Miller time for ACS

It's Miller time for Affiliated Computer Services. The Dallas-based provider of outsourcing services said Monday it signed a seven-year, $143 million IT outsourcing contract with Miller Brewing Co. ACS said the deal involves a range of IT services, including voice and data communications services, support for SAP software, and desktop support for more than 2,000 users.

ACS employs more than 40,000 people and posted revenue of $3.1 billion for the fiscal year that ended last June. In 2003, the company cracked the ranks of the Fortune 500 for the first time on the strength of business process outsourcing, a practice in which companies farm out tasks such as data entry, claims processing and billing to firms such as ACS.