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  Thales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thales is said to have died in his seat, while watching an athletic contest.
Thales' most famous belief was his cosmological doctrine, which held that the world originated from water.
Thales is credited with first popularizing geometry in ancient Greek culture, mainly that of spatial relationships.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thales   (1046 words)

  
 Thales Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Thales Group is a global electronics company serving aerospace, defence, and information technology markets worldwide.
The stock of Thales is part of the CAC 40 stock market index.
Thales is part of the Airtanker consortium, the winning bid for the RAF's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Thales_Group   (234 words)

  
 Learn more about Thales in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales of Miletus (circa 635 BC - 543 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher.
Thales is remembered for arguing that water is the essence of all things.
Herodotus reports that in 585 BC Thales was with the Lydians when they fought the Medes, and was able to forecast that a solar eclipse would occur on May 28 which ended the war (see Alyattes II).
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/th/thales.html   (515 words)

  
 Thales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales (in Greek: Θαλης) of Miletus (circa 635 BC - 543 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
Before Thales, the Greeks explained the origin and nature of the cosmos through myths of anthropomorphic gods and heroes.
Many philosophers followed Thales' lead in searching for explanations in nature rather than in the supernatural; others returned to supernatural explanations, but couched in the language of philosophy, rather than myth or religion.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/t/th/thales.html   (392 words)

  
 Business Wire: Thales Completes the Zaxus Re-Branding Focusing... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One of three business areas within the global Thales organization, the IT&S business with revenues of some 2 billion in 2000 is set to increase its share of the growing markets in B2B and B2C e-commerce, as well as complementing the Thales Group's defence and aerospace activities.
Thales e-Security is a member of the international Thales Group (formerly Thomson-CSF) of companies that has substantial businesses in information technology & services, aerospace and defence.
The group employs 62,000 people worldwide; 50 per cent are based outside France, including over 13,000 in the UK companies with a turnover approaching 2 billion.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:73001980&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (409 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for Thales Five Theorems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
THALES Thales was the first of the Greek natural philosophers and founder of the Ionian school of ancient Greek thinkers....
Thales Biographical Informaion During his lifetime, the Grecian people were beginning to experience new ideas of thought and learning, and Thales is credited with being the first original thinker who pursued knowledge for the sake of knowing, and not for practical purposes....
Thales Russell in writes:- Thales is said to have travelled in Egypt, and to have thence brought to the Greeks the science of geometry....
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 SOFEX - Thales at SOFEX 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In addition the business group draws synergies and added-value from its expertise in communications and optronics equipment, offering its Land, Air and Naval customers the benefits of a comprehensive approach, which is key to the effective "tri-service" integration and allied interoperability in the field.
Thales SHIELD is a complete system that combines different areas crisis management, to provide a fully integrated solution for nations, regions and institutions potentially vulnerable to intrusive security strikes or threats.
Thales has been chosen to design the Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers, and was also selected for the prime contractor ship of the British Army's soldier modernization program.
www.sofex.com.jo /thales_reinforces.shtm   (675 words)

  
 Thales in North America - Press Archive
Thales has launched the Thales Research Unit on Security Technology (TRUST), a group of Thales specialists whose expertise is widely recognised in the scientific and technical community, to promote innovation on current and future information systems security issues.
The goal of this collegial group of technical experts is to leverage synergies across the Thales Group to provide strategic analysis of current issues related to information systems security and to promote the Thales Group's image in this field.
The Group employs 65,000 people in nearly 50 countries worldwide and generated revenues of more than €11 billion in 2002, of which 75% was on international markets.
www.northamerica.thalesgroup.com /press/archive?id=9   (378 words)

