Four "killer applications" will drive the demand for broadband services: always-on connectivity, multimedia transmissions, services for small and medium-size businesses and voice communications, according to panelists at the IDC European Telecoms Forum here on Monday.
LONDON (02/06/2001) - The billions of dollars spent in Europe this past year on licenses for third generation (3G) mobile phones suggests that future users are in for a treat. Or are they? Some would-be customers are indifferent, unsure of what the technology can do for them -- and whether they really need it.
Database and applications software giant Oracle Corp. and international banking group Citigroup Inc. Tuesday announced a strategic electronic business agreement that spans several divisions of both companies.
The end of European Union sanctions against Yugoslavia on Monday is opening up a new market for IT vendors. One of the companies that is looking ahead with optimism is Fujitsu Siemens Computers BV.
LONDON (09/26/2000) - The U.K.'s homeless problem is as severe as that of most other European countries, and so even in the old university town of Oxford it came as no surprise recently to come across a beggar sitting on the sidewalk. The man was wrapped in blankets and had placed a hat on the pavement in front of him containing a few copper coins. An elderly lady walked by and dropped a couple of pound coins in the hat, multiplying his fortune by at least ten times.
Hisashi Kishigami, a Japanese dentist, has recently received US and Japanese patents for a method of planting a microchip into a false tooth.
Dell Computer expects sales to reach $US33 billion this year, Michael Dell, the company's chief executive, said at the European IT Forum on Monday.
MONACO (09/12/2000) - Compaq Computer Corp. is looking for new types of companies to partner with, Peter Blackmore, Compaq's senior vice president and general manager sales and services, said Tuesday in a speech here at International Data Corp.'s European IT Forum. [Note to editors: Additional information in this report is in bold.]
The hardware vendor to date has mainly partnered with software vendors such as SAP AG and Oracle Corp., as well as service providers like America Online Inc. and Digital Island Inc. However, Compaq is now looking for additional types of partnerships, said Blackmore.
"Our next-generation partners are companies like Commerce One (Inc.), and CMGI (Inc.'s) Engage (Inc.), which is a profiling company. They look at profiles, to enable systems to get that information on their customers," he said.
Blackmore was referring to the need for personalization of Web sites, which has become a buzz word in the electronic-commerce era. Companies need to get as much information as they can on their customers, so that as soon as a customer logs on to their Web site, the customer can be met with the appropriate greetings and offers, suiting his or her particular profile.
Compaq is also looking to partner with Internet telephony companies, he added.
Compaq Computer Corp. is looking for new types of companies to partner with, Peter Blackmore, Compaq's senior vice president and general manager of sales and services, said Tuesday in a speech here at International Data Corp.'s European IT Forum.
Computer memory designer Rambus Inc. is continuing its crusade to collect royalty payments from chip makers for its proprietary, high-speed memory technology.
Compaq will become more aggressive on financing and on forming strategic alliances with partners, said Mark Linesch, vice president of Compaq's dot-com and service provider solutions group, while giving a speech at the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) Forum on Wednesday.
The combination of wired and wireless
technology will be key to doing business over the Internet in the future, said
Intel's CEO and President Craig Barrett in his keynote on Tuesday here at
the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, California.
LONDON (07/10/2000) - The acquisition of Baan Co. NV by Invensys PLC moved one
step forward Monday, with the approval of European Union and U.S. regulators.
LONDON (07/10/2000) - The cybersquatter may be a dying breed in some parts of
the world, but Charles Sweeney in Scotland isn't worried. He's convinced he is
going to make big money on Internet domain names. In fact, Sweeney is so sure
he'll be rich soon that he has invested 8,000 pounds (US$12,064) registering
Internet addresses that he hopes to sell for a considerable profit.
French networks developer Alcatel SA and Thomson
Multimedia SA announced a new joint venture Wednesday in digital video
networks, as well as products and services for digital and cable TV networks.
The two companies said in a written statement that they expect the new company
to reach sales of 150 million euros (US$156.1 million) and have 500 employees
by the end of this year.