Chicago – IBM will offer Motorola NetPlane Core Services software as a key middleware component of the IBM eServer Integrated Platform for Telecommunications. NetPlane Core Services is Motorola’s platform-independent implementation of the Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) Application Interface Specification (AIS) and Hardware Platform Interface (HPI). This open, high availability middleware was first introduced with

Brussels (dpa) – The European Commission on Monday said it was going to market test new Microsoft proposals on interoperability, a move which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to work with Windows PCs and servers. The Microsoft move came after the Commission insisted that the American software giant must disclose complete and accurate interface

The IMF is in Turkey this week to review its USD 10 bln 3-year stand-by loan, at a time when the country’s EU accession course is in doubt and the stronger lira has led to a huge rise in the current-account deficit. The current-account deficit in Turkey — a key indicator of macroeconomic stability —

The European Commission, in association with a number of professional media and science organisations, is launching an innovative web portal designed for audiovisual and scientific communities in Europe, to support their work in promoting and communicating about science. Functions of this new platform include an electronic library of science programmes, an online agenda of key

Turkey’s at 29% First estimates (known as “Nowcasts”) from the European Union statistical service Eurostat show that incomes in Cyprus are 82% of the EU25 average. Data for gross domestic product (GDP) are measured using purchasing power parities (PPP), while GDP per capita are measured using Purchasing Power Standards (PPS). Both these are measures that

Luxury car maker Jaguar has appointed Cyprus Premium Automobiles as its new distributor in Cyprus from May 1. CPA, part of the Pilakoutas Group, will also have a new custom-built home in Kaimakli, that will also house the other non-BMW marques such as Land Rover and MG. Charalambos Pilakoutas, the Group’s chief executive, told a