IBM has confirmed that it is to acquire MRO Software Incorporated, a publicly held company based in Bedford, Mass, in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately US$740 million.

Objective Corporation's flagship content management product, Objective 7, has recently been re-tested and certified by the US Department of Defence.

The Department of Communications has released two reports on IT security threats to business and critical infrastructure.

Avocent claims its new MergePoint 5200 management gateway appliance successfully taps existing resources to securely and efficiently consolidates server management.