Deals

Accenture Awarded Internal Revenue Service Contract to Design, Implement and Operate the Return Preparer Registration Program
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has awarded Accenture a five-year contract to design, implement and operate the Return Preparer Registration (RPR) program.
http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5016

Zensar Technologies selected by activision publishing
Zensar Technologies has been selected by Activision Publishing, Inc. as a service delivery partner for their global application development and support services.
http://www.zensar.com/zensar-media/press-releases/611-zensar-technologies-selected-by-activision-publishing

MindTree awarded the first IT deal from Aadhaar
MindTree Limited has secured the application development and maintenance services contract of the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification (UID) project, renamed as ‘Aadhaar’.
http://www.mindtree.com/newsandevents/mindtree-awarded-the-first-it-deal-from-aadhaar/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mindt+%28News+and+Events%29

CSC Wins $25 Million Task Order From United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for Record Digitization
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded CSC a task order to conduct scanning, indexing and file management operations at a records digitization facility.
http://www.csc.com/newsroom/press_releases/48786-csc_wins_25_million_task_order_from_united_states_citizenship_and_immigration_services_for_record_digitization

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Signs Five-Year Services Agreement with IBM
IBM and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) have signed a five-year services agreement in which IBM will work with BCBSMA to transform the organization's information technology (IT) environment into a more responsive, competitive and flexible IT delivery model.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/31991.wss

Accenture and Asprea Sign Seven-Year Application and Infrastructure Outsourcing Agreement
Accenture has signed a seven-year agreement with Aviva‘s property claims repair service, Asprea, to provide application and infrastructure outsourcing services for its buildings claims division in the UK.
http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5024

Genpact Signs Three-Year Help Desk Services Contract with Federal-Mogul Corporation
Genpact signed a three-year contract with Federal-Mogul Corporation, a leading global automotive supplier, to provide IT help desk services and support-related solutions.
http://www.genpact.com/home/aboutgenpact/press-releases/Help-Desk-contract-with-Federal-Moghul-Corporation.aspx

M&A, Partnerships, JV

Capgemini Completes Acquisition of Strategic Systems Solutions
Capgemini, completes the acquisition of Strategic Systems Solutions (SSS), a global IT services and business process outsourcing firm (BPO) focused on the financial services industry.
http://www.capgemini.com/news-and-events/news/capgemini-completes-acquisition-of-strategic-systems-solutions/

Cognizant Acquires Paris-Based Galileo Performance, an Information Technology Testing Consultancy
Galileo helps leading companies in France optimize and extend business performance through IT system measurement, management and testing. Galileo will expand and complement Cognizant’s fast-growing global testing practice.
http://www.cognizant.com/html/news/pressreleases/2010/Galileo_IT.asp

Mahindra Satyam BPO announces Partnership with Direct Channel Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
Mahindra Satyam BPO had entered into a partnership with Direct Channel Holding Ltd., one of Africa’s leading contact centre and BPO companies.
http://www.mahindrasatyam.com/media/pr1june10.asp

News & Events

Wipro Technologies launches “Wipro Hospitality Management System (WHMS)
Unique integrated hospitality management solution to address customer solutions in the Hospitality and Leisure Markets.
http://www.wipro.com/corporate/media/newsdetail.aspx?id=1633

NIIT Technologies and Hitachi Asia unveils first phase of Cloud Computing Services
NIIT Technologies Limited and Hitachi Asia (Thailand) Co. Ltd., a leading IT services company with over 50 years of experience in Japanese market have jointly launched a high-reliability Cloud Computing Service, leveraging their respective expertise in Data Center management.
http://www.niit-tech.com/media-detail.aspx?id=183&path=7/22

Rolta acquires geo-imaging licenses from PCI Geomatics
Rolta, which offers geo-spatial and IT solutions, has acquired geo-imaging technology used in earth imaging, remote sensing and related geopositioning solutions from Canada-based PCI Geomatics Enterprises.
http://www.rolta.com/media-centre/press-280610.html

Awards

Infosys BPO Wins Two Awards at the North American Shared Services Excellence Awards
Infosys BPO, has received two awards at SSON's (Shared Services & Outsourcing Network) 2010 North American Shared Services Excellence Awards under the category 'Best New Outsourced Services Delivery.
http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/BPO-SSON-awards.aspx

Genpact Awarded Honors for Investment in France
Genpact Limited has received a prestigious recognition from the Greater Paris Investment Agency (Paris-Ile de France Capitale Economique) for its growth and investment in France.
http://www.genpact.com/home/aboutgenpact/press-releases/Awarded-Honors-for-Investment-in-France.aspx

Intellect wins the prestigious “Early Technology Adopter” award at ACORD LOMA forum 2010
Intellect SEEC Inc. a Polaris Software Group Company, has bagged The Early Adopter Award and The Most Compelling Case Study Award, by Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), a leading global nonprofit standards development organization serving the insurance industry.
http://www.polaris.co.in/media/media-release/2010-June-Early-Technology-Adopter.pdf