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ACS Named Among Top Outsourcers
Source of Title 9/20/2006
Reprinted with permission
Affiliated Computer Services, a leading provider of business process
outsourcing and information technology solutions, announced on September
20, 2006 that it has been named to ContactCenterWorld.com's top
outsourcer list for 2006. ContactCenterWorld.com is the leading global
support organization for the contact center industry.
ACS ranked among the top three in several categories for this year's
awards, including top outsourcer by most business-to-business agents;
top outsourcer by number of contact centers; top outsourcer by number of
agents; and top outsourcer by most business-to-consumer agents.
"This award program recognizes performance in terms of sales, size,
specialty, and growth," said Raj Wadhwani, the president of
ContactCenterWorld. "For far too long, the industry has been asking us
for this sort of information and in the absence of third-party data, we
decided to produce the rankings ourselves and share this information
with our 90,000 members."
"Our esteemed ranking by ContactCenterWorld.com underscores ACS'
exceptional growth and global capacity in customer care," said Ann
Vezina, the group president of ACS' commercial solutions. "We have a
tremendous breadth, depth, and quality of service supporting the needs
of clients and customers across the globe, and we take great pride in
being a world-class leader in customer care solutions."
ACS operates nearly 100 call centers around the world, supported by
almost 18,000 customer care agents. The company's array of outsourcing
offerings includes technical support and various other services for both
commercial and government clients.
Despite what ACS considers as an achievement, a recent study by White &
Case, LLP, a New York-based law firm, and Ponemon Institute, a
think-tank organization in Palo Alto, California, indicated that the
majority of Americans believe that their private information, including
financial and health, should not leave U.S. shores.
The study indicated that almost 90 percent of those surveyed were
strongly opposed to their patient health records being turned over to
any foreign company while approximately 70 percent strongly opposed that
their financial information, including mortgage information, personal
banking information or credit or debit card numbers, be dispersed to any
foreign company.
"That so many Americans are concerned about sensitive personal data
going overseas isn't surprising, given the growing threat of identity
theft," said Steve Betensky, a partner with White & Case. "But, what
makes this so challenging for U.S. companies is that while consumers
don't want their information sent overseas, 73 percent...said that they
are unwilling to pay higher prices for products or services."
One U.S. Senator has led the way on investigating exactly what
information is being outsourced. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California
recently requested that a full investigation into offshore outsourcing
of American citizens' personal data be launched by federal agencies and
private contractors.
"I'm concerned that overseas outsourcing of sensitive personal data may
be putting fundamental American privacy protections at risk," Feinstein
said.
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