Managed Services & Outsourcing

A deal between two outsourcing companies, Zensar Technologies Ltd., of Pune, India, and BroadenGate Systems Inc., of Shenzhen, China, will help both companies better compete for IT outsourcing business from U.S. companies, a senior company executive said.

Fujitsu Ltd. has commercialized a biometric security system based on vein pattern-recognition technology. The company has received orders from two Japanese banks, one of which is already using the technology.

The Minister of Communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, has finally announced that the companies which will comprise the Second National Operator (SNO) will be granted a licence on Sept. 17.

Focused on improving its requirements management arsenal for software development, Borland Software Corp. on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Estimate Professional, a software project planning and estimation tool.

Looking for a cheerful message? A new study commissioned by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) suggests confidence about the overall business climate for the next 12 to 18 months.

NetBeans support for Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is something that at least one Canadian-based enterprise development firm is anxiously awaiting, as Sun Microsystems Inc. recently rolled out the first beta version of its new integrated development environment (IDE), NetBeans 4.0.

As far as keeping their customers satisfied, Web portals, search engines and news and information sites in the U.S. continue to improve but still have work to do, according to a report released Tuesday.

There is no question that instant messaging (IM) is entrenched in the enterprise. More than 90 per cent of businesses report IM activity, according to Osterman Research Inc.