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RSS middle eastBT in E60m Visa IP win
News The card payments giant is moving from legacy, multi-vendor SNA-based infrastructure as part of a strategic review across its CEMEA (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa) operations. Visa International has handed BT a five-year E60m... [22 May 2003]
The most powerful Wi-Fi card ever?
News Places where the £100 device has been approved include the US, Middle East and Australia. Network device maker SMC Networks has launched what's believed to be the most powerful wireless LAN card ever - so powerful that many countries have not... [11 Apr 2003]
Flynn forecast to pull Newbridge from slump
News Newbridge Networks today announced Andreas Dohmen, previously vice president Carrier Sales, Europe as Flynn's replacement for the Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) region. Newbridge Networks is to unveil a swathe of new initiatives in the next... [08 Nov 1999]
Last orders at the telecoms bar: CFOs tighten the purse strings
News The exceptions so far have been the Nordics, Middle East and southern Europe and when the economy picks up CFOs are going to start opening their purse strings. There may be light at the end of the tunnel in the US economic downturn, but European... [10 Aug 2001]
Libya jails blogger
News Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement: "The gun charges are a ruse. Libya has sentenced a blogger to a year and a half in prison after he criticised the government in his online... [07 Nov 2005]
Dell robust in Q2 - Europe brightest star of all
News But its highest growth rate came from its Europe, Middle East and Africa region, where it said shipments increased by 30 per cent. Dell posted second quarter earnings on Thursday afternoon, meeting Wall Street's expectations for revenue and profit. [13 Aug 2004]
Lest old acquaintances be forgot: the return of Unisys
Comment Brian Hadfield, head of group sales and service, UK, Middle East, Africa and India, said that Unisys is now well-positioned to grow its revenues and its profits. Since Lawrence A. Weinbach took control in September 1997, the company has... [15 Dec 1999]
The IT missionaries: preaching privatisation for Africa's telcos
Comment Tony Hetherington, IT director for SmithKline Beacham Europe, Middle East and Africa, faces the difficult task of improving that communication for the pharmaceuticals giant. Four years ago, during his keynote address at the World Telecoms 95... [15 Sep 1999]
Punishing UK downloaders 'will alienate customers'
News Europe's online downloaders differ from their North American counterparts, said Chris Colman, European, Middle East and Africa managing director of Canada's Sandvine, a technology start-up that works with internet service providers to minimise the... [18 Sep 2003]
Engineers use their SaaS for recruitment
Case Study Once the system and processes were finalised in the UK, the solution was rolled out to Atkins' businesses in China, India, the Middle East and the US. Engineering company Atkins has implemented software as a service (SaaS) to improve the... [25 Apr 2007]
5 years ago... Dell becomes number one UK PC seller
News The quarter went particularly well in its Europe, Middle East and Africa region, where total product shipments increased by 30 per cent, as opposed to about 20 per cent in the US. 19.08.1999: Dell takes the number one spot in the UK PC market for... [19 Aug 2004]
Cisco UK chief sidesteps US fall-out
News Dedicoat also spoke of the recent plan to lose five per cent of the company's 48,000 staff and claimed only 20 per cent of job losses will affect Europe, Middle East and Africa. Chris Dedicoat, managing director of Cisco UK and Ireland, was... [09 May 2001]
Photos: Inside Dell's Irish build-to-order factory
Photo The Limerick factory builds all the systems for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and some for other parts of the world. The Dell manufacturing facility in Limerick, Ireland is one of seven factories where Dell builds laptops, desktops... [04 Nov 2005]
DWP to save millions from revamped EDS deal
News Doug Hoover, EDS vice president and managing director for UK, Ireland, Middle East and Africa, said in a statement: "We are pleased that we have realigned our relationship with DWP. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has slashed hundreds of... [24 Aug 2005]
Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight 419 scammers
News Neil Holloway, president of Microsoft in Europe, Middle East and Africa, said the agreement with the Nigerian government is part of Microsoft's wider security strategy, which includes the rewards for bringing prosecutions against virus writers. [14 Oct 2005]
