TX: Texas officials await IBM response to data center contract warning

Government Technology: Texas IT officials are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst after giving IBM 30 days to fix alleged problems with the state's $863 million data center outsourcing contract.

Texas CIO Karen Robinson sent a seven-page "notice to cure" to IBM on July 16 asserting that the company had abandoned it obligations under the seven-year contract signed in 2006. The notice gave IBM 30 days to fix the shortcomings, or face potential termination of the agreement. Read Article

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