LiveVault Corporation a provider of online backup and recovery solutions for business servers has launched the "Data Protected by LiveVault" programme, an exclusive members-only discount programme for business organisations and trade associations. Participating organisations qualify for pre-arranged discounts on the award-winning LiveVault InSync service for their members to protect their critical business server data.

Redbus Interhouse GmbH, the German division of the colocation and managed services provider, has been appointed by eurodata GmbH and Co. KG of Saarbrucken to provide colocation and associated services for eurodata and infoServe, its wholly owned subsidiary. Eurodata will use the Redbus Interhouse Frankfurt data centre as part of its expansion strategy to provide web applications and connectivity services. Eurodata has been a successful solution provider of business management applications for over 40 years, employing approximately 500 employees in 11 offices across 9 countries.

Global Voice Group Limited (GV), the Irish founded and Singapore listed owner and operator of fibre networks across Europe, has launched a new disaster recovery (DR) solution, Active DR - targeted at customers in its Irish, Dutch and German markets. Active DR will facilitate the immediate recovery of critical data in a disaster scenario, in addition to allowing businesses to harness the otherwise idle processing power of their DR sites.

Canon Corp is now offering managed services solutions to customers in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and India in a bid to take advantage of the rising demand for consulting and other professional software services. The Japanese IT giant has set up a 12-member solutions team in Singapore and has tied up with other business partners, including Microsoft Corp and Adobe Systems Inc. The company intends to target SMEs across the region.

HostRemote, a rapidly growing managed collocation Data Centre serving businesses throughout the North East USA, and Eastern IT, a multi-vendor network consulting and solutions provider based in Voorhees, New Jersey, have entered into a strategic partnership. Based in Cinnaminson, HostRemote provides data centre service and support, with a portfolio of services encompassing server and infrastructure support around-the-clock, as well as advanced network services, colocation and managed services, event and disaster recovery solutions and more.

IBM has extended its leadership in outsourcing, according to just-released statistics from IDC's analysis of the top 100 outsourcing deals of 2004. According to IDC, IBM captured 21 of the biggest 100 contracts worldwide, 13 more than the nearest competitor, CSC. IBM led in the number of IT outsourcing contracts with 17 deals and co-led in Business Process Outsourcing contracts, with four deals, IDC said. The IDC report indicates that Business Process Outsourcing contracts represented 25 percent of the Top 100 deals in 2004, up from 15.2 percent in 2003.