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White Paper Avaya was one of a handful of providers as Official Convergence Communication Provider of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. The challenge was to provide highly flexible, easy to deploy and manage converged communications for the German Football... [18 Apr 2007]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: Mobility and the Competitive Advantage
White Paper Since becoming a trusted FIFA World Cup partner in 2001, Avaya has helped bring the excitement of the world's most popular sport to an estimated total global audience of 30 billion fans. The challenge was to provide ultra secure around-the-clock... [18 Apr 2007]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: Versatility and the Competitive Advantage
White Paper In the summer of 2006, Germany hosted the 18th FIFA World Cup to decide the best football team on the planet. The challenge was to provide effective, efficient and secure around-the-clock communications to more than 15,000 on-the-move FIFA... [18 Apr 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 16.03.07
Round-Up Podcast Mobile phone hell on the London Underground, the death of cash and what role MP3 players can have in England's cricket World Cup campaign are all up for discussion in this week's instalment of the Weekly Round-Up podcast. [15 Mar 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What I learnt in Barcelona
Comment At times, I loved it more than a nice cup of tea. And what if the world were WiMax? While working at this year's 3GSM tradeshow, Jo Best got a lesson in what every business traveller knows - getting online via wi-fi or 3G leaves much to be desired. [23 Feb 2007]
BFI throws open rare film archive
News Clips that can be viewed include the Queen's coronation, the 1966 World Cup final, the first ever episode of Blue Peter and the first pint pulled in Coronation Street at The Rovers Return. The British Film Institute (BFI) is using a 'digital... [22 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: A 30,000ft view of the CIO
Comment However, I was in Berlin as recently as the summer, during the World Cup. I'm on an Airberlin flight to Deutsche Telekom's International Press Kolloquium. After an horrifically early start to the day I've had a chance to reflect on silicon.com's... [30 Jan 2007]
Editor's Blog: What a week for... Starbucks
Comment Sticking with that part of the world, we're still waiting for the first developer to post to atlarge.com about drinking a cup of java in Java while coding using java. But of course another recent initiative of ours - the business traveller service... [19 Jan 2007]
Skype founders christen web TV venture
News One such company, TVU Networks, made a splash last summer by offering soccer fans the ability to watch World Cup matches on their PC. Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the duo that brought the world Kazaa and Skype, have chosen a name for their new... [16 Jan 2007]
Is It Harder for a Pharmaceutical Company to Move from SAS V6.12 to V8.2 Than It Is to Qualify for the World Cup?
White Paper This paper will discuss the experiences of a pharmaceutical company during the validation of their SAS environment. The validation takes place as part of the migration from SAS V6.12 to V8.2. However, the discussion on the validation process could... [14 Dec 2006]
Microsoft trumpets software 'Olympics'
News Microsoft's competition to find the best student software designers around the world is now open, with $170,000 in prize money up for grabs in the fifth annual Imagine Cup. But be warned: your only chance of stepping off with a top prize is through... [23 Nov 2006]
Back to school rush boosts laptop sales
News Following a slower second quarter, blamed on the World Cup, EMEA PC shipments returned to healthier levels in the third quarter of this year, with year-on-year growth of 11.2 per cent, according to data from IDC. [23 Oct 2006]
Mobile big boys in mobile telly pact
News In other European territories, the German-owned operator has been experimenting with DVB-H and used it to broadcast live football during this year's World Cup. Three of the UK's biggest operators have signed up to a controversial mobile trial. [11 Oct 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence
Cheat Sheet If you know there are major events coming up, such as the World Cup, you might think to order in some extra crisps and beers for the couch potatoes out there. 'Business intelligence'? Is this just another oxymoron, like police intelligence or... [03 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: Toshiba laptops, Betfair Down Under and CIO-types
Comment Could this be the same company that before the World Cup this summer promised a 66 per cent rebate on its laptops should England win? I spent some good time in Oz in January this year and from a trip on the Great Ocean Road from Melbourne to... [20 Sep 2006]
