Stories by Juan Carlos Perez

EDS takes a Q1 loss

Embattled IT services provider Electronic Data Systems (EDS) on Wednesday reported a steep net loss for its first quarter of 2003, while revenue grew slightly.

IBM denies SCO's charges

Didn't do it. That's the clear message IBM Corp. has sent with its reply to The SCO Group's US$1 billion lawsuit in which it accuses Big Blue of illegally trying to damage Unix to build up Linux.

EDS to link purchasing and design software

Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) is integrating its product lifecycle management (PLM) software with its procurement management software, to allow companies to better align the processes of creating products and of purchasing the necessary materials.

HP ANNIVERSARY - HP expands services, but trails IBM

Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq Computer has given users a new Tier 1 IT services provider that is a viable option to traditional powerhouses such as IBM Corp.'s Global Services unit, Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Accenture Ltd. and Electronic Data Systems Corp.(EDS).

P&G awards $3B outsourcing contract to HP

Procter & Gamble Co. has agreed "in principle" to award a giant IT outsourcing contract to Hewlett-Packard Co. valued at US$3 billion over 10 years, the companies announced last Friday. HP and P&G expect to sign a definitive agreement by mid-May.

Study: CIOs remain cold on IT consulting

Spending on IT consulting will drop "dramatically" by 4.6 percent this year from 2002, according to a recent survey of chief information officers (CIOs) done by the research department of investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co.

Red Hat touts content management, portal apps

Linux software vendor Red Hat Inc. plans to officially announce Monday two enterprise applications it has been developing and selling for the past year: a content management system and a portal server.

Deloitte abandons plans to spin off consulting unit

Accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has decided against separating itself from its IT consulting unit, Deloitte Consulting, 14 months after it announced it would do so to avoid possible conflicts of interest. Deloitte Touche blamed a "tight credit market and the uncertain state of the economy" for its decision.

Motorola offloads IT tasks on CSC in $1.6B deal

Seeking to lower costs and improve its IT operations, Motorola has decided to outsource a variety of computing systems tasks to Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) in a 10-year deal worth about US$1.6 billion, the companies announced Thursday.

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