-- Unibanco Holdings SA, a banking company in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has signed an IT infrastructure outsourcing services contract with Unisys Corp. Unisys said the five-year deal has a potential value of $47 million (U.S.). The contract calls for Unisys to provide management and support services for Unibanco 's retail banking infrastructure. Karvy Global Services Ltd., a business process outsourcing firm in Hyderabad, India, said it will offer customers free online monitoring and measurement of its service delivery. Karvy 's offering uses technology from MetrixLine Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of tools that provide real-time measurements of outsourced processes.

Global fact

-- 36 percent, 75 percent

The percentages of Asian software developers who are using Java Platform Extended Edition 5 and Microsoft .Net, respectively. Two-thirds expect to be using Java by next year.

Base: May survey of more than 400 developers in the Asia-Pacific region