MDS outsources IT needs to IBM Canada

MDS Inc has signed a seven-year technology outsourcing agreement worth up to $260-million with IBM Canada Ltd. The deal will see IBM provide MDS with its PCs, servers, helpdesk and networking requirements and is part of the company’s strategic initiative to change the way it does business. MDS says the IT outsourcing agreement will allow the Markham ON-based firm to build a common platform allowing for the rapid integration of future acquisitions at a lower cost. It will also see 78 MDS staff become employees of IBM…