This is just the latest in a long line of management changes for the company. Gateway overhauled its partner programs last year and turned over much of its senior management between Fall 2002 and early 2003. Waitt himself left the company for a year before returning as CEO in January 2001, but none of the people he named to his management team then are on the roster of current senior executives.
After remaking itself from a PC manufacturer into a provider of a comprehensive line of business and consumer products and solutions, Gateway surprised some observers with the acquisition of PC developer eMachines. But Sherbin says the acquired company's international strength and entry-level PCs are a perfect fit for Gateway. "One of our failings in recent years has been our inability to come up with a competitive system on the low end," he says. "eMachines has been able to do that very well."
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
