An encouraging quarter for Infosys after the disappointment of missing guidance last quarter. It is not possible to determine the precise level of organic growth (excluding Lodestone) as Infosys is folding some of its consulting capabilities into Lodestone Consulting: this has happened already in the U.K. and is occurring now in the U.S. and Germany; the incremental $20m in revenue contributed [...]

Xerox's acquisition of  U.K. based Customer Value Group (CVG) indicates that Xerox's ambitions for the acquired ACS business and for FAO in particular have not dimmed. CVG's primary product, Value+ is a SaaS-based offering that supports the management of customer credit, collections, and disputes and Value+ will now form a cornerstone of Xerox's O[...]

Accenture has continued the trend of acquiring captives as a means of gaining domain capability in a multi-process F&A BPO deal with Marriott International, Inc. that has been described by both parties as a strategic collaboration. In a ten-year contract to provide F&A services to Marriott and its franchisees in the Americas, Marriott will transition its Louisville, Tennesse[...]

Accenture's seven-year BPO contract with Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB announced this week will see it providing accounts payable, accounts receivable, some CMS activities as well as operational procurement, sourcing and category management for selected country operations in Europe. Accenture has had a long history of providing FAO services to manufacturing companies in the Scandinav[...]

Last week NelsonHall attended HP’s analyst summit in Boston, U.S. In her opening speech, CEO Meg Whitman emphasized HP’s commitment to engineering, innovation and also to Enterprise Services. Turnaround activity includes: Investments in internal systems, such as a new CRM system (salesforce.com) for the sales force, revising its quote to cash system, implementing a new resourc[...]