* WHAT: PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. enters into a 10-year, $1.2 billion outsourcing venture with Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp. and Boston-based Keane Inc.* specifics: IBM Global Services will manage PacifiCare's data center operations and provide IT help-desk and support services for all of PacifiCare's workstations. Keane will assume responsibility for managing and enhancing PacifiCare's application software environment.
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