As part of the $70m agreement, MCI will manage all of Danka's core network services, including its IT operations and applications support.

Danka Business Systems PLC, an independent provider of enterprise imaging systems and services, and MCI, Inc., recently announced a five-year agreement in which Danka Business Systems will outsource the balance of its U.S. information technology (IT) operations to MCI.

As part of this $70 million agreement, Danka will transition more than 60 employees to MCI and its application support provider, Titan Technology Partners. As Danka's primary technology provider, MCI will manage all of Danka's core network services, including its IT operations and applications support, wide area network, local area network, IP services, servers, desktops and phone systems, as well as oversee Danka's network of ancillary technology vendors and partners.

"This agreement with MCI is another step forward in our Vision 21 program to reduce our costs and improve our business practices. MCI is providing a fully managed, integrated IP-based IT infrastructure, scalable to our current and future needs which will enable us to elevate our IT environment," said Todd Mavis, CEO, Danka. "At the same time, we are able to substantially reduce our IT costs. We view MCI as a world-class technology company, and this new agreement builds on an existing relationship under which we provide services to them."