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About France
France (fræns or /frɑns/, French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (République française, ʁepyˈblik fʁɑ̃ˈsɛz), is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. French people often refer to Metropolitan France as L'Hexagone (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory.
France is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. Due to its overseas departments, France also shares land borders with Brazil and Suriname (bordering French Guiana) , and the Netherlands Antilles (bordering Saint-Martin). France is also linked to the United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel.
France is a unitary semi-presidential republic. Its main ideals are expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. In the 18th and 19th centuries, France built one of the largest colonial empires of the time, stretching across West Africa and Southeast Asia, prominently influencing the cultures and politics of the regions. France is a developed country, with the fifth or sixth largest economy depending on source. It is the most visited country in the world, receiving over 79 million foreign tourists annually (including business visitors, but excluding people staying less than 24 hours in France). France is one of the founding members of the European Union, and has the largest land area of all members. France is also a founding member of the United Nations, and a member of the Francophonie, the G8, and the Latin Union. It is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council; it is also an acknowledged nuclear power. -
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... PCM (Netherlands), PC Plus (UK), The Times (UK), Web User (UK), Xbox Plus (Brazil) and 4th String (France). Combined, the 22 judges on this year’s panel have more than 450 years of experience and have writ...
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Dell targets banks in New York solution centre
Explore Finextra Research (May 11 2012)
...erndon, VA); Singapore; Chicago, Illinois (Buffalo Grove); Tokyo, Japan; Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, France; Sydney, Australia; and a satellite site in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A new center in Silicon Valley, Cali...
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What is the top priority for IT execs in 2012, and why?
Explore ComputerWeekly.com (May 3 2012)
...formance management (APM), was the greatest concern, and that this is true for companies in the UK, France, Germany and US across all business sectors, according to the survey report by research firm Quocir... (Read Full Article)
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BYOD Movement Challenges It - It Management - News & Reviews - Baseline.com
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... growth and opportunity." An estimated 1,500 IT managers and executives in the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Germany and Spain took part in the research. For more about the survey, click here. * * of * * * ... (Read Full Article)
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Study Reveals Nearly Half of CIOs Not Confident Their Organizations Are Able ...
Explore MarketWatch (Feb 29 2012)
...012 by Quocirca Ltd, and included 500 IT executives from organizations in the U.S., UK, Germany and France. Download the survey report here. The survey reveals that more than 80 percent of CIOs expect their... (Read Full Article)
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Amdocs Demonstrates Best-in-Class Benchmark Results for 220 Million Subscribers, Integrating Real-Time Charging and Service Control Platform (SCP)
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...ms at the IBM Telecommunications Infrastructure Center for Business Support Systems in Montpellier, France. The benchmark achieved groundbreaking performance, reliability and cost-efficient scalability. The... (Read Full Article)
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U.S. Leads In Healthcare IT Adoption
Explore InformationWeek (Feb 21 2012)
... The Drive to Integrated Healthcare Delivery, examined eight countries--Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain, and the United States--and looked at how these nations' health syste... (Read Full Article)
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Dell Solutions Help Hospitals Manage Proliferation of Data, Mobile Devices
Explore businesswire.com (Feb 20 2012)
...ed in Slough. Cloud-based medical archiving is scheduled to be available to healthcare providers in France and Germany later in the year. Several European hospitals already have been using Dell’s On-Premise... (Read Full Article)
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New IT Service Management Release EasyVista 2012 Includes Project Management and New SaaS App for Business Intelligence
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...p). With over 60 certified partners worldwide EasyVista has a direct presence in 6 countries (USA, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal) and customers in more than twenty countries. The company boasts over 8... (Read Full Article)
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U.S. Adoption of EHRs Surges
Explore Health IT Update (Feb 17 2012)
... management consulting firm analyzed EHR adoption in the United States, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore and Spain. Researchers surveyed 3,700 physicians in the eight countries and con... (Read Full Article)
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Wyse Transforms Digital Signage, In-Store Advertising and Retail Kiosks With Cloud Client Computing
Explore Marketwire (Feb 1 2012)
... Centre Est, an independent regional bank of Crédit Agricole -- the largest retail banking group in France and second largest in Europe, turned to Wyse cloud client computing solutions to power the backbone... (Read Full Article)
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Blitzkrieg and VDI Edge Protection
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Explore The Register (Dec 13 2011)
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