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Oracle offers service oriented architecture suite

The suite integrates both oracle and non oracle applications

CSC signs agreement to resell Microsoft business productivity online suite

Adds Microsoft online services to its cloud services portfolio

RCOM likely to outsource management of wired services

Alcatel-Lucent Managed Services seems to be the frontrunner to win the deal

Oracle unveils Fusion Middleware 11g

To enhance performance of business applications

HCL to provide IT services to Dr Pepper Snapple

To assist in application support and maintenance, end-user computing, integrated service desk and network management

HCL to provide IT services to Dr Pepper Snapple

To assist in application support and maintenance, end-user computing, integrated service desk and network management

ThinkGrid launches on-demand storage platform

Pay-as-you-go model is cloud ‘stepping stone’

Tech Mahindra forms alliance with Win

To develop Win’s new mobile platform

EDB receives outsourcing contract from StorStockholms Lokaltrafik

To offer network as well as capacity services for servers and storage

Comments & Opinion

Cloudy skies?

Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what it is not.

London 2012 IT: No Second Chances

15,000 athletes, 22,000 journalists, 70,000 volunteers and 94 Olympic venues. 3,500 technology specialists, 8,000 computers, a fixed deadline and the world watching. What could possibly go wrong? Jason Stamper reports.

Thought Leaders: running IT as a business

This white paper was written by Professor Paul P Tallon of the Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola College, Baltimore, for CBR on behalf of GlassHouse Technologies. It outlines the steps companies can take to treat storage as a service-orientated business, moving IT from being a cost centre to a value centre.

CBR Thought Leaders: IT in a Cold Climate

Is paring IT investment back to the bone the best strategy for surviving the downturn? Dr Richard Williams argues the case against.

Does SaaS fit into the complex world of pharmaceuticals?

Software-as-a-service is one of the latest trends in the IT industry, but the new delivery model still has a way to go before it becomes pervasive in the life sciences. The need for customized and niche solutions in the sector makes it difficult for the model to be fully leveraged, and vendors should concentrate on targeting customer relationship management-type processes, rather than R&D.

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