Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leading provider of storage and data management solutions, today announced Roma Metropolitane, the company responsible for developing and modernizing the Rome metro network, has implemented NAS solutions from NetApp to help solve its information access, archiving, management, and security problems.

Dell announced today that the Seton Family of Hospitals in Central Texas has signed a services contract with the company in a new six-year agreement.

Ford and the AA, the UK's largest roadside assistance organisation, have strengthened their partnership with the announcement that 300 new Ford Transits will be used by patrols across the country.

InterSystems Corporation and SC Systems Limited today announced the availability of the OSMOSiS Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tool on InterSystems Caché® high-performance object database. The OSMOSiS SB-Converter offers a smooth migration path and together with automated utilities enables users who developed systems in the IBM System Builder and SB+ RAD environments to easily move to the massively scalable, open standards-based Caché object database.

Companies Agree to Deliver Powerful Development Environment for RIAs and Server Technologies to Automate Infrastructure for Document Processes

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has joined efforts with VoIP Unlimited to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking services to businesses in the UK. The new services allow business partners to provide small- to-medium-sized enterprises with next generation network connectivity, helping them reduce business costs and achieve greater efficiencies with minimal disruption.

Belk, Inc., the largest privately owned department store company in the United States, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that Belk has renewed its existing outsourcing contract as part of a seven-year, $98 million agreement. The extension strengthens a 60-year relationship between the two companies and will help enhance service delivery in support of Belk's business growth model.

Ashok Leyland and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the formation of three joint venture companies supporting the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) business. This first stage of the partnership between the companies will include the development, manufacture and cooperation for distribution of LCV products under both the Ashok Leyland and Nissan brands.

Nokia and Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan are in agreement that Matsushita will cover the direct costs related to the August 14, 2007 product advisory on Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries.

eOn Communications Corporation™, a leading provider of telecommunications solutions, today announced the availability of its Business Connect Partner Program.

The end goal of the IBM-Novell alliance is to provide an enterprise-ready open source alternative to JBoss. At the same time, developers will have an opportunity to build on WAS CE -- the open source WebSphere Application Server Community Edition -- which is supported by both firms.

Network Appliance, Inc. a leading provider of storage and data management solutions, announced today that it has strengthened its relationship with VMware, the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, to collaborate on joint engineering, marketing, service, and support.