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BearingPoint teams up with Google to launch search solutions group     tailored for specific business environments in industries such as pharmaceuticals, banking, brokerage, high-tech and aerospace.    "Enterprise users expect the same level of functionality, simplicity and ease-of-use in the enterprise that they experience as consumers on the Internet," said BearingPoint CEO Harry You. "This is part of a     shift we call consumerization of the enterprise and Google search products are at the leading edge of this trend."    In conjunction with the announcement, the company is forming a 100-person corporate group dedicated to search technology integration, putting search on equal footing with traditional enterprise integration     competencies such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).    The new practice area will offer service, technology, and expertise to help unlock information stored across the enterprise.    The company will also leverage its expertise in various vertical markets to address specific endemic needs.     Currently, BearingPoint is working with several leading companies in pharmaceuticals, banking, brokerage, high-tech and aerospace to identify how search solutions can benefit their organizations.    While BearingPoint will become Google's biggest integration partner for enterprise search solutions, Google said the deal is not exclusive.     BearingPoint has reached an agreement with Google to deliver search solutions to major enterprise customers.    BearingPoint extends Google's search capabilities by offering companies customized search technology

EDS wins major share of GM contracts     Automaker General Motors has awarded the majority of its IT contracts to EDS, following a $15bn dollar IT overhaul to cut costs and restructure operations. At the same time, Capgemini and HP have significantly increased their existing business with the manufacturer.    For the past two years GM has been re-evaluating its IT     spend in preparation for the end of its 10-year split-off agreement with EDS. The deal expires in June 2006.    The automaker has now awarded approximately 50% of the $15bn it plans to spend on IT over the next five years. GM's telecommunications contracts will expire at the end of 2006 and their renewals will be     made later in the year.    A spokesman for EDS, which GM bought in 1984 and then spun off in 1996, said it had won 70% of the GM contracts it pursued.    For the next five years, EDS will help GM with technology used in product development, manufacturing, purchasing and other functions. It will receive an average of     $760m each year.    Capgemini said its contract win is worth more than $500m, representing 6-8% of the car maker's planned IT overhaul. Capgemini's last contract with GM was worth $75m.    GM is also expanding its current business with IBM and Hewlett-Packard. HP said its contract was worth $700m, while IBM said     its contract was worth $500m.    Wipro's contract is worth $27m, but the company estimates that it could win $300m over the five years in future business from GM and other IT suppliers under the automaker's IT overhaul.

Hitachi set to grow global consulting business     Hitachi plans to strengthen its business and IT consulting operations worldwide by expanding into Europe, consolidating its Asia businesses and adding more than 2,000 consultants by fiscal 2008.    Hitachi Consulting Europe was established in London in late December 2005 to oversee consulting operations in Europe as a wholly owned     of operations in the UK, Spain and Portugal in this month with steps to open offices in other key European markets, namely Germany and France, in 2007 and 2008.    In April Hitachi will rename EXSURGE, a Hitachi company in Japan engaged in the consulting business, to Hitachi Consulting Co., and consolidate its group companies in Japan     and Asia in this company, making it easier to standardize offerings and methodologies for seamless delivery across Asia.    To provide executive guidance over all Hitachi consulting businesses, the Hitachi Global Consulting Committee will be formed on April 3 within the Information & Telecommunication     Systems Group. This committee will promote the sharing of strategies, solution offerings and tools and methodologies across Japan, the US and Europe as well as the reciprocal use of resources among these three regions.    Hitachi plans to increase its number of consultants to 3,000 by fiscal 2008, from the current 950.     subsidiary of US-based Hitachi Consulting Corporation. Plans are in place for the start

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