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Intershop predicts sales growth doubling
News Stephan Schambach, chief executive of Intershop, said in an interview with Reuters: "We are planning sales growth of more than 100 per cent. Intershop, established in 1994 and made famous by its ebusiness platform Enfinity, believes it will double... [18 Dec 2000]
CA demanding threefold China growth
News The low end of CA's ambition would actually represent very little percentage growth in terms of market share, with the Chinese market itself tipped to grow threefold from $350m to $1bn during the same timeframe, according to analysts cited by... [05 Dec 2005]
US mobile growth booming: Europe all boomed out
News Michelle de Lussanet, telecommunications analyst at Forrester Research, said of Europe's saturation: "Some countries experienced negative growth between 2001 and 2002 as consumers have not bothered to renew pre-paid or one year contract... [11 Apr 2002]
Cisco nets Growth in $335m deal
News Cisco Systems is buying semiconductor manufacturer, Growth Networks, in a deal worth $335m. Growth Networks specialises in Internet switching fabrics and Cisco said the deal, to be paid for with shares, provides it with semiconductor design... [17 Feb 2000]
Online banking growth hit by ID theft fears
News Doug Cottings, senior vice president at Ipsos Insight, said in a statement: "The industry needs to convey that they are, in fact, addressing the fundamental issues of personal information protection and theft associated with online banking... [07 Sep 2005]
France Telecom reports profits on Orange growth
News France Telecom has reported first half revenue growth of over a third - boosted by strong growth from its mobile phone unit Orange. Michel Bon, president of France Telecom, said the company is now forecasting revenue growth of more than 25 per cent... [26 Jul 2001]
CIOs under pressure to deliver growth in 2007
News Ambitious business growth targets for 2007 are putting yet more pressure on tech chiefs to innovate, reduce costs and deliver better quality services, according to Gartner's annual CIO Agenda survey. Innovation is seen by enterprises as critical to... [14 Feb 2007]
Microsoft to meet growth targets
News Microsoft's CFO, John Connors has reiterated that the software giant expects to meet its target of eight per cent growth this year. Speaking to at an investors' conference yesterday he said the company expects to achieve revenue of between $28.8bn... [06 Sep 2001]
Microsoft to rein in spending growth
News He also cautioned that some analysts may be forecasting too much revenue growth in the Windows business associated with the launch of Vista. He noted that although Microsoft expects growth, more of it will come from consumers and in emerging... [16 Feb 2007]
China key to Indian IT growth
News China will take centre stage for this growth, with Satyam planning to boost its 1,000-strong employee base there to 10,000 and to increase the number of development centres in the country from the five it currently owns. [21 Apr 2008]
High-risk IT investment can boost top-line growth
News Businesses need to rethink their IT strategy and spend up to 40 per cent of their IT budget on high-risk investments in order to deliver top-line growth as well as bottom-line savings, according to management consultancy McKinsey. [22 Aug 2006]
Web growth grinding to a halt
News Growth of internet use within the European Union is in danger of grinding to a halt, the European Commission warned yesterday. The Commission said the solution to slowing growth in the market is an increase in the availability of broadband, an area... [13 Feb 2002]
Internet fuels 18 per cent growth in European PC sales
News Dell enjoyed the strongest growth in the vendor wars, with sales increasing 34.4 per cent (2.6 million units). Compaq's growth rate of 13.4 per cent was well below Dell's, with IBM also experiencing a weaker annual growth of 11.1 per cent. [10 Feb 2000]
Worldwide web growth slows, survey finds
News According to The Face of the Web, a study published on Wednesday by market researcher Ipso Insight, the global online population grew by a modest five per cent from 2004 to 2005, short of the 20 per cent growth rate reported in last year's survey. [30 Mar 2006]
Electronics giant reports record revenue growth
News In addition, we will implement a plan to balance our capacity and capabilities as we prepare the organisation for a re-acceleration of growth. Solectron, the world's largest contract manufacturer, is one of the first to take a hit as demand for PCs... [20 Mar 2001]