  
 Thales - Defence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales is contributing to France's SCCOA (Air Command and Control System) programme and new programmes including Rapsodie, the French Army's future land-based surveillance radar, as well as the Cobra programme being conducted by the Euroart consortium.
Thales is one of the world.s leading specialists in land-based and naval anti-air systems for the very short-, short- and medium-range segments of the market.
Thales' involvement ranges from missile production (the VT1, Starstreak missile developed by its Northern Ireland subsidiary, and the Hellfire and Longbow missiles being produced under US licence) to integration of very short-, short- and medium-range missile systems and fire control radars.
www.thalesgroup.com /ga/business_zone/defence/air_defence.htm   (760 words)

  
 Thales net profit flat in first half - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales has said it will put aside an extra 100 million euros a year in 2005 and 2006 to boost its competitiveness on top of recurring restructuring costs of 100 million euros each year.
Thales, whose seasonal businesses typically eat up cash in the first half, nonetheless said it had generated 52.2 million euros of operating cashflow, a strong turnaround from the first half of last year when it consumed 214.4 million euros of cash.
Thales said it was too early to guess the financial impact of the legal claim, which both Thales and DCN oppose, and that it did not expect a judgment before 2007.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/15/thales_net_income_flat_in_1st_half?mode=PF   (869 words)

  
 Thales on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales taught that everything in nature is composed of one basic stuff, which he thought to be water.
It is said he predicted an eclipse of the sun in 585 BC Thales studied practical as well as speculative problems and was acknowledged one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece for his exhortation to unity among the Ionian Greeks.
Thales: end of act one: privatised and rebranded, the French-based electronics giant is digesting a 10-year acquisition spree that has extended its empire around the globe; the next target is the USA.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/thales.asp   (887 words)

  
 Thales Telematics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales Telematics is part of the Thales Group, a company employing over 62,000 people in nearly 50 countries worldwide.
The Thales Group generated a turnover of over $10,6 billion of which 21% was invested in research and development.
Thales Telematics was formed in 1997 when it was known as Orchid.
www.thalestelematics.com /background.htm   (128 words)

  
 Thales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Although it is now accepted that the beginnings of science may in fact be traced to Ancient Egypt (see scientific method).
According to, however, it's likely that while Thales saw water as an origin, he never pondered whether water continued to be the substance of the world.
Thales of Miletus (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Thales.html) from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Thales_of_Miletus   (716 words)

  
 Welcome to THALES Support Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
THALES Support Services is the specialist recruitment division of the multinational THALES group providing recruitment and man management services for the Aerospace, Defence, Electronics, Naval, Rail and Telecoms industries world-wide.
Thales of Miletus, a mathematician and philosopher living in the 6th century BC, was considered one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece.
Thales was one of the first to break tradition by proposing a rational - rather than a mythological - explanation of the universe.
www.tcsf.co.uk   (156 words)

  
 TelecomWeb : ViaSatellite.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales Broadcast and Multimedia is a global technology supplier, determined to provide the best solutions to lead its customers into the digital communications era.
Thales is active in the satellite, broadcast, cable and broadband markets, and continues to research, design and supply the most advanced digital communications solutions.
Thales' IP broadcasting platform is scaleable and ideally suited for a wide range of applications including fast Internet access, large file transfer, Web caching, real-time and non-real delivery of file-based multimedia content and distance learning.
www.telecomweb.com /satellite/viasatellite/profiles/thales.htm   (585 words)

  
 Thales Telematics - Vehicle Telematics Solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales Telematics is part of the Thales Group -- a company that employs over 62,000 people in neary 50 countries worldwide.
The Thales Group generates turnover of € 10.6 billion of which 21% is invested in research and development.
Thales Telematics uses state-of-the-art systems and applications to provide quality services tailored to the individual needs of each customer.
www.thalestelematics.com   (174 words)

