France
RSS FranceDell joins netbook race
News It is available in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Austria immediately via Dell online and will be available in Spain and Italy starting in October. Dell has launched an inexpensive laptop with a small keyboard and screen, dubbed a netbook... [05 Sep 2008]
Cash still king as Brits leave cards at home
News More than a quarter of these cases occurred in Spain, more than double the amount in the country with the next highest volume of reports, France. The majority of Brits prefer cash over cards when they are abroad, for fear of falling victim to... [26 Aug 2008]
UK execs looking for jobs on the continent
News Only France and Germany recorded larger migrations, with 14 per cent and 12 per cent of their senior execs seeking a better life elsewhere, respectively. Senior execs in the UK are looking to take jobs abroad to further their careers and escape the... [15 Aug 2008]
More businesses turning to VoIP?
News The dominant consumer VoIP service provider in EMEA is France Télécom, while Comcast leads in North America and Softbank in Asia Pacific, according to Infonetics. Voice over IP (VoIP) business services are set to grow as net telephony increases its... [14 Aug 2008]
Social networking: Global phenomenon
News Growing at 41 per cent is Google's Orkut, at 32 per cent is AOL's Bebo, and at 19 per cent is Skyrock, a France-based social network that remains extremely popular among the youth in its home country. [13 Aug 2008]
Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Today's Enterprise, 2008
White Paper To find out, Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting (a division of leading analyst firm Forrester) conducted an online survey of technology decision makers at 424 large companies — in the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia — during March 2008. [05 Aug 2008]
Air France Takes Off With VoIP and Power over Ethernet Project
White Paper Air France is a leader of world air transport. As of March 31, 2006, Air France's fleet is composed of 383 planes, 128 of which belong to the regional subsidiary companies. The challenge was to find a scalable solution for expansion additional Air... [04 Aug 2008]
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Relies on McAfee Network Security Platform to Safeguard Network Traffic
White Paper Royal Caribbean is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Cruises, and CDF Croisieres de France. The cruise recognized that over the last several years, malicious... [04 Aug 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment After a rollercoaster ride at telco NTL Phil Pavitt was contemplating a more relaxing semi-retirement that involved spending more time at his house in France, flying helicopters and playing golf. At least, even for a self-confessed work junkie like... [29 Jul 2008]
La Poste in France Selects Allied Telesis for Their Network Upgrade, Achieving the Reliability and Security Necessary for the Postal Service Providers
White Paper La Poste, the French postal service, recently added new sites and services to their existing and extensive business. As their network equipment and systems were showing signs of age, La Poste decided to upgrade their network solution in order to... [18 Jul 2008]
UK trails in open source race
News This compares with almost a quarter (24 per cent) of businesses using open source in France, 21 per cent in Germany and 17 per cent in both Canada and the US. UK businesses are lagging behind their European and US counterparts in adopting open... [14 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News The survey also found nearly a third (30 per cent) of consumers now watch TV or video online.uSwitch added that international broadband rankings put the UK's 4Mbps average to shame, with Japan boasting an average connection speed of 64Mbps, Korea... [14 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up Back in July 1998 when Billie Piper ruled the singles charts, The Corrs and Beastie Boys ruled the album chart, and France was about to stuff Brazil in the World Cup final, silicon.com was born into a world where the internet was starting to make... [11 Jul 2008]
TOTAL E&P Renovates Integrated Control & Safety Systems (ICCS) at Gas Processing Plant in France to Maximize Availability and Safety
White Paper Total E&P France (TEPF) is a subsidiary of France's Total Group and handles all its production activities in France. In order to enhance the safety of operations personnel, Total E&P France erected a new, blast-proof operations building on the... [11 Jul 2008]
Viatel Holding Case Study: C-MAC MicroTechnology
White Paper C-MAC needed to rapidly develop and acquire its own WAN that could support 1000 employees across seven sites - four in the UK, one in Canada, one in France and one in Belgium - as well as reliably, securely and cost effectively enable exchange of... [11 Jul 2008]
