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the future of networking, at the speed of light

published on 2012/04/16 by Yann Gourvennec

If you think that the world has gone faster recently, which in turn has led to more globalisation and the ability to access data and systems everywhere at any time (aka Cloud Computing), you haven't seen anything yet. For there is one thing which has plagued the world of real time IT for years on end: "latency". ...

the future of networking, at the speed of light

students shadow female managers in Singapore and Cairo offices

published on 2010/12/13 by Katie DeTitta

Within France Telecom-Orange, our "shadowing days" program was developed in 2009 to help respond to a global deficit of engineers and the low percentage of women employed in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. Within Orange Business Services, we have implemented special days during which female students shadowed a female Orange employee working in a technical job role. This is an opportunity for students to experience the workplace, understand more about technical job roles, and of course ask questions. Shadowing days are a key element of our diversity policy which includes gender equality. ...

students shadow female managers in Singapore and Cairo offices

Orange recognized for innovation

published on 2008/11/17 by Dorne Lovegrove

Orange has been recognized for its leadership in innovation at the recent Innovation Management Trophies event. It was awarded for how we have set up R&D within the group. Orange overhauled its R&D activities in 2005. We now have 18 labs around the world helping to develop new technologies for local markets; we also created the concept of the Technocentre, a centre that combines marking, R&D and information systems expertise within a single location; the Usage Sociology Laboratory to identify and analyze customer behavior and usage innovations; La Cantine, our idea of an open-source ideas sharing space; and the Employee......

Major companies trust Orange

published on 2008/11/17 by Dorne Lovegrove

We’ve recently announced two new major contracts with multinationals in the region. For supermarket giant Carrefour we are linking 27 hypermarkets and 3 company sites in the region, with an Adaptive Network. It’s a fully managed service utlisiting an MPLS IP-VPN which supports the most suitable access technology (Ethernet, DSL, Wimax, leased......

Orange strengthens presence in Africa with further investment

published on 2008/11/17 by Dorne Lovegrove

Orange has strengthened its presence in Africa with recent investment in Kenya and Uganda. In Kenya, Orange will become the commercial brand for Telkom Kenya, following France Telecom’s acquisition of 51% of its capital in December 2007. And in Uganda, France Telecom has joined forces with Hits Telecom Uganda to form a......