A consortium of IT firms led by Unisys, the global IT solutions company, has procured a contract from the European Commission (EC) that involves providing IT support to over 40,000 civil servants in the EU.

This contract is the largest ever that has been outsourced by the EC. The public-private deal includes development, studies and support for the institution's information systems; project management, analytics and consulting will also be involved.

The consortium includes the companies Unisys Belgium, Trasys Group, Atos, Sogeti, Intrasoft, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Everis, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Iris and Piksel.

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