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Wipro Technologies buys Infocrossing for $600m     Wipro Technologies, India's third-largest software company, is to acquire US-based Infocrossing Inc., which provides information technology outsourcing, for $600m in an all cash deal that is perhaps the largest ever by an Indian technology company. Wipro said the deal will create one of     acquisition Wipro plans to merge Infocrossing with a US unit.    Through the acquisition Wipro deepens its presence in the US with the addition of five data centre locations and approximately 900 employees.    Infocrossing provides a full portfolio of     infrastructure management solutions, including server management, mainframe outsourcing, network management and security services. For the 12 months ended 31 March, 2007, the firm had revenues of $232.4m and net income of $9.3m.    Infocrossing also has "significant" expertise     in Health Plan & Payer Management segments. It provides contracted services to more than 90 managed care organisations.    Wipro expects the combined business to touch $1bn in 24 to 36 months.        the world leaders in end-to-end IT infrastructure management solutions.    It will pay $18.70 a share for Infocrossing, a 5.5% premium to the closing price on 3 August. After the

BT extends finance and accounting contract with Xansa     Xansa has secured a £128m extension of its Business Process Outsourcing contract with BT until March 2014.    Under the extension, Xansa will continue to manage BT's UK operations for finance     and accounting (F&A) transaction processing, ledger and payroll services, leveraging a combination of Xansa's onshore and offshore capabilities in award winning shared service centres in UK and India.    Building on a 20-year     relationship, this extension worth £128m over six years to Xansa, covers F&A processing, accounts payable, cash, treasury, payroll, ledger and reporting services.    Xansa chairman and acting chief executive     Bill Alexander commented: "Extending the service to Xansa's foundation client, BT, is a reflection of the value added over the last five years and the evolution of quality in this fast developing market. It also     reinforces Xansa's position as the largest European provider of F&A services."

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