MCI said it will deploy Information Technology Infrastructure Library practices, which include documentation and auditing procedures, throughout its global managed network services operation. ITIL, developed by the British government in the 1980s, provides the only comprehensive, non-proprietary guidance for managing IT services, and is increasingly regarded as the standard for delivering business-quality services, especially in very large enterprises.

BladeLogic has announced that The Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent retailer of mobile communications in Europe, has selected BladeLogic as its automation platform to manage the company's server and application infrastructure. The Carphone Warehouse is implementing BladeLogic to replace complex and manually-intensive server and application management processes.

Swiftroute, a fast growing managed hosting services provider in Singapore, will move their server infrastructure to Equinix's Singapore Internet Business Exchange (IBX) centre. By locating within Equinix's Singapore IBX, Swiftroute will benefit from the aggregation of networks operating in the centre, as well as the security, environmental and physical infrastructure of the IBX.