Deals

Wipro inks 10-yr pact with Punjab & Sind Bank
Wipro and Punjab and Sind Bank have signed a 10-year contract for comprehensive IT outsourcing services for PSB.
http://www.wipro.com/corporate/media/newsdetail.aspx?id=1574

NII Holdings Selects HP for IT Managed Services in Latin America
NII Holdings has selected HP Enterprise Services to manage its applications and technology infrastructure support services throughout Latin America.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100224c.html

California Welfare Consortium Renews Agreement with HP to Improve Staff Productivity and Service Delivery for Clients
HP Enterprise Services announced a three-year, $123 million technology services agreement with California’s Welfare Client Data Systems (WCDS) Consortium intended to enhance service delivery to the state’s welfare clients and improve staff productivity.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100223a.html

ITV Awards Five-Year IT and Application Management Contract to Accenture
As per this agreement, Accenture will provide ITV with core IT service management, infrastructure and application management services.
http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4946

Electrolux signs a five year IT Infrastructure Management engagement for Asia/Pacific with HCL Technologies
HCL has signed an IT Infrastructure Management engagement with Electrolux. The scope of this five year engagement covers support of workplace services for Electrolux including proactive monitoring and management of network, servers, IT security and end user computing environment in 12 countries in the APAC region including Australia.
http://www.hcltech.com/media/press-releases/2010/02/22/

CSC Renews Business Process Outsourcing Contract with Sunshine State Insurance Company
CSC announced a six-year extension to its business process outsourcing (BPO) services agreement with Sunshine State Insurance Company, St. Augustine, Fla. Under the extension, CSC will support Sunshine State’s personal and commercial property business through January 2016 from an upgraded technology platform that automates more of the underwriting process, making it easier for agents to conduct business with the company.
http://www.csc.com/newsroom/press_releases/41494-csc_renews_business_process_outsourcing_contract_with_sunshine_state_insurance_company

TCS signs outsourcing contract with Ericsson
Tata Consultancy Services TCS, has signed a 5 year global contract with global telecommunications company Ericsson to deliver application maintenance and development services for Ericssons internal IT operations.
http://www.offshoringtimes.com/Pages/2010/offshore_news2837.html

Wipro Technologies provides Android OS-based commercialization services on Texas Instruments OMAP processor
Wipro Technologies has engaged with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to offer services on the OMAP processors at the MWC. The services –which include Linux baseport, Android operating system (OS) porting on hardware platforms, middleware, third-party component integration, application development, and operator customization, will address commercialization requirements for OEMs designing on Android, ensuring fast time to market.
http://www.wipro.com/corporate/media/newsdetail.aspx?id=1567

Capgemini Takes Over 10 Year Automatic Meter Management Contract Worth approximately €94m
Leading Nordic Energy Provider Partners with Capgemini’s New Smart Energy Services Practice
http://www.us.capgemini.com/news/current_news.asp?ID=802

News & Events

Infosys to set up 3 more new BPO sites Philippines
India’s leading business process outsourcing firm Infosys plans to expand its presence in the Philippines, including putting up three more BPO sites.
http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=10511

CSC Names Carlos C. Solari Vice President, Cyber Technology and Services
CSC named Carlos C. Solari, vice president, Cyber Technology and Services. He will report to Samuel S. Visner, CSC’s lead executive for Cyber and vice president for strategy and business development of the North American Public Sector (NPS) Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Group.
http://www.csc.com/newsroom/press_releases/41713-csc_names_carlos_c_solari_vice_president_cyber_technology_and_services

Genpact Names Mohit Bhatia to Succeed Vivek Gour as CFO
Mohit Bhatia, a Genpact veteran to succeed Vivek Gour as CFO, effective March 1, 2010. To ensure a seamless transition, Vivek Gour will remain at Genpact through April 30, 2010.
http://www.genpact.com/home/aboutgenpact/press-releases/Mohit-Bhatia-to-succeed-Vivek-Gour-as-CFO.aspx

HCL Technologies continues expansion in the Middle East
HCL announced the opening of its regional headquarters for the Middle East operations in Dubai, UAE.
http://www.hcltech.com/media/press-releases/2010/02/17/

L&T Infotech plans to enter BPO business
L&T to add BPO capability to its portfolio of offerings so it can provide customers with the full range of services starting from application development and testing to back-office processing.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/ites/LT-Infotech-plans-to-enter-BPO-business/articleshow/5605491.cms

M&A, Partnerships, JV
 

Capgemini and Sogeti launch enhanced joint Testing Services, forming one of the industry's largest dedicated testing practices
Innovative, business-driven Quality Assurance and Testing Services to help organizations gain maximum efficiency from their IT systems and achieve business goals
http://www.us.capgemini.com/news/current_news.asp?ID=804

Unisys Teams with Storage Fusion to Help Clients Reduce Cost and Risk in Data Storage
Unisys Corporation has teamed up with software developer Storage Fusion Ltd to offer a global Storage Resource Analysis (SRA) service, designed to help companies optimize data-centre efficiency and eliminate expensive storage costs.
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=1120000970001610076

Awards

IAOP Releases Companies Named to Global Outsourcing 100 and World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors
http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/196/1978/

Intelenet Global Services among leaders in 2010 Global Outsourcing 100
http://www.intelenetglobal.com/newsfile/bs1910.pdf

Wipro Receives 2010 Global Impact Award from Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
http://www.wipro.com/corporate/media/newsdetail.aspx?id=1569