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Changing Competitive Landscape

Thursday, 4 October 2001 4:00 AM

$25 billion merger focuses on the future. But the immediate interest is the local impact on product lines, branding, and the customer-facing organisation. However, further acquisitions may be necessary for ‘new’ HP to compete with IBM.

Mobile Momentum

Thursday, 4 October 2001 4:00 AM

GPRS access is rapidly becoming a reality across the region. Last month, LibanCell, a GSM operator based in Lebanon, went live with its service. Motorola, one of the main infrastructure providers on the LibanCell project, went on to disclose that it was engaged in tests in five of the region’s largest markets.

Beyond the Box

Monday, 1 October 2001 4:00 AM

The storage market is proving to be one of the most resilient sectors in the face of a slowing economy. But storage has gone beyond just tape back-ups. What is driving the move to more complex solutions, and how can solution providers get behind the curve?

Customer centric thinking

Wednesday, 26 September 2001 4:00 AM

Customer loyalty is heading towards an all time low and the only way online ventures can hope to retain customers is by adding value. Personalisation holds the key to winning and retaining customers in the virtual customer economy.

Sage joins JBOPS in ERP mid-market crush

Wednesday, 26 September 2001 4:00 AM

Sage Software is aiming to dominate the mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) space as the vendor plans to expand on its entry level dominated customer base and leverage its recent acquisition of customer relationship management (CRM) vendor, Interact Commerce.

Skills crisis to worsen before it improves

Wednesday, 26 September 2001 4:00 AM

The IT slowdown in the US and Europe has raised hopes that the region could benefit from the influx of people looking for work after being laid off in the US or Europe. At the very least it’s hoped that it will put the brakes on the regional brain drain.

Sun remains confident of SPARC longevity

Wednesday, 26 September 2001 4:00 AM

Intel seems to have reached a point where it no longer needs to preach to the converted as all the leading server vendors have announced plans to port to Itanium. All but one that is, Sun Microsystems is standing resolute in its refusal to adopt Itanium, and remains confident of its future in the high-end server space.

Citibank plans regional payment gateway

Wednesday, 26 September 2001 4:00 AM

The online payment gateway provided by Etisalat business unit, Comtrust, appears to be proving popular but it is about to face some serious competition from Citibank's latest offering.

Calling All Customers

Wednesday, 26 September 2001 4:00 AM

Last year’s Gitex was packed with companies extolling the virtues of mobile and wireless technologies. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) was unveiled by Etisalat as the latest and greatest in mobile technology, but it has so far failed to make any real impact in the region. Hampered by ease of use issues, the service has failed to ignite the demand it had hoped for.

Local B2C survives as Amazon.com dives

Sunday, 9 September 2001 4:00 AM

Global business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce is suffering. A number of factors, including economic downturn in the US and the ongoing fall out from the dot-com crash, have resulted in declining online sales.

MMI hits $1 million with B2B initiatives

Sunday, 9 September 2001 4:00 AM

MMI has combined early adopter advantage with a host of business software solutions to bring increased efficiencies, higher levels of transparency to its supply chain and booming e-commerce sales.

Back to Front

Sunday, 9 September 2001 4:00 AM

The onslaught of e-business has presented IT managers with an Integration nightmare. Something has to harmonise backend applications with customer facing front ends.

Chained to the office?

Saturday, 8 September 2001 4:00 AM

While mobile tech holds R&D teams the world over in a state of frenzy, the AMBIENTE research team is taking a very different view of human computer interaction (HCI). Free your mind in the Workspace of the Future.

Full speed ahead

Thursday, 6 September 2001 4:00 AM

The Internet is still in its infancy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and nobody knows whether WAP will ever take off. So why is National Commercial Bank making the development of electronic channels such a core part of its entire strategy?

A question of confidence

Thursday, 6 September 2001 4:00 AM

Dubai Financial Market was created in an effort to restore the investor confidence that disappeared in a share meltdown three years ago. Can the market restore that confidence and persuade more companies to go public?


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