Top Tech Deals.(Brief Article)

Numberone eFunds, a provider of risk- management, electronic payments, ATM and global outsourcing products, has extended its strategic alliance with BISYS, which sells business process outsourcing products for the financial sector.

Numbertwo

PeopleSoft announced a new partnership with Algorithmics, a provider of risk-management products for financial firms. The new software integrates the risk and financial management processes, offering a consolidated view of performance.

Numberthree

Acom Solutions, a provider of check-processing software, entered into an agreement with NetDeposit to provide MICR-enhanced desktop laser printers, which can print 45 pages per minute, for NetDeposit's Check 21 processing.

Numberfour

Fiserv acquired Results International Systems, an outsourcing-services provider in the insurance industry. Fiserv, which says such firms are becoming comfortable with outsourcing, says the deal will contribute $7 million in annual revenue.

Numberfive

JPMorgan Chase has brought some of its outsourced technology back inhouse and away from IBM. The bank plans to reintegrate operations such as data centers, help desks, distributed computing, data networks and voice networks.

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