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• SkySQL joins ranks of MySQL support providers

  MySQL users now have another choice for support besides Oracle, which acquired the open-source database through its purchase of Sun Microsystems.

• Gartner rolls back 2010 IT spending forecast

  Gartner has dropped its 2010 IT spending forecast, citing currency fluctuations caused by the ongoing European debt crisis.

• Pay only for what you use with SoftLayer's cloud service

  SoftLayer aims to let customers pay for only what they need with a new infrastructure-as-a-service pricing model it calls Build Your Own Cloud.

• IT Outsourcing: 7 Tips for Peace, Profit and Productivity

  Dr. Oliver Williamson may not be a household name in IT outsourcing circles, but a consortium of academics is hoping to change that. Williamson, professor emeritus of business, economics and law at the University of California-Berkeley, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 for his examination of economic governance. Some outsourcing researchers say his lifelong study of transactional cost economics--the practice of accounting for the total costs of a contract, both obvious and hidden--contains valuable lessons for anyone engaging in outsourcing today.

• Survey: IT wants public and private cloud services

  Skeptics who disparage the concept of the so-called private cloud and doubt its relevance should think again, according to research from IDC.

• Business school swaps Google Apps for Microsoft Live@edu

  A French business school plans to trade Google Apps, used by around half its staff and students, for Microsoft's rival Live@edu service.

• HP buys Melodeo

  Hewlett-Packard confirmed on Wednesday that it had acquired Melodeo, its second recent acquisition in the mobile market.

• Google Voice: 10 Reasons to Check It Out

  Now that Google Voice is open to everybody in the U.S., small business owners, particularly those with less than 25 employees, should take a close look at Google's free phone management service. Here are ten good reasons why:

• Juniper seeks to out-virtualize Cisco in data centers

  Juniper Networks' <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/051710-juniper-collapses-data-center.html">announcement</a> this week of switches and routers designed to flatten and simplify legacy networks is the latest sign that this company has no intention of backing off in the face of ever stiffer data center competition from Cisco, HP and others.

• HP taps Iannotti to run enterprise services business

  Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday shuffled executives, tapping an internal candidate, Tom Iannotti, to run the enterprise services business for the company.

• Dell launches dedicated services organization

  Dell has launched a dedicated services organization, appropriately named Dell Services, that will focus on midmarket enterprise customers. The company formed the unit by integrating Perot Systems, purchased Nov. 3 for US$3.9 billion, with the enterprise services operation from its own Large Enterprise business unit.

• HP reports solid Q4 on services growth

  Hewlett-Packard reported an 18 percent jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks in large part to the strength of its services business.

• IT employment may be stabilizing after loss of 250,000 jobs

  The apparent turn in the U.S. economy may have put the brakes on the IT job loss freefall, according to some new data.

• Business confidence sends services companies on hiring blitz

  Australia's IT services market is on the rebound with some of Australia’s top IT service providers signalling their intentions to significantly increase local headcount.
  

• Capgemini aiming to add 750 staff in two years

  Consulting, technology and outsourcing services group, Capgemini Australia is aiming to double its domestic workforce within 24 months.