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Putting data centers on decommissioned ships and reusing hot water from cooling systems to fill the town swimming pool were among the wackier ideas floated at the Data Center Energy Summit last week.

Worldwide IT services revenue totalled $US748 billion in 2007, a 10.5 per cent increase from 2006 revenue of $US677 billion, according to Gartner.

It seems that almost all leading organisations in the IT arena are clamouring to establish their green and environmentally friendly credentials -- especially the purchasing of IT products.

Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Electronic Data Systems won't hurt Dell in the next few years, but it could affect Dell's chances of getting larger services contracts in the long term, analysts said.

HP said Tuesday morning that it has signed a deal to acquire IT outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion, or US$25.00 per share.

Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP's US$13.9 billion bid for the massive outsourcing company.

Cox Communications employee William Bryant recently pleaded guilty to information technology sabotage, having caused the loss of computer, telecommunications and emergency 911 services for thousands of Cox's business and residential customers throughout Dallas, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Baton Rouge . Bryant faces a 10-year jail sentence and a US$250,000 fine, but the future is less certain for Cox. Although services were fully restored, the incident's effect on Cox's reputation has yet to be determined.

Tech consultancy Accenture has appointed Jack Percy to the role of managing director for Australia.

As Nokia's CIO, John Clarke faces a balancing act that is increasingly common among enterprise IT leaders: making Web 2.0 technologies available to employees without compromising security, data integrity and legal obligations.

The founding chief executive officer (CEO) of the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), Dr Ian Reinecke, has resigned and will be replaced by the Chief Information Officer of the Victorian Department of Human Services, Andrew Howard.

Java is not the slowpoke of old days and performance now matches or exceeds applications developed in C, technologists stressed Wednesday during a presentation at TheServerSide Java Symposium in Las Vegas.