Convergys said it has added to its global HR BPO capacity by opening new or expanding existing service centers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bangalore, India; Dalian, China; and Singapore. These service centers provide BPO services to more than 150 global and regional Convergys clients.

“Asia Pacific has garnered a strong reputation as an offshoring location of

In one of the largest enterprise, end-to-end HRO contracts ever, Unilever said it has finalized terms with Accenture to provide a broad range of HRO services ranging from recruitment to payroll processing and performance management in 100 countries. The seven-year agreement covering 200,000 global workers—estimated by one industry advisor at $1.04 billion (around €800)—will begin in July, but the companies declined to disclose financial terms.

IBM Japan today will transform and manage SANYO Electric Group's HR and payroll functions under a new contract. It’s part of the client’s corporate reform project and follows an outsourced skills development contract signed last December.

Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), a provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions, has been awarded a multi-year renewal of its HRO contract with Lockheed Martin Corporation. Terms of the accord were not released.

(New York, NY and Hong Kong) June 14, 2005 -- DDC HRO (www.ddchro.com), a leading provider and enabler of data processing and human capital business process outsourcing solutions, and part of the DDC Group of Companies (www.datacapture.com/DDCbrochure.html), today announced a strategic alliance with Black Mountain Human Resources (www.blackmountainhr.com), a leading provider of human resources administration and consulting in Asia Pacific.

LEBANON, New Jersey (June 14, 2005) - - Pilat HR Solutions, a leading provider of talent management consulting and software, announced today the signing of an agreement with Time Warner Inc. (New York, NY), a leading global media and entertainment company, to provide them with HR PulseT, a web-based human resource system. This configurable software will provide Time Warner with an enterprise-wide succession planning solution.

"This agreement underscores the enterprise-wide capabilities that the HR PulseT software can address.