HP and Deutsche Post seal outsourcing deal

Deutsche Post World Net AG has inked a letter of intent to enter into an outsourcing agreement with HP Services. Under the deal, Deutsche Post plans to outsource part of its global IT activities to HP. The Germany-based firm forecast IT cost savings of at least €1bn over the next seven years. If the agreement is finalised – …

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Posted Friday 25th January 2008 19:02 GMT

Alan Jones

Alanj

Yes, DPWN certainly had to act. An impressive courier firm brought down by a clueless IT management. Whether HP can do any better remains to be seen - the babble of their VP doesn't augur well.

Posted Friday 25th January 2008 20:10 GMT

Anonymous Coward

Boy oh Boy...

As a former HP (OMS) worker, I was quite puzzle to read this announcement.

I heard that the Deutsche people are quite organized and quite efficient, and as much as I know HP Outsource hand, they are .. quite the opposite..

€1bn saving over the next 7 years? HA HA! HP sold this turkey to quite few companies here in the Middle east. Guess what? You'll pay MUCH more then you thought to and the savings will be minimal. I know because I'm in this field over 5 years..

Poor Deutsche POST

Posted Friday 25th January 2008 23:24 GMT

Greg

Opsware

Kelly,

It would be really interesting to know who else was bidding on this deal and if EDS was in the mix. And it would be interesting to know if/how HP plans to leverage their new Opsware technology to deliver the services. As you prob. know, EDS was Opsware's first big customer and they actually bought the ASP part of Loudcloud from Andreessen so that he could do Opsware. Talk about biting the hand that feeds IT!!

Posted Monday 28th January 2008 00:43 GMT

Svein Skogen