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17/12/2001
Local email company secures Microsoft partnership
Belfast-based customer relationship management specialist company, gem has joined forces with computer giant Microsoft to help expand its operations in Europe.
Microsoft’s MSN network recently chose gem to handle multi-lingual emails from the Netherlands and Italy for the MSN ‘Hotmail’ service.
Owen Lamont, gem’s chairman and CEO, said: “We had exactly the right mixture of people, processes and technology to impress on of the hottest Web companies on the planet.
“I see it as a vote of confidence in gem. We have the language skills combined with a cultural affinity with Microsoft customers in the US, allowing us to act as a virtual bridge between America and Europe.”
Established in early 2000, gem employs around 480 people from its base in Belfast and US offices in Philadelphia, US. (MB)
Microsoft’s MSN network recently chose gem to handle multi-lingual emails from the Netherlands and Italy for the MSN ‘Hotmail’ service.
Owen Lamont, gem’s chairman and CEO, said: “We had exactly the right mixture of people, processes and technology to impress on of the hottest Web companies on the planet.
“I see it as a vote of confidence in gem. We have the language skills combined with a cultural affinity with Microsoft customers in the US, allowing us to act as a virtual bridge between America and Europe.”
Established in early 2000, gem employs around 480 people from its base in Belfast and US offices in Philadelphia, US. (MB)
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