IBM Corp. and Thomson Corp. have agreed to widen their collaboration in electronic learning to offer government agencies and private-sector companies worldwide an extensive menu of products and services, officials from both companies said Monday.
MIAMI (07/22/2002) - Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s quarterly financial report Wednesday is highly anticipated because the company has grappled recently with various controversies that have bruised its image and its stock price.
IT services provider Accenture Ltd. narrowly beat revenue and earnings expectations for the third quarter of its 2002 fiscal year, ended May 31, while stating it continues to face a "challenging" economic climate, the company said in a statement Friday morning.
Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) will cut 2,000 jobs, or about 1.4 percent of its workforce, a move due to a spending slowdown and unrelated to the IT services provider's relationship with WorldCom Inc., EDS executives said Tuesday during a conference call.
To cut costs and improve customer service, Finnish airline Finnair Oyj has granted IBM a 10- year, US$400 million services contract that calls for IBM to manage the airline's IT infrastructure and for the creation of a jointly operated technology-development center.
KPMG Consulting Inc. declined to comment on Monday about what effects, if any, the conviction of Arthur Andersen LLP this weekend will have on KPMG Consulting's ongoing efforts to acquire IT services units from the accounting firm's parent company, Andersen Worldwide SC.
IBM launched last Friday a new service designed to manage Web servers that are located at customers' premises. As part of the new offering, called Services Anywhere, IBM will deliver remotely a variety of managed security, monitoring and storage services.
Some of the fog surrounding Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's intention to shed its Deloitte Consulting IT and management consulting unit was lifted when Deloitte Consulting announced Thursday afternoon that it will become a privately held independent company.
Economic problems led Latin American IT buyers to refrain from buying as many servers as in the past during the first quarter, according to a study released Thursday.
Companies are increasing their spending on outside help to better deal with their enterprise software, according to a new study from market research firm IDC.
The IT services market will recover this year from a weak 2001, as companies holding back due to the economy's slowdown begin dipping again into their wallets in the second half of 2002, IDC said Wednesday.
A business relationship with PeopleSoft Inc. has put accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP in hot water with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Colgate-Palmolive Co. is giving its IT infrastructure a good scrubbing.
With competition in the IT services market at its most aggressive point ever, providers are facing unprecedented pressure to lower prices, a double-edged sword for clients, according to Gartner Inc.'s Dataquest Inc. unit.
Dell Computer continued tearing through Latin America's PC market during the first quarter, posting outstanding growth in a market that shrunk, according to Gartner's Dataquest unit.