Alfresco Software, a developer of open source enterprise content management software, has launched a bundled of its product with other tools and services to create what it said is "the first open source social computing platform for the enterprise."

UK retailer the John Lewis Partnership has been saved the cost of building a new data center by virtualizing its servers.

Perforce Software, which provides source code control tools used by organizations like SAP or Google that have built their own custom tooling for software development, is adding a software development kit to reduce the guesswork of integrating its tooling.

Open source business intelligence software maker JasperSoft yesterday named Brian Gentile as its new CEO.

Trend Micro has unveiled the latest version of the data leak prevention (DLP) technology it bought in October with the acquisition of specialist developer Provilla.

UK retailer of mobile phones and services The Carphone Warehouse has bundled a mobile navigation application, The Carphone Warehouse Navigator, with the BlackBerry Curve 8310 smartphone.

OnRelay, a UK developer of fixed-mobile convergence technology, will add the Windows Mobile version of its client software in its next release, scheduled for the first quarter of 2008.

WLAN security developer AirMagnet has launched a new point release of its VoFi Analyzer tool for monitoring and troubleshooting voice-over-WiFi implementations. The big news is the addition of the 802.11a frequency band.

Personal wireless technology provider CSR has announced that Ford's in-car communications and entertainment system, Sync, will soon incorporate its BlueCore4-ROM Bluetooth silicon technology.

Digital music and visual media analysis software maker Music Intelligence Solutions Inc bagged $7m in funding this week from a group of angel investors.

The Nuts Poker League (TNPL), a UK-based pub poker league, has announced the launch of an online poker room with the assistance of Inside Gaming, an online gaming service.

BT Group's spending spree in the IT services space is set to continue with a move for Singapore-based Frontline Technologies.

The UK could be facing a serious threat to national security due to web-based attacks by China and other countries, the annual Virtual Criminology Report, commissioned by security firm McAfee, said.

A survey carried out by Orthus, a UK-based provider of information security services, claims that 68% of confidential corporate information leakages occur through employees' mobile devices.

OQO, the US-based maker of personal computers, has announced the launch of the new model e2 with embedded HSDPA mobile broadband capability.

Microsoft has launched a video on demand service for UK users of its Xbox 360 games console.

MicroEdge, a service provider for the grant making community and a subsidiary of US-based Advent Software, has taken over UK-based Vivid Orange in an attempt to expand its share in the global corporate-giving sector.

Netezza has shown off a new compression engine which it plans to add to its data warehousing appliance early next year.

Ineyewear.com, a website offering branded eyewear, has launched a new application, revolutioneyes, which offers the user an interactive virtual shopping experience.

Software-as-a-service business suite provider NetSuite has revealed that it plans to raise up to $99m from its forthcoming IPO.