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A year on from staking a claim on the "Enterprise 2.0" landscape, Oracle last week sought to re-emphasize its credentials by briefing analysts and customers on its progress to-date.

Alcatel-Lucent has announced the appointment of Paul Tufano as executive vice president and CFO of the company. He will replace Hubert de Pesquidoux who the company said "decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities."

SAP has announced the appointment of its chief operating officer Erwin Gunst as head of its Global Human Resources, SAP IT, and the SAP Labs network. He will take over as labor relations director of the company, effective January 1, 2009.

Perot Systems has announced the appointment of Enrique Cortes as managing director of the company’s Latin America operations where he will be responsible for business development and market expansion.

IT services provider Atos Origin has won a five-year contract from real estate firm Rabo Vastgoed Group to provide provide IT service desk, office IT, and computer center services in the Netherlands. Datamonitor estimates the value of the contract to be approximately $40m.

Microsoft will provide free malware protection to consumer PCs and mobile Windows devices next year under a project called Morro it announced last week. This will mean the end of both Windows Live OneCare and the new Microsoft Equipt product.

Science Applications International Corp has won a five-year $69.3m contract from Nasa to provide project management support services at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Spend-management software vendor Ariba has launched an online resource center to provide insights and strategies for controlling costs and reducing risk to help companies weather the global financial crisis.

CA has added expanded malware protection to its latest internet security offering for home users.

Telecommunications provider Telefonica has announced plans to invest $17bn to $20bn in Latin America on an infrastructure expansion program over the next four to five years.