Unique Communications System Connects FORTUNE Global Forum in Paris.Business & Technology Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2000 Global Forum Features State-of-the-Art Information Technology Infrastructure From Dell, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony and Cegetel As more than 200 heads of multinational companies gather in Paris for the 2000 FORTUNE Global Forum from 14-16 June, they will have access to a state-of-the-art communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. designed and built exclusively for the Global Forum. A major Intranet and Internet system from Cegetel, Dell and Nortel Networks will be available onsite at the Global Forum headquarters, the Four Seasons Hotel George V George V, king of Great Britain and Ireland George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert), 1865–1936, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–36), second son and successor of Edward VII. , and at other Global Forum hotels, the Prince de Galles and the Plaza Athenee Paris Hotel. The 2000 FORTUNE Global Forum, with the theme "E-Europe: CEOs Seizing the Momentum," marks the second year that Dell and Nortel Networks have provided the communications infrastructure for the Global Forum: it debuted at last year's conference in Shanghai. A high-speed, integrated voice and data technology system developed by BT, Cegetel, Dell, Nortel Networks and the Time Inc. Information Technology staff will ensure smooth communications and instant information updates for Global Forum participants. A wide-area network designed by Cegetel and Nortel Networks will link Global Forum sites in Paris. Through this network, high-speed Internet See broadband. access will be provided and participants will be able to connect with each other through an internal e-mail system. A Global Forum Intranet will provide attendees with access to Global Forum session schedules, participant biographies, news, background information, live video streaming See streaming video and video stream. of sessions, and a travel guide. Time Inc. Information Technology staff designed the Intranet portion of the system and will manage it during the Global Forum with staff onsite at all times to load up-to-the-minute news and information on the network. Dell will provide a comprehensive infrastructure, consisting of its PowerEdge servers and OptiPlex desktop systems for the Global Forum's technology framework. Dell's computer systems will be placed in kiosks throughout the Four Seasons Hotel George V, the Hotel Prince de Galles, and the Plaza Athenee Paris Hotel. "Dell is delighted to be lending its support again to the FORTUNE Global Forum by providing systems from our enterprise product range to serve as the backbone of the Global Forum's Internet and Intranet infrastructure," said Eric Meurice, vice president, Southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. , Dell Europe, Middle East, and Africa. "Our own web site, www.dell.com, which is one of the world's highest volume Internet commerce sites, based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , receives over 40 million visits a quarter and is run entirely on our award-winning PowerEdge servers. These servers will be at the core of the Global Forum's communications system." Pascal Debon, President Service Provider Solutions, Nortel Networks, said "Nortel Networks is unleashing the potential of high performance Internet. We are providing the network which will link all locations at the FORTUNE Global Forum. The network will be based on high speed, reliable Internet solutions which will enable the delegates to check schedules, download sessions via video streaming, check e-mail, and many other applications. The Global Forum delegates expect fast, secure access to information which Nortel Networks is pleased to provide." Major sponsors of the FORTUNE Global Forum are Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing , British Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. PLC (BT), Dell, Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Informix Software, Nortel Networks, and SAP. The official airline of the FORTUNE Global Forum is Delta Air Lines. The FORTUNE Global Forum is presented by Time Warner Inc. Additional details on the FORTUNE Global Forum are available at www.fortune.com/conferences. |
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