The technology newswire for Ireland, publishing updated technology and e-business news in areas including e-commerce, advertising and marketing, investment, and wireless technologies. http://www.enn.ie/section/68.html sheila@enn.ie careilly@enn.ie Copyright 2005, ElectricNews.Net Ltd http://www.enn.ie/imgs/logo/logo01.gif http://www.enn.ie Perot Systems Corporation has completed its acquisition of Irish IT services firm Original Solutions. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124360.html HP's Mark Hurd may be remounting his company's services charge, according to The Wall Street Journal, which says he is close to signing a deal to acquire Electronic Data Systems for between USD12bn to USD13bn.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124357.html IT software firm CA has claimed that IT managers aren't playing enough of a role in the decision-making processes of Irish businesses.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124355.html IT services firm Fujitsu Services is to create 150 new jobs at its operations in Northern Ireland as part of an STG11 million investment.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124353.html Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124351.html Google and IBM were given the green seal of approval as the two tech giants topped categories in the second annual Climate Counts Company Scorecard. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124348.html Oracle is on Friday expected to start laying off at least 500 staff, eliminating duplication across product engineering and management, following its USD8.5bn acquisition of BEA Systems.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124343.html A scheme providing research funding to postgraduates in science, engineering and technology has announced that 150 candidates have received EUR10.8 million in funding. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124340.html Origina, an IT services and consulting company, is to invest over EUR3 million and create 60 new jobs in the next two years. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124332.html There has been a dramatic increase in the number of global business leaders who see important change ahead, according to an IBM study of CEOs around the globe. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124324.html