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Microsoft said today it will buy data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro, a move that one analyst said should help the software maker gain a technical edge over market leader Oracle in the high-performance business intelligence market.

The word offshoring still causes some IT professionals to break out in a cold sweat and others to reach a low boil. Debates continue to rage on the merits and morality of getting technology work done by non-Americans for wages lower than those of their U.S. counterparts. But meanwhile, the practice of offshoring has not only become more prevalent, it has also begun to mature.

Brocade Communications Systems on Monday announced that it has acquired NuView, a provider of network-attached storage management software.

Labour hire company Skilled Engineering has completely overhauled its messaging infrastructure, a project its CIO Ken Matthews describes as a story of pain and gain.

Contracts worth more than $A600 million were signed and sealed this week as Telstra offloaded design and maintenance work on its Customer Access Network. Elsewhere, as Australia gears up for the Olympic Games there will be plenty of eyes on IBM's visiting chief Lou Gerstner - has his trip had anything to do with Westpac's decision to delay its outsourcing decision?

Melbourne IT and Ericsson Australia have agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture company to develop mobile e-commerce applications for world markets, IBM wants to ring the Pacific with Linux centres, and the flood of Australian company reports keeps pouring out

Telstra has reduced the number of contractors maintaining its Customer Access Network from 1000 to eight.

Telstra yesterday signed up $350 million worth of deals with eight contractors who will work on the carrier's copper access network (CAN).