A multi-million dollar deal will see New Zealand-based Gen-i deliver voice and data services to insurance service provider Aon's Australian and New Zealand operations.

Australian enterprise software company, TechnologyOne, is rapidly expanding its business in the South Pacific as it continues to win new clients in the region including Papua New Guinea where $1 million worth of business has been secured since the company established a new regional office there.

A new mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), iTelecom Wholesale, has entered the market to enable retail service providers - and any organisation wanting to add value to its brand - to become a reseller of Telstra's mobile service with minimal investment and resources.

A new mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), iTelecom Wholesale, has entered the market to enable retail service providers - and any organisation wanting to add value to its brand - to become a reseller of Telstra's mobile service with minimal investment and resources.

FrontRange Solutions has secured its first Australian customer for its cloud-based IT service management system: Pizza Hut.

New Zealand tertiary education and training provider, Otago Polytechnic, is deploying BlinkMobile’s cloud-based mobile enterprise application platform to facilitate information delivery on mobile phones, tablets and kiosks to its administrative staff, lecturers and students.

Jabra ANZ has appointed Unity Systems as a distributor of the company's call centre and office products.

Broadband wireless network operator BigAir (ASX: BGL) is to acquire similar business Allegro Networks for $7.5m plus a FY2013 revenue based earn out of up to $3.0m. Payment will be a mix of cash and BigAir shares.

Australian Broadband Services (AusBBS) - the recently-launched ISP that describes itself as the first new player to emerge specifically to exploit the NBN, with a cloud-based business model - has selected Nextgen's NBN Connect to enable it to provide data and voice services nationally over the NBN.

Specialist software provider to water and energy utilities, Gentrack,  has successfully deployed its Velocity billing and customer management software at Unitywater, a new water and sewerage retail business in South East Queensland.

Residential energy retailer, Australian Power & Gas, has adopted the Microsoft dynamics customer relation management (CRM) system to maintain and track its customer records as it experiences what it says is a surge in its customer base.

NEC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NetCracker Technology, have completed the acquisition of Convergys Corporation’s information management business in a deal which will see the IM business integrated into NetCracker, which will be responsible for all business operations of the newly acquired entity.  

StreetHawk, a new location-based mobile personal shopping service, has chosen to host its business with Australian cloud computing and storage company, Ninefold.

Australian enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence (BI) provider, Pronto Software, has sealed a partnership agreement with local data synchronisation specialist, Leadtec, on a new GS1net certified supply chain solution for Australian businesses.

Australian web content and online services digital agency, BlueArc Group, has weighed into the new business year, winning contracts with the Jenny Craig weight loss organisation and Virgin Mobile.

Australian IT consulting and managed services company, IMC Communications, has won a third contract to provide round-the-clock management of network and security infrastructure for entertainment, hospitality and leisure company, Amalgamated Holdings.

UXC owned Australian SAP consulting and services company, Oxygen Business Solutions, has won a competitive tender to upgrade Toyota Australia’s core SAP operating systems.

The 19 year old relationship between financial services business AMP and CSC has been extended for another four years in a deal worth more than $220 million.

Australian Broadband Services (AusBBS), the recently launched ISP that describes itself as the first new player to emerge specifically to exploit the NBN - with a cloud based business model - has signed up Australian billing technology developer Utilibill to provide its billing platform.

LinkedIn is to acquire content sharing community, SlideShare for $US119m, 45 percent in cash and 55 percent in stock.