GE Money’s Warranty Services division, which provides vehicle service contracts to franchise and independent automobile dealers, announced a partnership with AppOne, a provider of Internet-based risk mitigation and financial technology to banks, to provide a technology solution that connects independent auto dealers with lenders.

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., the global leader in mobile messaging interoperability and mobile content delivery, today announced a strategic partnership with United Bank of India (UBI), a premier public sector Bank headquartered in Kolkata, to deliver pull-based SMS enquiry services for UBI’s customers across India.

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.

Ask.com , a leading search engine and wholly owned business of IAC and Dell announced collaborative efforts to help protect the environment with custom, energy-efficient servers and the planting of thousands of trees to offset carbon emissions.

World's Number One Basketball Brand Joins Forces with Europe's Premier Basketball League

Nike and Euroleague Basketball have announced a new five-year partnership to make Nike the official basketball supplier for Euroleague competition. The union of the world's number one basketball brand with two of the best Pan-European basketball competitions is the latest demonstration of both organizations' commitment to growing the game in Europe.

Turning Point TV Content Now Fully Searchable at www.blinkx.com

blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX), the world's largest video search engine, today announced a content partnership with Turning Point TV (http://www.turningpointtv.com) an on-demand video network aimed at active Baby Boomers, adults 45-65 years old. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will transcribe and index Turning Point TV's library of footage, making it easy for users to find clips at http://www.blinkx.com.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced on June 8-th that it has been selected by Telecom New Zealand as its technology partner for the deployment of a new third-generation (3G) Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA)/High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network deployment.

On June 5th Citibank Korea and LG Telecom today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch a new partnership "17+7" customer campaign.