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February 27, 2008

International News

EDS announced a six-year, information technology (IT) services agreement with SR Technics, one of the world’s leading independent providers of technical services for the civil aviation sector. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. Under this agreement, EDS will provide service desk support, workplace management, hosting, storage, backup and archiving, as well as network services for major locations of SR Technics in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland and Bahrain, with a total of more than 4,000 users. As part of the agreement, EDS and SR Technics renewed an applications services agreement, which was first signed in 2001. Under this renewal, EDS will host SR Technics SAP, SAS and Maintenance and Engineering Document Systems.

Unisys Corporation announced that its Australian subsidiary has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defence to provide a range of IT support services to 460 Defence locations across Australia. The contract, with an initial term of five years following a transition period of an estimated 18 months duration, has a value estimated at approximately US$225/A$240 million, with the potential for two future contract extensions, each of two years duration. Under the contract, Unisys will provide a range of IT support services, including network security and infrastructure support, server and desktop support to all sections within the Australian Defence Force. Unisys will also standardize IT support processes nationally. These IT services support key operations of Defence, including the Australian Defence Force.

Cummins Inc.,which designs, manufactures and sells diesel engines and related technologies, has named Infosys as one of three Global Preferred Vendors (GPVs) for IT application outsourcing and business consulting services. This new partnership will bolster Cummins operations so it may handle the growing global demand for power technologies and components.

Posted by jbowles at February 27, 2008 07:03 PM