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Green policy credentials are high on the agenda of companies looking for outsourcing partners and outsourcing vendors -- and those that fail to demonstrate environmental policies risk being dumped, according to a report by outsourcing consultancy Brown-Wilson Group.

Postini on Monday announced new features for its hosted messaging security and compliance services that add investigation management, encryption features, and better protection against Internet threats.

Someday soon, you might find yourself behind the steering wheel of your car and you'll want to dial your phone, find out where the nearest Starbucks is, change the music you are listening to and adjust your heat or air conditioning. And you will be able to do all of this with nothing but the power of your own voice.

Verizon Business this week said it signed a new five-year, US$100 million agreement with Johnson Controls to provide a range of global managed IP services.

Microsoft does not plan to release any security bulletins or patches this month despite claims from IT security companies that flaws require fixing.

The proliferation of wireless devices and applications shows no sign of slowing. The mantra that mobility equals increased productivity is driving adoption of everything from wireless security cameras to computerized physician order-entry services.

Automotive systems and facility management and control provider Johnson Controls has announced a multimillion-dollar agreement to transform all aspects of the company's contact centre operations.

Automotive component manufacturer Johnson Controls has inked a seven-year deal with IBM Business Consulting Services to manage its customer contact centre operations.

The world of computing is currently undergoing another in a series of decade-long phase changes, according to Sun Microsystems Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos, and the new era of the "network scaled computer" will see Sun bringing new approaches to users' cost-of-ownership problems and leveraging its investment in small, highly dense microprocessor technologies.

In-vehicle wireless services will make a sharp turn to the business side when General Motors (GM) previews telematics -- in-vehicle computer and Internet service -- solutions for its commercial vehicles at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas next week.

During the past 15 months, Volkswagen AG has spent $US5.2 billion buying parts, PCs and raw materials by means of an online auction service that has helped it slash procurement costs by 40 per cent to 50 per cent and cut contract negotiations from as long as three months to one day. But because of nagging security concerns, the German automaker plans to run eBreviate's auction software on its own servers behind its corporate firewall, said Meike-Uta Hansen, director of business-to-business online negotiations at Volkswagen.