NEC Europe Limited today announced the merger of two of its wholly owned subsidiaries in Germany to create a new IT- and Telecommunications solution provider company. NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH (HPCE), the NEC European supercomputer company has completed its integration into NEC Deutschland GmbH and started operations.

KARL MAYER, one of Germany's leading manufacturers of textile machines, is optimizing its warehouse facilities with the aid of an IT solution from Siemens IT Solutions and Services. For this project, Siemens will implement a system based on SAP LES (Logistics Execution System).

Computer Sciences Corporation announced that it is one of 29 firms selected to support the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) by providing federal government agencies with integrated information technology (IT) solutions under the GSA Alliant contract.

Siemens IT Solutions and Services and Fujitsu Limited announced a business collaboration designed to expand the market for the PalmSecure palm vein authentication system developed by Fujitsu in combination with Siemens' biometric software "ID Center".

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 5-year Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) by the U.S. General Services Administration to provide integrated IT solutions that support federal agency missions. Harris was one of 29 companies to be awarded the initial Alliant contract, which has an additional 5-year option that brings the total 10-year contract ceiling to $50 billion.

Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, announced today growing adoption of its global application acceleration services from businesses that offer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models

Motorola, Inc., today announced that Hermes Logistics Group, Germany's largest independent logistics provider, is replacing its existing data capture system with 23,000 MC3090s mobile computers to help streamline the delivery process and improve delivery times

Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc., a leading provider of IT consulting and outsourcing services, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the 'Magic Quadrant' for Help Desk Outsourcing Services, North America, 2006.

BMC Software leads the Business Service Management strategy and solutions market by aligning IT tightly with the business, according to independent analyst firm Forrester Research. In the just-published Q107 Forrester Wave Report on Business Service Management, BMC received high scores in the report in overall current product offering, strategy and market presence.