ACS, A Xerox Company’s Joe Doherty on Saving Michigan Money

ACS, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX) is helping Michigan’s program that provides Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) save more than 25 percent in processing costs by moving from paper-based food vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system. According to ACS, “Michigan’s WIC program provides nutritious foods and nutrition education for approximately half the infants [...]

Joe Doherty of ACS, A Xerox Company on New Deal with Delaware

ACS, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX) has won a contract from the state of Delaware for the modernization of its child support enforcement system with technology “to increase collections and improve customer “as part of a three-and-a-half year, $47 million contract. “As states face continued economic challenges, they are asking us to help them make [...]

ACS: A Xerox Company’s Joe Doherty on Outsourcing Excellence Award Win

ACS: A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX) and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) have received the prestigious Outsourcing Excellence Award for a partnership that has improved services and lowered costs by delivering state benefits and payments to citizens using a debit card. Electronic payment technology is also used by OKDHS to deliver benefits for [...]

ExecutiveBiz Exclusive: ACS’ Joe Doherty on Joining Xerox

ACS Chief Joe Doherty sat down with ExecutiveBiz to discuss becoming a part of Xerox.  Watch the video interview and read the transcript here. var addthis_pub = ‘execbiz’; var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’;

ACS Wins Computer Contract with CA Highway Patrol

ACS (NYSE: ACS) is helping the California Highway Patrol (CHP) improve emergency response time and officer safety with the implementation of a state-of-the-art computer-aided dispatch (CAD) solution. ACS is providing the system under a contract with a potential nine-year term, consisting of a five-year base and four one-year options, and is valued at $53 million [...]

2009 People to Watch: What Have They Been Up To?

Brad Antle: Searching for the next big IT services and engineering company Brad Antle started the year as President of Bradford SCG, an IT and services consulting group, after nearly 10 years as president and CEO of SI International, Inc. Antle also reunited with an old partner: Frontenac, the private equity firm that provided the [...]

Xerox Buys ACS: Who’s Next in the Hardware Invasion?

Last year, HP bought professional services giant EDS.  Last week, Perot Systems was bought by Dell.  This week, hardware giant Xerox purchased ACS. Joe Doherty had this to say about the acquisition: “This deal is game-changing for both companies. It will create a $22 billion global corporation with $17 billion in recurring revenue. It enables [...]

ACS Partners with Oklahoma’s Department of Human Services

OKDHS and Affiliated Computer Services have partnered to increase access to cash benefits that elderly residents may not have been aware of. The initiative, led by OKDHS director of electronic payment systems Lisa Henley, is the winner of the 2009 departmental Quality Award, which recognizes OKDHS projects that provide the best service to Oklahoma’s citizens. [...]