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Xansa wins £70m Northern Ireland Water contract
 
 Northern Ireland Water
Service has awarded the
contract for the
provision of its new
customer billing and
contacts system to the
Xansa-led Crystal
Alliance.
 
    The contract, valued
at £70m over seven
years, is Xansa's
biggest in the utilities
arena. Xansa is the
prime contractor in an
alliance with Echo
Managed Services and
 
 AMT-Sybex.
   Xansa will be
responsible for the
client relationship with
NI Water Service and
will manage the overall
service from
implementation to
 
 operational delivery and
will also provide back
office billing
processes.
   The Xansa consortium
beat off competition
from an Accenture/Thames
Water bid and a
 
 Capgemini/Fujitsu
Services/Kelda
Group/Loop Customer
Management bid.
  
 
 
Capgemini wins BPO contract from Zurich Financial Services
 
 Capgemini has signed a
multi-year agreement to
manage a range of
finance & accounting
processes for several
countries of Zurich
Financial Services
(Zurich), one of the
world's largest
insurance companies.
 
    Capgemini will
provide a range of F&A
services for the US, the
UK, Switzerland and
Germany from its
dedicated Financial
Services BPO centre in
Poland and the size of
these operations will be
approximately 400 FTE.
 
 The services will be
provided in different
languages.
   Hubert Giraud, head
of Capgemini BPO, said
the contract is "a
landmark in both the BPO
and Insurance
industries. This new
step demonstrates the
 
 rising interest in
Continental Europe
companies for BPO".
   Claudia Dill, CFO
Europe at Zurich, said
that "this partnership
will improve efficiency"
and "give Zurich more
flexibility through
Capgemini's ability to
 
 leverage the unique
features of their Krakow
Centre including
non-English speaking
skills, highly educated
finance employees and
technology to reduce
costs".
  
 
 
KPMG UK sees profits up 21%
 
 KPMG LLP, the UK member
firm of KPMG
International, reported
a 21% increase in profit
for 2005, together with
a 20% rise in turnover.
   The firm said
operating profits were
£305m for the financial
year ended 30 September
 
 2005, compared to £253m
in 2004.
   Turnover was £1,281m,
against £1,071m in 2004.
   Mike Rake, chairman
of KPMG International
and UK senior partner,
said: "In many ways,
2005 was the most
successful year in the
 
 history of the UK firm.
Our growth of 20% makes
KPMG the fastest growing
'Big Four' firm in the
UK in 2005 - and
vindicates our strategy
to invest at a time when
the economic environment
was less promising. We
were confident that -
 
 with the right people,
the right values and
culture, and the right
approach to our diverse
range of clients - we
would see our turnover,
profitability and market
share increase."
   All but two of KPMG's
core service lines saw
 
 growth in 2005. The
biggest increase was in
Risk Advisory Services
where turnover grew by
48%, mainly due to
"Sarbanes Oxley" related
work.
  
 
 
LogicaCMG wins its largest deal in Asia Pacific
 
 LogicaCMG has won a
contract with PT
Natrindo Telepon Seluler
(NTS), a 3G and GSM1800
operator in Indonesia,
to provide an extensive
suite of telecoms
products and solutions
to enable advanced
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 LogicaCMG said the
contract was the largest
it has won in Asia
Pacific up to date.
According to a LogicaCMG
spokesperson, the
contract is worth some
$60m.
   The contract, to be
 
 implemented over a
four-year period
requires LogicaCMG to
design, build and
operate the Service
Platform Network as well
as IT and Business
Support Systems.
LogicaCMG will also
 
 deliver Programme
Management, System
Integration and Managed
Services for the
solutions.
  
 
 mobile data and charging
services for NTS's
mobile networks.
 
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