Microsoft China and the municipal government of Jinan have signed a three-year strategic memorandum of understanding to implement comprehensive cooperation in cloud computing, talent training, outsourcing, and protection of intellectual property, and the technology company will set up a new branch in Jinan.

Hewlett-Packard has announced that it has established a new information service center and the Chinese hub of its Best Shore global outsourcing service center in Suzhou, to provide customized information technology consulting and outsourcing services to its clients in eastern China.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced on its official website that during the first eight months of 2010, China's software business achieved revenue of CNY828.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.8% and the growth rate was 8.8% higher than the same period of 2009.

Chinese offshore software developer VanceInfo Technologies Inc. has acquired the operating subsidiaries of Hong Kong customer relationship management firm TP Corporation Limited.

Inspur Group, one of China's biggest server manufacturers and server solutions providers, has signed a construction contract with the management committee of Jinan High-tech Industrial Development Zone to build a first-class semiconductor lighting research and production base in the next five to eight years.