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Sponsorship Company Chooses Windows 2000 Server Over Linux for New Digital Marketplace
White Papers IEG SponsorDirect (IEGSD) chose Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - the only platform with the necessary reliability and scalability - to meet the needs of the largest and most comprehensive online B2B marketplace in the sponsorship industry.
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
Security report sponsorship defended
News PwC denied on Monday that the sponsorship of the report undermined its impartiality. PricewaterhouseCoopers has defended vendor involvement in a major survey into IT security conducted on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
[April 11, 2006, 13:55]
Creative Focus: Creative sponsorship gives aid across the Web
News To support this statement we have an extensive arts and charity based web-site sponsorship programme, designed to encourage diversity on-line. Web-site sponsorship encourages organisations not traditionally associated with Information Technology...
[August 14, 1998, 11:15]
Lucky Goldstar shuns Welsh RFU sponsorship
News The company saw the sponsorship as a cementing of its relationship with the region. Lucky Goldstar (LG) has pulled out of an undisclosed, multi-million pound deal to sponsor the Welsh Rugby Union national team because it could not agree the size of...
[September 19, 1997, 15:33]
HP ends Spurs sponsorship
News Hewlett-Packard said it had achieved its major objective "to raise the awareness of its brand image in the consumer market place" and would continue to focus its marketing funds "directly into consumer and business-to-business campaigns".
[December 22, 1998, 12:38]
Siberian coal mine digs out FreeBSD funding
News A Danish developer of the popular FreeBSD operating system, who was seeking sponsorship to support him while he works on the filesystem and disk-I/O subsystem, says he has been successful in his search.
[June 18, 2004, 14:35]
Compaq rugby deal latest of many IT sporting hooks
News Compaq UK is extending its sponsorship of the Rugby League team Bradford Bulls, supplementing its reputation as one of the biggest IT brands in British sports sponsorship. The firm said in a press release that the £500,000 two-year deal would help...
[February 4, 1997, 9:25]
A Year Ago: Sting to flog Compaq
News Sting sings along to corporate sponsorship tune The sponsorship goes through December 2000 and includes Sting's 40 tour appearances in North America and 40 more around the world. In an unlikely duet, pop singer Sting and Compaq Computer are singing...
[August 9, 2000, 7:01]
Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Case Study: Turkcell & 121Metre
White Papers The goals were to use Coca-Cola F1 Istanbul Grand Prix sponsorship to increase sales. Moreover, the Coca-Cola sponsorship of the event was strongly communicated to the whole population. Coca-Cola was the sponsor of the first ever Istanbul Grand...
[May 12, 2006, 0:00]
Vodafone links up with Manchester United
News Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) will become Manchester United's new shirt sponsor, replacing electronics maker Sharp, as the result of the biggest football sponsorship deal ever, announced last week. Peter Bamford, CEO of Vodafone UK, said the deal...
[February 15, 2000, 8:44]
Open source awareness growing in Scotland
Talkback It is being taken by school administrators who want to maximise their funding by claiming MS software as sponsorship 'in-kind'. No other supplier is allowed to count their software as sponsorship in this way.
[August 30, 2005, 11:52]
MPs show lack of faith in biometrics IT system
News UK universities can guarantee that foreign students applying for visas will attend under the sponsorship management system, which is part of the NBIS. Given the unfortunate propensity of previous large-scale Home Office IT systems to fail, we fully...
[August 5, 2009, 13:29]
Quotes of the Week, January 12-16
News You look at other sponsorship deals and there's a lot of wastage. Demon Internet's David Furniss on his company's sponsorship deal with Fulham FC. "It was absolutely clear to you that I entered an order that required that you distribute a product...
[January 16, 1998, 16:34]
Science Museum recognises gaming
News The sponsorship deal will partly fund an educational outreach programme and Web site, as well as an interactive gallery. The Dana Centre, a Science Museum venue that hosts events and debates concerned with contemporary science, technology and...
[January 26, 2006, 13:10]
Yahoo gateway blamed for lost customers
News Yahoo claimed Web Street never fully paid for its contest sponsorship. Web Street said it stopped paying for the sponsorship in September. Online brokers sometimes grumble that portal sites charge too much money for the audience they deliver, but...
[November 6, 1998, 9:16]
V8 racers get in-car Linux safety system
News According to Douglas, V8 Supercar racing is receiving a lot more advertising and sponsorship money than previously, and those putting their money into the race want to protect their sponsorship dollar.
[August 19, 2003, 14:25]
Demon signs Al Fayed's Fulham for £1.5m
News You look at other sponsorship deals and there's a lot of wastage. Three other IT firms have football sponsorship deals in the capital: Elonex with Wimbledon; Viglen with Charlton Athletic; and Hewlett-Packard with Tottenham Hotspur.
[January 15, 1998, 13:52]
MSN site could charge surfers
News We remain committed to generating revenue from our existing advertising model, in the UK [this is] revenue from advertising, from sponsorship and content distribution," said the spokeswoman. It receives 200 million visits every month worldwide, but...
[February 26, 2001, 12:14]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog BlueYonder: one sponsorship, one nomination, one award. Wanadoo: one sponsorship, five nominations, three gongs. Thursday 24/2/2005 It's the ISPAs! Each year, the Internet Service Providers' Association throws away its M&S suit, discards its anorak...
[February 25, 2005, 17:10]
Unix forum adopts a Microsoft-friendly face
News Orr says he initially wanted the new Forum to become a purely server-oriented event, allowing sponsorship from companies such as Sun and Microsoft. They said 'We're not going to allow sponsorship by companies who solely compete with us'," Orr recalls.
[August 14, 2000, 7:09]
