Redflex Traffic Systems, a US subsidiary of the Redflex Group (ASX:RDF), has been awarded a new US build-own-operate-maintain contract for a photo enforcement program with the City of San Leandro in California.

Linux vendor Red Hat has partnered with the Australian Computer Society (ACS) to offer ACS members discounted Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) training.

Telstra-owned IT services company, KAZ, has acquired the intellectual property and customer contracts of business intelligence company, Intology Ltd.

Businesss process software vendor, Pegasystems, has been selected to provide insurer QBE's Australia Pacific Asia Central Europe Division (APACE) with rules-driven technology to enhance the company's business process management (BPM) capabilities.

Business intelligence vendor, Business Objects has been deployed by Australian ticketing agent Ticketek as its business intelligence and reporting standard.

Enterprise content management provider, Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL), has won a deal to provide an electronic document and records management system to be used enterprise-wide by the newly formed public sector agency, The Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia.

US-based IP telephony software developer, BroadSoft, has acquired Sydney based Carbon Twelve, a software and multimedia applications developer which exclusively produces software designed to work with BroadSoft's BroadWorks hosted IP telephony platform.

IBM Australia has taken a minority stake in network performance management tools developer NetPriva in order to access applications to supplement its IP integration business.

Geographic information systems provider, MapInfo Corporation, has won a deal with the Sustainable Energy Authority Victoria to chart the State's renewable energy resources and generators.

Israel-based NASDAQ listed call centre solutions provider, NICE Systems will acquire its largest Australasian distributor, Hannamax Hi-Tech Pty Ltd, for $1.8 million in a one-time cash instalment plus a future earn-out based on performance.

Software and services, company, Mincom Limited, has expanded its relationship with Queensland's Tarong Energy Corporation by signing a three-year contract for the provision of managed information technology services.

IP network provider, NetStar Australia, has been chosen to deploy one of the largest Internet Protocol networks in Australia for the campuses of Swinburne University.

A small Victorian IT services company has been given a lucrative multi-million dollar contract to implement the massive 2006 Commonwealth Games network, ahead of a host of multinational IT juggernauts.

IT services provider, Datacom, has acquired Brisbane-based IT services company NetOptions in a drive to expand its Queensland reach.

Content solutions provider, Indigo Pacific, has implemented an Adobe documents enhancement for the SAP enterprise system of fashion group PlayCorp.

In what it describes as the largest deal ever won by an Indian IT company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a 5 year contract with the Dutch bank ABN AMRO to provide Applications Support and Enhancements, as well as the right to bid for applications development projects.

Printers vendor Lexmark has extended its naming rights sponsorship of the Lexmark Indy 300 for a further three years, claiming that association with the Queensland event had increased the company's profile in the Asia Pacific region.

IT services provider, Datacom, has won a large managed IT services contract with business conglomerate Norfolk Group in Australia and New Zealand.

Hardware vendor Dell and software giant Microsoft will be the technology names appearing on the IT systems and signage associated with the 2006 Commonwealth Games to be held in Melbourne next March.

Adelaide-based information security specialist Vectra Corporation has scored a major share of the Singapore public sector’s multi-million-dollar annual spend on information security services.