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HP lands $175 million deal with aviation giant

January 10, 2007 Hewlett-Packard signs contract to improve IT infrastructure management at aviation electronics company Rockwell Collins. TAGS: Rockwell, IT infrastructure, HP, information technology, server

Tech consultant CSC lands $360 million Sun deal

February 2, 2005 Computer Sciences Corp. will manage internal business systems applications for Sun Microsystems. TAGS: Computer Sciences Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IT infrastructure, consultant, information technology

The end of India's offshore dominance?

April 13, 2005 Outsourcer Marc Hebert says the new calculation that India's offshore prospects is dimming is a misreading of the facts. TAGS: India, Capability Maturity Model, salary, distributed system, Russia, information technology worker, China, IT infrastructure, information technology, Vietnam, mainframe, Brazil, U.S.

Beijing starts IT testing for Olympics

August 2, 2007 Testing gets under way a full year before the event opens, with 500 worst-case scenarios to be rehearsed. TAGS: Olympic Games, Atos, Beijing, IT infrastructure, information technology, volunteer, event, games, PC

A cyber con game

March 25, 2005 A new report got sent to the president, but no matter: The cybersecurity mess won't get fixed, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. TAGS: cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, information technology, nation, president, security

One city's move to open source

December 5, 2005 Mannheim, Germany, says its switch to Linux apps won't be fast or cheap--but that's just fine. TAGS: migration, OpenDocument Format, open source, euro, IT infrastructure, productivity-application, city, Massachusetts, OpenOffice, open standard, Linux, information technology, decision, Microsoft Exchange Server, manager, Microsoft Office

IBM, others share mega banking deal

September 1, 2005 ABN Amro Bank awards services contracts to IBM, Infosys, Tata Consultancy and others in deals totaling more than $2.2 billion. TAGS: bank, Indian company, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., outsourcing, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Accenture Ltd., IT services, IT infrastructure, IBM Corp., application development, contract, information technology, consulting, banking

Software start-ups think inside the box

March 28, 2005 To compete better, some young companies are packaging their products as specialized software-hardware appliances. TAGS: Netezza, appliance, Cast Iron Systems, product design, data warehouse, IT infrastructure, information technology, start-up, database, router

IBM unveils energy efficiency plan

May 10, 2007 Project Big Green would enable companies to reduce their data-center energy costs by 42 percent, IBM says. TAGS: data center, Val Rahmani, IBM Corp., initiative, IT infrastructure, power consumption, client, information technology

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