... solutions on technology from leading vendors in six focus areas: Client, Server, Storage, Network, Advanced telephony and IT-security. The company was hit hard by the downfall in the ICT market. The only positive thing is that many companies have been hit harder. There has been a large cut down in employees in the last year. Employees 31.12 2002 30.12 2001 Eterra, Norway 770 821 Eterra, Sweden 318 416 Eterra, Denmark 639 718 Eterra, Finland 265 274 Eterra, Total 1,992 2,229 Ementor, Norway 369 491 Ementor, Sweden 66 93 Ementor, Denmark 167 236 Ementor, Total 602 820 Group Management 15 14 Sold operations 622 Merkantildata, Total 2,609 3,685 b. Background As the market has fallen, the need for efficiency has been a made clearer and has become a focus area in Eterra. Cost efficiency has never been the company's strong side as the market has been growing in a rapid rate most of the lifespan of the company. Growth has been taken for granted in the computer market for a long time no one could see an end to the growth and the money where coming in at a high ...

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