ACS to Acquire E&Y's Intellinex to Form ACS Learning

This IDC Flash outlines the May 18, 2006, announcement that business process outsourcing provider Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE: ACS) will acquire Ernst & Young's (E&Y's) learning services provider Intellinex. This document briefly discusses the rationale for the move and its impact on the respective training outsourcing and human resource outsourcing markets. The agreement is scheduled to close within 30 days subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino approval and other customary closing conditions.