Oracle has agreed to acquire service-oriented architecture (SOA) management firm AmberPoint. The transaction is expected to close the first half of 2010. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Modern Times Group, (MTG), an entertainment broadcasting group, has acquired 50 percent of Raduga Holdings (Raduga) from Continental Media for an undisclosed consideration in cash. Raduga is the sole owner of LCC DaoGeoCom, which operates Russian nationwide DTH satellite pay-TV platform Raduga TV.

PSKW & Associates, a developer of co-pay programs for the pharmaceutical industry, has purchased Triax Media of California. At the same time, PSKW has licensed the purchase to its subsidiary, Centricity Group, New Jersey.

Nissan has made leadership changes within the Nissan Americas region and within teams based at Nissan global headquarters. The following changes are effective April 1, 2010.

Austrian Airlines and Amadeus, a provider of IT and point-of-sale solutions, have signed a long-term full content agreement. The contract runs until the end of 2014. As of 1 March 2010, travel agencies worldwide will have guaranteed access to the full range of Austrian Airlines fares and inventory through Amadeus, with no surcharge.

The number of fixed broadband subscribers will rise to 501 million at the end of 2014, according to new market data released by ABI Research. Of those, about 106 million will subscribe to services delivered via fiber. Fiber broadband subscribers totaled 44 million at the end of 2009.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has selected Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 for high-tech industries to accelerate business decision-making by replacing the production and financial capabilities of a dozen legacy and older enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications over time with Microsoft’s single, integrated platform.

Construction firm Skanska has acquired two cooperative-housing projects from Sveriges Bostadsrattscentrum (SBC ). The acquisition entails building rights and progressive project plans for a total of about 280 cooperative apartments in prime locations in the Gothenburg area.

IBM has launched a new data center in North Carolina designed to support new compute models like cloud computing, in order to help clients from around the world operate smarter businesses, organizations and cities.

MasterCard has reported net revenue of $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, an increase of six percent, compared to $1.22 billion for the same period in 2008.

GE Healthcare has appointed William Denman as its new chief medical officer (CMO). Mr Denman will provide the clinical direction for GE, working with the global quality, regulatory and medical organization to improve process rigor around clinical trial design, academic research partnerships, and medical risk assessments.

Intel Corporation has unveiled its 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes for PCs with better, flexible performance, theft prevention and cost savings in a changing business computing environment.

Pfizer and DxS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qiagen, have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568, an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.

NASA and General Motors (GM) are working together to accelerate development of the next-generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries.

The intense focus on smart grid cyber security from utilities, infrastructure vendors, standards bodies, and world governments is spurring a surge in revenue growth, and the cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that the sector will increase from $1.2 billion in 2009 to $3.7 billion by 2015, according to a new report from Pike Research.

US-based XATA Corporation, a provider of fleet management solutions to the truck transportation industry, has purchased Canada-based Turnpike Global Technologies (Turnpike), a fleet operations solutions provider, for $20m in cash and stock.

Weak analytics capabilities - ranging from siloed data, outdated technology and a lack of analytical talent - are preventing organizations from gaining valuable insight that could lead to better business results, according to a survey data released by Accenture.

Kellogg Company has reported net sales of $2.9 billion for the fourth quarter ended January 2, 2010, a decrease of one percent, compared to $2.93 billion for the comparable period in 2009.

The negative impact from the economic crisis is almost over for the infrastructure management software market in most countries in the Asia/Pacific (APAC) excluding Japan region, according to research firm IDC.