Texas will rebid troubled data center contract with IBM

Garrett:
AUSTIN – Texas' Department of Information Resources will rebid all the work IBM now does in a big data center outsourcing – about four years early. The department hasn't formally terminated the $863 million contract, but officials said Tuesday that IBM's recent proposals to salvage the deal were inadequate.
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Official: IBM failing to give Texas agencies basic help under contract

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AUSTIN – Agencies that help Texans renew their automobile registration, draw unemployment benefits and apply for food stamps and Medicaid face crushing demands, even as their technology contractor can't provide mundane services, a top state official said Monday.
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Texas' Department of Information Resources, IBM dispute service contract

AUSTIN — Texas’ Department of Information Resources accused IBM on Friday of severe shortcomings on a huge contract to centralize state agencies’ computer services and data storage. IBM immediately fired back, saying it has done everything required under an $863 million contract. It called the department’s warning letter “unnecessary and unjustified.” Garrett has the story: http://dallasne.ws/9v8Q6m

Texas' Department of Information Resources may end IBM technology contract

AUSTIN – Texas' Department of Information Resources plans to tell IBM today that it could begin a legal process to end the company's $863 million technology contract if long-requested fixes aren't made in 30 days, two officials confirmed Thursday. Garrett reports:
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