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July 23, 2008
International News
Logica, the European IT and business services company, has won a three year contract with global tyre manufacturer Michelin. Logica will be Michelin’s applications services partner for its Finance and Purchase Reporting Group, Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Sales (Customer Relationship Management) and Demand to Cash domains across Europe and North America. The contract, which has an option of being renewed for an additional three years, includes consulting services and systems implementation.
The UK subsidiary of Unisys Corporation has won an outsourcing contract worth approximately $USD 63 million (£GBP 32 million) to create and manage a public information network and security service until late 2012 for Kent County Council, the authority that governs the majority of the county of Kent in England. One of the largest county councils in the UK, Kent County Council is looking to enable cost-effective communications and collaboration among local government agencies, while providing new information services to residents. The network will initially connect approximately 1,100 public sector establishments, including schools, council offices and libraries.
CSC has extended its information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with Swiss bank Zuger Kantonalbank. The new, seven-year contract, which is valued at $33 million (34 million Swiss Francs) is an early renewal of a previous eight-year contract signed in 2002.
Banco Espírito Santo (BES), one of the major multi-specialist financial groups in Portugal and IBM announced a seven-year outsourcing services agreement for IBM to manage the bank's information technology (IT) infrastructure. The agreement, signed in June 2008, expands the scope of a previous contract signed in 2006.
Posted by jbowles at July 23, 2008 07:21 PM
