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BP Selects IBM For Application Development Services

By TechTaffy Desk

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BP has selected IBM to provide Application Development Services for global SAP project delivery. IBM will help BP develop and deploy an Enterprise Systems portfolio—including BP’s upstream, downstream and global Functions.  “Through this contract, IBM will help BP to accelerate the implementation of SAP across the organization, and lower our overall cost base“, said Mike Gibbs, BP Group CIO.

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