W. AUSTRALIA, Apr. 17 – Despite a slowdown in its rate of growth, IBM Global Services (IGS) emerged as the overall 1999 champion of the Annex Research annual global IT services leaders “Heptathlon.”  Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) and Cap Gemini Group (CGG) won the “silver” and the “bronze” medals respectively.

It was the first time ever that the IBM services unit won the overall annual Annex Research competition, despite having become the world’s largest IT services company in 1995, when it grabbed the pole position away from EDS.

It was the first time ever that the IBM services unit won the overall annual Annex Research competition, despite having become the world’s largest IT services company in 1995, when it grabbed the industry’s pole position away from EDS.  But last year (1998), IGS did win a special Annex Research award for the most balanced performance among the top IT services firms (see Annex Bulletin 99-16, 5/25.99).

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Our report then goes on to analyze the business results in the seven competition "events" and announce the winners for 1999.   Here are some of the sub-headings from the rest of this Annex Bulletin:

Overall Results

Revenue Growth (2 Medals)

Profitability (3 Medals)

Operating Expenses (1 Medal)

Sales Productivity (1 Medal)

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