Outsourcing
Network World, 8/12/02: Changing demands force ASPs to adapt
By Jennifer Mears
About a year and a half ago, marketing, travel and hospitality conglomerate Carlson Companies decided it was time to implement an enterprisewide human resources application. It chose PeopleSoft's HR package, but wasn't interested in deploying the application itself.
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IBM Global Services
Press Release, 8/14/02: Sun Life Financial and IBM Sign Outsourcing Agreement
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2002--IBM and Sun Life Financial, Canada's largest life insurer, today announced the signing of a contract that calls for IBM to provide a wide range of technology services to Sun Life Financial over a seven year period.
The contract is estimated at approximately US $164 million.
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Accenture
Financial Times, 8/13/02:
Accenture offers utilities outsourcing
By Sheila McNulty in Houston
Accenture, one of the world's largest consultancies, is seeking to capitalise on the depressed energy sector by offering outsourcing services to US utilities.
By taking on their non-core functions, such as customer-care services, Accenture said it would enable US utilities to cut costs and improve services, giving them more time to devote to survival.
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Dell
The Wall Street Journal, 8/12/02: The Tech Industry Awaits Dell's Next Smart Move
If Michael Dell didn't smile his Soccer Dad smile so much, he'd be the most hated man in the computer world.
Not yet 40, but already a megabillionaire, he seems to have no compunction about snapping his fingers and sending big companies to their doom. But hate him? You want to buy him a beer.
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