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France Telecom has reported a 4% increase in first-quarter revenue to 13.03bn euros ($20.14bn), compared to 12.60bn euros ($16.80bn) in the year-ago quarter.

Global IP network operator Global Crossing has reported a net loss of $70m for the first quarter 2008, compared to a loss of $121m in the same quarter last year, on revenue up 25% at $630m.

Management software and services provider Sage has reported a 13% increase in net profit to 84.6m pounds ($165.68m) for the first half, on revenue up 9% at 640m pounds ($1.25bn).

IT and business process services provider CGI has won a 10-year $115m contract from Key Biscayne, Florida-based residential insurance company Magnolia Insurance to provide back-office services including policy administration, billing and accounting, claims administration, statistical reporting, and statutory accounting services.

France-based services company Capgemini has reported a 1.3% decline in revenue to 2.19bn euros ($3.4bn) for the first quarter 2008, compared to 2.21bn euros ($3bn) in the year-ago quarter. The company did not report profitability for the quarter.

While Service Oriented Architecture has always been intended as an architecture that should be appropriate for organiszations of all kinds, the reality is that deployment of SOA has been spearheaded by large enterprises.

Enterprise marketing software and services provider Unica has reported a net loss of $0.27m for the second quarter 2008, against net income of $1.06m a year ago, on revenue up 17% at $30.8m. The loss was attributed to higher than anticipated variable selling costs.

Management consulting firm Accenture has agreed to acquire shipment-management products and services provider AddVal Technology for an undisclosed sum.

AT&T and Pyxis Mobile have announced an alliance to deliver a suite of wireless products and services for the financial services sector.

Finance firm Coda Group has launched an on-demand accounting system built and run entirely on Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform.