Because Telus Corporation Wanted to Become a Big Player in the Booming

Because Telus Corporation wanted to become a big player in the booming market for outsourcing computer services,it set up Lucent Technologies to manage corporate clients' worldwide computer networks.Lucent Technologies assists corporations in global network and computer management by drawing on Telus's worldwide digital network and its computer hardware and software businesses.It also relies on the expertise of technicians at Bell Laboratories.
-Refer to Lucent Technologies.Lucent Technologies depends on AT&T,but also has found it necessary to form cooperative partnerships with other technology,telecommunications,and software firms,such as Lotus Development.What has Lucent found it necessary to form?

A) strategic alliances
B) relationship contracts
C) vendor liaisons
D) joint ventures