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September 17, 2008
International News
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. has signed a services agreement for IBM to manage Godiva's information technology (IT) infrastructure. The five-year agreement was signed on June 24, 2008. Through this agreement, IBM will support Godiva's offices in the United States; London, United Kingdom; Brussels, Belgium; Hong Kong, China; Tokyo, Japan; and Taipei, China as well as stores in North America, Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim. IBM will provide data center services including support for IBM PowerSystems, Storage, service desk, security, messaging and data network and business continuity and resiliency services.
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & CIE., Europe's leading private bank, has extended its information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with EDS for five years. Financial terms were not disclosed. The contract extension covers the management of Sal. Oppenheim's existing IT infrastructure at all locations. Since 1997, EDS has managed and operated the entire Sal. Oppenheim IT infrastructure. EDS is responsible for managing workplace services at Sal. Oppenheim, which includes local employee support, voice, video and information services for more than 2,200 users.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a five-year global contract with Ericsson the global supplier in telecommunications, to deliver application maintenance and development services for Ericsson's internal IT operations. TCS has been selected as one of the two strategic partners that will deliver application maintenance services to Ericsson and a preferred supplier for application development services, said a press release.
Posted by jbowles at September 17, 2008 07:04 PM