EDS and Microsoft Announce Alliance for Airline SOA Products
EDS announced the signing of a comprehensive agreement with Microsoft around EDS airline reservations, flight operations and service oriented architecture products. With the announcement, EDS will use selected Microsoft tools, software and resources in the modernization and operations of its airline service oriented architecture (SOA) products. Microsoft will provide architecture specialists, advanced 24-hour support, a new model for software licensing, additional investment into the products and access to new customer channel management tools to form a truly unique go-to-market relationship. The agreement is for a duration of eight years.
AFP - Australia's most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland.