Silicon.com – Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
As IT outsourcing becomes a top priority for many cash-strapped organisations, giant suppliers are reaping the benefits, potentially forcing smaller providers to offer services such as cloud and virtualisation in order to survive.

ITVT – ClipSync Launches Social TV Application for Facebook
San Francisco-based social TV company, ClipSync, contacted [itvt] Monday to let us know that it has launched an application called ClipSync Viewing Parties for Facebook, which it claims is the first Facebook application to combine social networking with social TV, allowing users to host, invite and gather Facebook friends into live viewing parties.

Total Telecom – Telco gear firms see better Q2
Taking the pulse: European telecom equipment vendors and mobile phone manufacturers are expected to report relatively minor improvements in operating performance in the second quarter compared with a very challenging first quarter, overshadowed by continuing weak end-user demand and uncertainty about the timing of a recovery.

Computer Weekly – Apple App Store won’t be caught any time soon
Apple’s online store for applications for iPhones, has sold 1.5 billion applications in its first year. The App Store has more than 65,000 applications created by more than 100,000 developers.

Computer Weekly – Dell cloud services could cut SMEs IT costs by 30 per cent
Dell UK has launched three cloud-based services that it says could help small and medium enterprises cut their IT costs by 30 per cent.