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EC History Timeline

May 20, 2015

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A slideshow of Emirates Computers' rich history and thirty years of excellence in technology.
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LOOKING BACKEMIRATES COMPUTERS 1978-2008

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Ralph Boustani & Ali Al Dhaheri establish Emirates Computers in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with Wang Computers, introducing word processing to the region.

1978Port Rashed opens 35 new

berths to accommodate flourishing trade.

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The standard for allfuture PCs is born at IBM.

1981

EC opens offices in the World Trade Center

in Dubai.

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Relational Software renames itself Oracle Corporation.

1983

EC begins in-house development of

bilingual applications and introduces Wang Enterprise email and office automation.

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At the age of 19, Michael Dell builds PC clones out of his

dorm room, founding a company he calls ‘PC’s Limited’.

1984

EC partners with Multitech, later to become Acer, one of the first Taiwanese companies

to invade the tech world.

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The number of internet hosts tops the 10,000 mark. UUNET Communications Services sells

the first-ever commercial Internetconnection.

1987

EC partners with Oracle and migrates EC’s business

applications to Oracle’s new RDBMS platform.

EC launches Wang Imaging (WIIS).

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Adobe introduces the Portable Document Format

(PDF).

1991

EC partners with Nokia, the company that supplied the

equipment used to make the world’s first GSM call.

EC teams up with SGI to launch mainstream

supercomputing in the Middle East against established Cray,

IBM and Digital.

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CERN releases the World Wide Web software into

the public domain.

1993

EC partners with Cisco, the first multi-protocol

router vendor.

EC rethinks its 15-year old partnership with

Wang.

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1994Mosaic Communications

Corporation, later known as Netscape, is founded.

EC & SGI totally dominate the supercomputing & graphics

workstation market in the UAE.

EC’s new management steers the company forward, marking the beginning of the company's

second life (EC 2.0)

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1998Microsoft releases

Windows ’98.

EC teams up with DELL.

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1999Voice Over Internet Protocol

(VoIP) and MP3 are introduced.

EC launches Hyperlink, focusing on Oracle Applications

consultancy and implementation.

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2000The Internet boom causes startups to quickly develop into big players.

Time Warner & AOL merge.

EC achieves Cisco’s IP Telephony specialization.

EC establishes new partnerships with Vignette and

Brocat.

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2001Google becomes the first major

search engine to go beyond indexing only HTML and text

documents.

EC opts for non-exclusivity of Nokia handsets to compete in

open markets.

EC signs an agreement with Microsoft for Microsoft Business

Solutions.

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2004The web evolves into a

Techno-Social phenomena called Web 2.0.

EC launches TechnoWorld, its

consumer distribution arm.

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2005YouTube is founded.

EC opens its second Nokia concept store, the first in

Dubai.

EC wins several awardsin recognition for its

achievements.

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2006Apple’s iTunes Music Store

is acknowledged as the world’s biggest online music store retailer.

EC introduces Smart Living at Gitex, attains new levels of certifications and wins

yet more awards.

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2007The UAE records

more than 10.4% in economic growth.

EC launches E2 in Saudi Arabia, E3 in Qatar and Siyana in

Pakistan.

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2008EC celebrates 30 years of

continuous success.