HP has signed a 10-year strategic IT transformation services contract with Godrej, India’s largest engineering and consumer products company. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will lead a comprehensive infrastructure outsourcing and transformation project that will provide Godrej with a scalable and reliable service delivery structure based on Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. HP will deliver infrastructure solutions, along with consulting and outsourced services, which include management for SAP, PeopleSoft and other critical business applications. Godrej’s operational team also will transition to HP, providing those employees with enhanced career opportunities.

Maersk Line, a division of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, and IBM announced a new agreement for IBM to provide IT services from India and Denmark. Maersk Line is one of the leading liner shipping companies in the world, serving customers all over the globe with a fleet of more than 470 container vessels and nearly 2 million containers. This new agreement covers infrastructure platform services implementing new servers, consolidating and updating of existing server platforms and upgrading of middleware software to new releases.

International IT services provider, Steria, has selected recruitment outsourcing specialist Ochre House to manage all permanent recruitment for its divisions and companies within the UK. Under the three year contract, Ochre House will be responsible for sourcing around 300 roles per year in a wide range of professional services areas from SAP consultants, project managers and practice heads to technical architects and analysts to legal and finance staff and new graduates. Ochre House will also provide consultancy services aimed at maximising the effectiveness of all Steria’s ‘talent management’ processes.

Ki Work, the marketplace for Virtual BPO, is to supply teams of data entry experts to work on a vital contract for the international shipping market. The project involves interpreting and entering information from tens of thousands of bills of lading. artnering with ki work are world-leading business process management experts PeopleForce. The project’s participants will all be ki work certified professionals and experts.