IBM inks $972M voice, data deal with Lloyds
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IBM has won a $972 million, seven-year services contract to help move U.K. bank Lloyds TBS to a converged voice and data network that improves connectivity for more than 2,000 national branches and 4,200 ATMs.
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IBM said Wednesday it had agreed to pay $320 million to its employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan in a case that will affect millions of workers at many companies and nonprofits.
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By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Mar. 3--American Airlines will outsource some of its human-resources work to IBM in a deal worth $217 million.   Officials confirmed the deal Friday but said it will not result in layoffs.
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IBM has signed a seven-year IT outsourcing deal with Dun & Bradstreet under which it will transform and manage key business functions and financial operations for the company.
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IBM on Wednesday said it will  take a third-quarter charge of $320 million to settle all but  two claims of an ongoing lawsuit claiming its pension plan  discriminated against older workers, in exchange for capping  its potential liability at $1.4 billion.
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InfoWorld - Lenovo Group has signed a five-year deal with IBM&#160;to provide services and support to its customers. The deal, outlined in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange Tuesday, could be worth up to $245 million for IBM over the term of the contract.
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The VoIP deal is the type of technology outsourcing and service agreement that has become an increasingly large and profitable part of IBM&#39;s overall business and the sort of development that
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OCTOBER 21, 2004  - IBM has signed a seven-year, $180 million IT outsourcing deal with Short Hills, NJ-based Dun &amp; Bradstreet Corp.
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London-based BT Group PLC said Monday it will strengthen its presence in North America and Asia by buying Infonet Services Corp., an international managed voice and data network services provider, for $965 million.
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The largest Voice-over-IP business deployment revealed to date presents new opportunities for both the bank that&#39;s using it and the services provider that&#39;s implementing it.
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The deal includes almost 70,000 VoIP telephones and will reduce Lloyds&#39; network costs, IBM said. The announcement comes on the heels of reports that IBM is exiting the personal computer business.
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After days of speculation, computer services giant IBM Corp. announced Wednesday a US$1.75-billion deal to sell its PC business to Asia&#39;s largest computer maker.
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BT Group Plc will buy Infonet Services  Corp for $965 million in cash, giving Britain's top fixed-line  telecoms company 1,800 multinational corporate clients and an  expanded presence in the United States and Asia.
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IBM has signed a Â£500m, seven-year deal with Lloyds TSB to enhance the bankâs voice and data services. IBM is acting as the Lloyds TSBâs strategic technology partner, as the bank builds a new national
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High-capacity fiber network for voice, data, and video will cut Lloyds bandwidth costs and let it offer new high-bandwidth apps. By Steven Marlin.
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IBM  and Lehman Brothers   have agreed to pay nearly US$17 million for 7.7 percent  of Kingdee International Software Group Ltd. (0268.HK), aiming  to establish an alliance under which Big Blue will help the  Chinese software firm re-design its products and expand  globally.
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Telecoms operator BT Group said it had agreed to buy Californian voice and data network service provider Infonet Services Corp for 965 million dollars (520 million pounds).