This prevents the widespread use of an otherwise good service from Nokia and forces the users to move to other services.

As the focus of global markets move more from products to services, businesses and industries require new, human-centred solutions based in information technology.

The primary objective for moving to shared services is to reduce operating costs.

Microsoft's own cloud computing suite did not, giving Google a valuable edge as the US government tries to cut costs by moving to online services.

"Just as the Internet will move more to value-added services, the rest of us will just keep moving ahead of it."

Many companies have moved to outsourcing services in which they no longer specifically need or have the capability of handling themselves.

"The ISRC represents a new model for moving technologies quickly from research projects to improved products and services."

Photos has proposed a number of alternatives for customers who want to move their photos to other services.

During the 1970s the X5s and X8s were moved to regional services around Göteborg.

But the percentage of businesses moving to managed services is expected to double, to almost 40 percent, during the next two years.