TCS wins Ericsson contract

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a five-year global contract with Ericsson to deliver application maintenance and development services for Ericsson's internal IT operations, reports Consultant-news.

TCS has been selected as one of the two strategic partners that will deliver application maintenance services to Ericsson and a preferred supplier for application development services.

Nils Molin, MD, Sweden at the analyst firm IDC, added: "This contract signifies the trend of increased acceptance of Indian headquartered IT companies delivering complex projects in the Nordic region."

Science Applications International announced that Nasa has extended the period of performance for the Unified Nasa Information Technology Services contract, says Marketwatch.

This 11-month programme extension, valued at more than $212 million, raises the ceiling value of the contract to more than $1.1 billion and extends the contract through November of 2009.

Under the extension, SAIC will continue to provide IT services to Nasa's Marshall Space Flight centre and support all Nasa centres, including Nasa Headquarters and Nasa's international sites and networks.

Selectica will host an informational Webinar which will feature findings from the latest Forrester Wave Contract Life-Cycle Management report issued by Forrester Research, states Pr-inside.

The Webinar is titled "Contract Lifecycle Management - Why It's Important, How to Choose" and will be given by Andrew Bartels, vice-president and principal analyst for Forrester Research.

During his presentation, Bartels will review the four stages of value for CLM deployment and where companies are finding the greatest rewards from contract management software.