IBM and Danske Bank, one of the largest banks in the Nordic region, today announced a seven-year, billion DKK contract extension of IBM's management of Danske Bank's global information technology (IT) infrastructure. The new agreement, signed in June 2010, extends the original 10-year contract between the two companies, which began in 2004.

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