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March 26, 2008

International News

Unisys Belgium has signed an agreement to provide an expanded range of outsourcing services to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company. For the past four years, Unisys has managed BD’s European service desk. This new agreement expands the relationship between the two companies, both in terms of services and geographies. Unisys will now provide service desk and desk-side support, in whole or in part, for Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including Canada.

RAG AG has commissioned Siemens IT Solutions and Services to take over and operate large portions of its IT and telecommunication infrastructure (ITC) in Germany. The outsourcing contract will run for four years and is worth some 35 million euros. Siemens subsidiary SBI Ruhr will operate the entire network and telecommunication infrastructure at the locations in Germany. This includes the headquarters of RAG in Herne, mines and a coking plant.

Avon and Somerset Police Authority has joined Southwest One, a joint venture to transform the services provided to the Constabulary and the communities it serves. In an agreement worth up to £185 million over ten years, the Police Authority joins the joint venture with IBM, Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council, which linked up in October last year. The joint venture aims to establish a unique shared services approach to managing service delivery to approximately 1.5 million residents and lead to cost savings and improved efficiency in the delivery of services, including customer services and access, workforce development and procurement.

Perot Systems Corporation and ChinaSoft International announced that they have agreed to cooperatively develop mutually beneficial opportunities in the Chinese Healthcare market. ChinaSoft International Ltd., is a Hong Kong-listed public company which is one of the largest China-based information technology outsourcing (ITO) service and software companies, with over 4,600 employees worldwide.

CompuCom Systems, Inc. announced that its Canadian subsidiary, CCSI Technology Solutions Corp., has acquired SaltSpring Software Inc. of London, Ontario, a dedicated hardware and software reseller with Microsoft Large Account Reseller (LAR) status.

Posted by jbowles at March 26, 2008 06:24 PM