employees in 22 offices across Europe, the United States and Asia. The initial rollout across all locations is planned for completion in mid-2008.

Patni Computer Systems Inc. announced a multi-year US$200 million deal with The Carphone Warehouse, a UK FTSE 100 company. Patni will become a key technology partner providing integrated services across consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance.

Sutherland Global Services, a multinational Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider, has been selected by Deutsche Bank to provide data management services for its North American operations. Sutherland will architect a custom solution, maintain a detailed and centralized database, generate MIS reports and perform data analytics to help ensure Deutsche Bank meets certain NASD and NYSE regulatory requirements.

Xerox Corporation won a seven-year, $82 million document management contract with EUROPART, Europe’s leading commercial vehicle parts distributor. Xerox Global Services will manage the German company’s office and production print services, invoice processing and customer service centers.

Elcoteq SE, a leading integrated electronics manufacturing services (IEMS) company, has become the global manufacturing partner for Telsima, a leading developer of WiMAX based broadband wireless access (BWA) and DCME voice compression solutions. Elcoteq has started volume manufacturing of Telsima WiMAX CPEs StarMAX 2100 series at its facility in Bangalore, India.

Posted by jbowles at October 17, 2007 09:05 PM