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Microsoft Corp. today announced new investments around desktop virtualization technologies and solutions, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), to help organizations of all sizes increase flexibility, employee productivity and IT cost savings.

Fujitsu today rewrites the datacenter rule book in introducing the revolutionary PRIMERGY Cloud eXtension server. The PRIMERGY CX1000 provides unprecedented levels of scale-out capability, ideal for Cloud environments, and sets new standards in datacenter economics by optimizing the operating cost drivers of power, heat and space.

CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA) today announced it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Nimsoft, Inc.—a leading provider of IT performance and availability monitoring solutions for emerging enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs)—for $350 million in an all-cash transaction.

Through the Tieto and Microsoft alliance, TSPs can extend their core network infrastructure and capabilities to build new and enhanced communication services, increasing the total value of services delivered to their end-customers.

CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that awards and praise from partners and pundits are continuing to pile up for CA’s recovery management channel business and products.

IBM ( IBM) is trusted by U.S. consumers more than any other IT company when it comes to securing and protecting the privacy of their personal information, according to a survey from privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute.

Protecting customers is critical as Ford moves to the forefront of in-car personal technology. Ford’s popular SYNC system allows owners to connect digital media players and Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones to their vehicle’s entertainment system and operate them with voice commands.

Under the terms of the five year agreement, BT will provide a managed services solution for Deutsche Post DHL’s telecommunications infrastructure in 15 countries and over 1,000 sites across Asia Pacific.

IBM ( IBM) today announced it has been named Best Security Company by SC Magazine.  The award, recognizing IBM's leadership in IT and its outstanding security solutions, was presented yesterday at the SC Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Company makes U-Prove technology widely available to enable identity with privacy and announces release of Forefront Identity Manager 2010.

CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA) today announced it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance as a corporate member to help establish and promote best practices for security in cloud computing.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded IBM ( IBM) a services contract to modernize the system that federal agencies and their suppliers use to source equipment, supplies, information technology (IT) and telecommunications services.

Dell today introduced OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center, a portfolio of software tools designed to help customers efficiently , securely, and cost-effectively utilize and manage standards-based IT resources.

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Payment Systems Group, Inc. has cut endpoint security administration time in half and experienced zero downtime due to malware after deploying Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition company-wide.

IBM ( IBM) today announced that it has signed a five-year remote managed services agreement with Sandhar Technologies, an auto ancillary group based in New Delhi.

ACS is the largest diversified business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in the world. Its expertise is in automating work processes and providing BPO and IT outsourcing services that range from processing over 1 million credit card applications and 12 million student loans each year to providing HR services for more than 4.4 million employees and retirees annually.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has selected Zantech IT Services Inc. of McLean, Va., for the Programmatic and Institutional Learning Services contract.

Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. announced today that it is employing new Intel® Core i5 and Core i7 processors with vPro™ technology into its IT service offerings.  

Microsoft Corp. today released its global SMB IT and Hosted IT Index 2010,1 which investigates how small and midsize businesses (SMBs) across multiple segments fared during the recession and how they use technology.

Thought leadership marketing (TLM) can be a powerful tool for improved marketing success in IT services, according to Gartner, Inc. While thought leadership has been used by consulting firms for a long time — often accounting for as much as 20 percent of marketing expenditure — an organized discipline of TLM is only now emerging, allowing marketers to use this as a manageable tool to drive business.