ADVISORY/Photo of Gavin Masterson and Frank Kern is available on AP PhotoExpress and Wirepix.com.Photo/ Business Editors ADVISORY... The photo is BW5 on AP PhotoExpress. Photo caption reads: Gavin Masterson, chief treasurer and managing director of the Bank of Scotland Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to , left, and Frank Kern, general manager of professional services of IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the , talk at the bank's headquarters Wednesday, June 28, 2000, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Bank of Scotland signed a (pound)700 million high tech alliance with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) to manage and operate the bank's information technology infrastructure. It is reportedly one the largest outsourcing deals to be struck in Europe. (Eyecatchers/Hazel Dunlop) (Business Wire / Wirepix photo) |
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