Surrey County Council is set to save over £300,000 a year from the cost of running its libraries since deploying the DS OpenGalaxy information management system.
Microsoft is to purchase mobile music service provider Musiwave from parent company Openwave for £23m. As well as taking on the company's assets and clients, it will also assume £2m of net debt.
Toyota Motor Europe has standardised its sales applications on salesforce.com and deployed a fully integrated European IT system in less than three months.
Google is reported to be making a serious attempt to buy wireless radio spectrum in the US. Google is planning to finance a bid in auctions scheduled for January and is said to be considering making a play without partners.