IT services company CSC is reducing headcount in the UK by 640 in the second phase of a wider programme affecting 1,100 jobs in total. The company has delayed compulsory redundancies until as many at-risk staff as possible can be found jobs at other companies that require similar skills.

US-based Citrix Systems has acquired desktop virtualisation vendor Virtual Computer. Virtual Computers PC management platform, NxTop, will be merged with Citrix Systems XenClient hypervisor to create an enterprise version of the product aimed at laptop users.

Ipswitch based call centre telephony services and contact relationship management software firm IPPlus UK has seen turnover in the last year grow 14%. The company has 223 employees. Staff increase of 7% in last year.

Credit services and marketing business Callcredit has reported a pre-tax profit of 11m in the year to 31 December 2011, up from 9.9m in 2010. Total sales were 91.7m and staff numbers increased from 800 to 900. Several acquisitions contributed to the growth. John McAndrew is the chief executive.