Workers at Xerox operations in Dublin have reportedly been warned to expect job losses as part of an outsourcing deal coming into affect at the beginning of September.

SMART Telecom, the country’s second largest provider of corporate and residential telecommunications, has been signed up by IBM Global Services as one of its Irish business partners.

Hewlett Packard has submitted its specification for managing web services to an international standards body, a move seen as an attempt to tackle similar moves already made by competitors IBM Global Services and Computer Associates.

Electronics giant Philips has adopted British software group Autonomy as a preferred supplier.