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October 15, 2008

New Business

CSC has signed a new information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with very light jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation. The new agreement has a five-year base period and three one-year options, bringing the estimated total eight-year contract value to $106 million. Under the new contract, CSC will manage Eclipse Aviation’s applications development and maintenance, and IT infrastructure including, midrange computers and desktops, help desk operations, IT security, engineering computing, voice and video telecommunications, servers, and local- and wide-area networks. CSC will provide these services for Eclipse Aviation’s operations globally.

IBM announced a three-year contract renewal of mainframe and midrange hosting services for Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). The agreement with IBM will allow Bristol-Myers Squibb to continue benefiting from applications running on System z mainframe and midrange systems as well as business recovery services for BMS's mission critical systems. Under the agreement, IBM will provide systems monitoring and management, back-up, disaster recovery, audit support, architectural guidance and project management for the continued use and streamlining of these systems.

Saber Government Solutions, a non-healthcare U.S. state and local government subsidiary of EDS, has been awarded a $24 million contract to develop and design the new tax system for the Washington Employment Security Department (WA ESD). The Next-Generation Tax System will replace the state's antiquated TAXIS/WAGES system, which supports the unemployment insurance (UI) tax program. The UI tax program provides benefits from the UI Trust Fund to those who are temporarily unemployed.

Crestline Hotels & Resorts has selected ADP to provide its Comprehensive Outsourcing Services(COS) to Crestline's 7,000 employees as their human resources (HR) business partner. As one of the nation's largest independent hospitality management companies, Crestline Hotels & Resorts currently manages 70 hotels, resorts and conference and convention centers with nearly 14,600 rooms in 14 states and the District of Columbia.

Posted by jbowles at October 15, 2008 07:01 PM