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India-based identification and data collection services company Bartronics has won a smart card contract worth INR 4bn ($93m) from the Indian government's Employee State Insurance Corporation.

Communications chip maker Broadcom has introduced a new digital-to-analog system-on-a-chip for cable set-top-box manufacturers to enable the transition of analog cable customers to digital broadcasting.

Federal contractor SAIC has won a five-year $410m contract from the General Services Administration Federal systems Integration and management Center to provide IT support to the US Army Human Resources Command.

IBM has launched a new consulting initiative to help clients lower their environmental impact.

Microsoft on Wednesday is expanding its agreement to supply Linux support certificates from Novell, which originally was part of a controversial arrangement set in late 2006.Through the updated arrangement, Microsoft is committing to an additional purchase of as much as $100 million in certificates that its customers can redeem for Novell to support Suse Linux Enterprise Server. The investment will take effect november 1.As part of a five-year interoperability partnership forged in November 2006, Microsoft purchased $240 million of these certificates. Within 18 months, Novell has invoiced more than $157 million in certificate revenues, 65 percent of the original allotment, the companies said. Customers taking advantage of this arrangement so far have included companies such as HSBC Holdings, BMW, and Southwest Airlines, Microsoft and Novell representatives said on Tuesday.That arrangement also included a provision that the two companies agree not to sue each other's customers over any

TOUGH business conditions on foreign soil haven't deterred MYOB from spending $7 million on local web hosting company SmartyHost.

Shuttle is producing limited numbers of the Shuttle XPC P2 3500S, a complete system at an attractive price, on the occassion of its 25th anniversary.

DataPlay will be forming a new subsidiary in Austria and in the United States to continue to serve DaTARIUS's existing customer base.

Ikanos Communication's residential gateway products have been integrated into Sagem Communications' residential gateway.

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