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May 21, 2008
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OUTSOURCING CENTER NAMES 2008 OUTSOURCING EXCELLENCE WINNERS...Outsourcing Center, one of the leading sources of information about outsourcing, has announced the winners of the 2008 Outsourcing Excellence Awards:
Best Partnership Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare and Perot Systems Corp.
Best EU Universal Music Group and buyingTeam
Best ITO Touro Infirmary and Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Best BPO ENMAX Energy Corporation and Cognera Corp.
Best Financial Services Royal Bank of Canada (RBC Financial Group) and iGATE Global Solutions
Best First Steps National Life Group and Perot Systems Corp.
Most Strategic Microsoft Corporation and Accenture
Most Flexible Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Firstsource Solutions Ltd.
An independent panel of industry experts evaluated numerous nominated relationships worldwide. The August issue of the Outsourcing Journal will feature in-depth articles on each award-winning relationship. Forbes magazine will highlight the winners in its June 2 issue.
ACCENTURE ACQUIRES BRAZILIAN FIRM...Accenture has agreed to acquire ATAN, a privately held provider of industrial information technology (IT) and automation solutions based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The acquisition is designed to accelerate Accenture’s expansion into automation and industrial IT services globally and further enhances the company’s capabilities in management consulting, systems integration and technology consulting within the global metals and mining, energy and utilities industries.
HP REVENUES UP IN SECOND QUARTER...HP announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2008, with net revenue of $28.3 billion, up 11% from a year earlier and up 5% when adjusted for the effects of currency. GAAP operating profit was $2.6 billion and GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $0.80, up from $0.65 in the prior-year period.
CONVERGYS EXPANDS IN PHILIPPINES...Convergys Corporation will expand operations in the Philippines by nearly 50 percent with the addition of five new integrated contact centers throughout the country. The five new sites will bring the total number of Convergys contact centers in the Philippines to 14. At capacity, the new state-of-the-art facilities will employ up to an additional 7,000 talented individuals, bringing Convergys’ total employment in-country to approximately 20,000.
ORACLE SIGNS PARTNERS FOR BPO INITIATIVE...More than 15 business process outsourcing providers have signed on to provide BPO services through the new "BPO Powered by Oracle" global program. Oracle Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a sell-through partner program that makes the complete Oracle stack of applications, database and middleware products available to service providers.
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