eCompany, Etisalat's eBusiness Unit that provides Internet services and ICT solutions has launched a major revision of its eHosting and Colocation packages targeted at multi-nationals as well as small and medium enterprises. eHosting packages have now been increased to 5 with the addition of two new packages. A Premium package has been introduced to cater for customers that need daily backup with VPN secure connectivity. A BackOffice package has also been introduced for those organisations that need to host their back-end database servers behind their front-end applications.

According to a recent report by NASSCOM the Indian software association, outsourcing contracts will shift to desktop management, data centre operations and network monitoring to tap the US$5.5-billion market of infrastructure management services (IMS). IMS relates to monitoring, managing and enhancing performance of a client's IT infrastructure backbone. These include managing servers, data centres, networks and assets and providing desk-side support, IT security and maintenance services.

Bell Security Solutions Inc. and Fusepoint Managed Services Inc. announced the implementation by Maple Leaf Foods of a co-sourced data centre ensuring business continuity under virtually any circumstance. Other recent contract wins for managed IT security include leading companies such as Colliers, Cossette Communications, Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan, Just For Laughs, Oberthur Gaming Technologies and Tim Hortons.