Double Trouble for Cap Gemini: Integrator's Problems Suggest A Different Approach to Contracting for Technology Services
D. Geller - December 15, 1999

Event Summary

An article in the New York Times states that Cap Gemini, an international provider of IT services, has recently been removed from a total of almost $150 million dollars worth of projects. The United States Chamber of Commerce, The United Way and the French Government have all expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Cap Gemini's performance; in at least one of these cancellations involving the Chamber of Commerce, the companies are suing each other. On the other side of the equation, International Micro Systems sued Cap Gemini America for backing out of a contract to develop custom software...