EDS Monday announced it had landed a five-year technology services deal to manage desktops, voice and data networks for American Express. The financial terms were undisclosed.
Outsourcing deals may be getting smaller, but HP continues to land multi-million dollar and multi-year contracts via its EDS company. The division announced Friday it had signed a services agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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