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December 10, 2008
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EDS ADDED TO HP'S TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS GROUP...EDS will become a business unit within HP’s Technology Solutions Group (TSG), providing customers with the industry’s broadest portfolio of information technology products and services. The newly combined TSG business group accounted for roughly $14.6 billion, or 43 percent, of the company’s total revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 and more than half of the company’s operating profit. Joe Eazor will assume the role of senior vice president of EDS with responsibility for the business unit’s operations, reporting directly to Ann Livermore, executive vice president of TSG.
EVEREST/BERNSTEIN WEBINAR TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC CRISIS AND SOURCING...Misconceptions, updated projections, and new strategic approaches in the sourcing market during an economic recession will be addressed in a virtual discussion panel of experts from Everest Group, Everest Research Institute and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. The one-hour Webinar, Economic Crisis as a Market-Changer, will be held on Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. CST (11:30 a.m. EST, 4:30 p.m. GMT). Panelists participating in the discussion will be Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO of Everest Group; Ross Tisnovsky, Vice President, Everest Research Institute; and Rod Bourgeois, Senior Research Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. To register for the Webinar, please go here.
STATE OF MARYLAND PICKS ACCENTURE FOR TAX SYSTEM...The Maryland Board of Public Works has awarded Accenture an $87 million contract to deploy a new integrated tax system for the state. The new system is expected to significantly increase the state’s collection of tax revenues through enhanced discovery, audit and compliance programs and improved billing; streamline current processing for improved service to taxpayers; provide more efficient processing of refunds; and provide more taxpayer self-service capabilities via the Internet.
Posted by jbowles at December 10, 2008 04:22 PM