Changing the tune of the purchasing culture
In what can only be rated as a spectacular first two week, Apple's new iTunes Online Music Store has generated around $2 million in revenue. In doing so, this B2C service has not only hit it's ambitious 1 month target in just 7 days Ð it has also made a significant contribution to the changing B2B purchasing culture. The ramifications for pay-per-use outsourcing are not so unlikely as you might think.
[2003/5/15 UC Newsdesk]

Platform Computing set sights on being a catalyst for Utility Computing
With involvement in prestigious projects such as the mapping of the human genome, Platform Computing is well known for it's grid computing software. Key customers so far come from the Manufacturing and Life Sciences sectors and as grid computing transitions from academia to commercial application, Platform appears well positioned to grow. We spoke with Craig Sands, VP Services at Platform to find out more.
[2003/5/15 UC Newsdesk]

EDS turns "On Demand" with Long-Time Energy Client EDS and Avista Corp. announce they have extended and broadened their 10-year IT outsourcing relationship with a new, 10-year agreement to optimize resources that bring enterprise-wide improvement. EDS will continue to provide a full complement of Agile Infrastructure Services including desktop, hosting and applications services to the natural gas and electric service provider. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. [2003/5/15 UC Newsdesk]

VERITAS Unveils Utility Computing Strategy At its worldwide user conference in Las Vegas last week, VERITAS Software Corporation outlined its utility computing strategy and product roadmaps in storage management and data protection. [2003/5/14 UC Newsdesk]

IBM Acquires Think Dynamics to Boost On-Demand Strategy IBM has announced the acquisition of Think Dynamics, a privately held company with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. It adds software for automating the use of computing resources to the company's e-business on-demand portfolio. [2003/5/14 UC Newsdesk]

Grid Computing making headway in the Energy Exploration & Production industry
Landmark Graphics Corp. has announced the signing of a three year reseller agreement with United Devices to provide grid computing, the latest evolution in high performance computing, to the exploration and production (E&P) industry.
[2003/5/13 UC Newsdesk]

IBM releases a server to backup on demand services
IBM has introduced what they trumpet as "the world's most sophisticated server," claiming that customers of all sizes will now be able to access the capabilities of the IBM mainframe through new on demand services from IBM Global Services.
[2003/5/13 UC Newsdesk]

EDS Signs First Comprehensive IT Management Contract in the Growing French Banking Industry with Banque Hervet
EDS has announced a 6 year contract with Banque Hervet, a leading regional French Bank. The agreement is the first comprehensive information technology (IT) contract in the growing French banking industry -- an industry with annual growth predicted at 12 percent through 2005.
[2003/5/12 UC Newsdesk]

Unisys readies 32-processor mainframe
Unisys Corp. on Monday will begin shipping two new mainframe systems, the company said on Thursday. The Dorado Model 140 and Dorado Model 180 systems will replace Unisys's current ClearPath 7402 and ClearPath 7802 models, respectively. They will serve as the high-end counterparts to the Dorado Model 110, which Unisys announced in February.
[2003/5/16 IDG.com]

EDS and German Federal Office for Labor Extend IT Outsourcing Contract
The Nuremberg-based German Federal Office for Labor has extended its contract with EDS to operate its user helpdesk for an additional two years. This agreement extends the relationship, which started in 1998, for a second time through 2006.
[2003/5/14 UC Newsdesk]

Sun dreams of Jini 2.0
Sun Microsystems is readying a major upgrade to its Jini networking technology for release at its JavaOne developer conference being held in San Francisco next month, sources close to the company said.
[2003/5/9 InfoWorld]