December 5, 2002 8:55 am PT
IBM'S PROCESS TO bring PwC Consulting into its fold is proceeding successfully and on schedule, an IBM executive said Monday, but analysts say it's too early to tell how well the two organizations are melding.
At stake is IBM's multibillion dollar bet that by swallowing PwC Consulting, it will be able to strengthen key areas in its Global Services arm, which is already the world's largest provider of IT services, both in terms of size and revenue, to better compete against service providers like EDS and IT vendors with big service groups like Hewlett-Packard...
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