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Qwest and Global Crossing end telco power struggle
News Telcos, Qwest and Global Crossing have called a truce in their battle to take over smaller US-based carriers, Frontier and US West. The compromise deal will see Qwest take control of US... [19 Jul 1999]
Equant launches global voice and data service
News Equant, the global data and voice carrier which grew out of the Sita airline communications network, this week announced iVAD, which it describes as a fully integrated and managed... [09 Oct 1998]
IBM and Baan announce global programme
News IBM has launched a global programme to add value to Baan's enterprise resource planning (ERP) customers. IBM's Knowledge Factory will configure and deploy Baan Education software, which trains users in... [17 Jun 1999]
IBM and Vignette agree global e-market partnership
News IBM and ebusiness software vendor Vignette have finalised a global alliance to develop e-market platforms. The alliance integrates Vignette's V/5 applications with IBM's Websphere suite to create trading... [04 Aug 2000]
Internet and China dominate "Global Titans" agenda
News A set of 50 companies that Dow Jones calls the "global titans" were sent the survey. The world's leading businesses expect big things from the internet in the near future, according to a new study. In a survey of major... [11 Oct 2004]
BT 'too slow and too old' for global challenge
News The round-the-world sailing fleet in the BT-sponsored Global Challenge is well into its fourth leg: Wellington to Sydney from 18 to 25 February. Under heavy pressure from backers to reduce debt and... [20 Feb 2001]
BT and AT&T form £6.25bn global alliance
News As part of the deal, the two companies will build a managed Internet Protocol (IP)-based global network. If the deal gets the go-ahead from regulators, AT&T is likely to abandon its existing global... [27 Jul 1998]
Nortel and Predictive join forces over global IP network
News Nortel Networks has turned to Predictive, a network consulting and integration firm, to help it design an IP-based, global Internet service provider (ISP) for business users. Nortel said the network... [23 Mar 1999]
Commerce One and PeopleSoft launch global ecommerce alliance
News Commerce One and PeopleSoft have formed an alliance to create a worldwide infrastructure to support business-to-business ecommerce. The companies plan to create a range of software products that will be specifically... [08 Jun 1999]
Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations
News The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. Ian Marriott, research VP at Gartner, said companies have different criteria when... [11 Dec 2007]
Sprint to pull out of Global One in wake of MCI deal
News The future of Global One, the joint venture between Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom and Sprint looks bleak after the US operator announced it will pull out of the alliance in light of its $129bn merger... [06 Oct 1999]
Independent auditor to investigate Global Crossing
News Bankrupt telecoms company Global Crossing is to enlist the help of independent auditors to review the state of its finances. Read more on Global Crossing and fellow bankrupt giant,... [05 Feb 2002]
IT companies carry the can for digital divide
News Vernon Ellis, international chairman of Accenture has accused IT companies of not doing enough to address the global digital divide and labelled their approach up to now as short-sighted. He said:... [16 Jul 2001]
AXA hands France Telecom €400m contract
News AXA Group has chosen France Telecom and its global network subsidiary Equant in a six-year, €400m telecoms-infrastructure deal. IP infrastructure is increasingly becoming a priority for large companies,... [05 Feb 2004]
Troublesome 'dong' leads to VSO email overhaul
News Voluntary Services Overseas, the global charity, has hailed a rollout of email filtering services from Postini as a success after the company managed to reduce a major problem with false positives and... [11 Jun 2007]
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