  
 Thales Transport & Services
Thales e-Transactions CGA S.A., a subsidiary of Thales Group, and IER, subsidiary of Bolloré Group, have been selected by the French railway operator SNCF to renew the installed base of all self-service ticketing kiosks of the mainline routes (Grandes Lignes) throughout France.
Thales e-Transactions CGA S.A., a world leader in the area of secure ticketing solutions for large, global transportation networks, will lead the project and be in charge of the total deployment and installation of the hardware, software and services for SNCF.
In 2001, Thales was already selected by SNCF to supply 120 kiosks, installed in the major train stations in France, for the easy exchange of passenger train tickets.
www.thales-transportservices.com /news_releases/05-05-2003_Sncf_english.htm   (552 words)

  
 Thales Group -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Before December 2000 the group was known as (Click link for more info and facts about Thomson-CSF) Thomson-CSF.
This Thales design may form the basis of the (Click link for more info and facts about Future French aircraft carrier) Future French aircraft carrier which the company has agreed to build with DCN.
Thales is part of the Airtanker consortium, the winning bid for the RAF's (Click link for more info and facts about Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft) Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thales_group.htm   (206 words)

  
 Thales Optics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales Optics Ltd, a member of the Thales Group, specialises in the design, development and manufacture of modules and components for the military, aerospace, civil and industrial markets.
Thales Optics operates a quality system approved to the ISO 9001 standard and it has Environmental Management approval to ISO 14001, as well as software controls certified by the DTI “TickIT” scheme.
Thales generated revenues of 10.6Bn Euros in year 2003, over 70% of which came from international sales.
www.thales-optics.co.uk   (321 words)

  
 ABC 7 News - Thales Denies Selling Arms to Saddam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Josserand, whose THEC division won the contract, was fired by Thales and placed under formal investigation in May after the group filed a criminal complaint against its former employee.
"The group would like to point out that these allegations have been made by a former manager of this subsidiary, who was dismissed by the group for irregularities committed as part of a contract for the Nice tramway," the Thales statement said.
Thales had little choice but to pay bribes if it did not want to be excluded from markets, he also said.
www.wjla.com /news/stories/0905/263414.html   (701 words)

  
 ShowNews Online: PARIS 2003
For Thales Avionics that means staying focused on one of its most important programs-the cockpit display system for the Airbus A380, which along with sundry other avionics systems on the super-jumbo will account for hundreds of millions of euros in revenues in coming years.
Thales Avionics is hoping to provide flight deck systems for navigation and communication, and will be competing against companies such as Smiths and Honeywell for the work.
Quentin feels that Thales has the upper edge on those companies due to its competitiveness, not because it is a French company that may have an inside track on winning programs on the airlifter because of political issues.
www.aviationnow.com /shownews/03paris/newsmkrs18.htm   (518 words)

  
 Thales Annual Report 2002 : Thales International and Sustainable Development [Thales Communication Department, ...
The Code of Ethics has been issued to each employee in the Group; it may also be released outside of the Group, for example to customers, suppliers and shareholders.
It is Thales’ senior management’s responsibility to disseminate the Code of Ethics and ensure that it is applied.
In particular, the Corporate Secretary, who is responsible for Group security and the protection of Group assets, defines how the Code is put into practice and how its application is monitored.
www.armsdeal-vpo.co.za /special_items/reports/thales_development.html   (972 words)

  
 Thales: Knowledge Management and Workforce Transformation
Thales is an industry leader when it comes to research and development (RandD), evidenced by the fact that the company dedicates nearly a third of its workforce and approximately 20 percent of its revenues to developing cutting-edge technologies, products and systems.
Rather, Thales recognized early on that the success of its RandD efforts would require the seamless transfer of knowledge between its defense and civil operations.
Thales’ focus on knowledge sharing is particularly noteworthy, given that the company comprises three distinct business units—defense, aerospace and information technology—each of which retains considerable autonomy.
www.accenture.com /xd/xd.asp?it=enweb&xd=services\hp\case\thales.xml   (1204 words)

  
 Pipeline :: Serving the energy industry across the Middle East
Thales GeoSolutions is a global provider of integrated survey services providing a full range of offshore solutions.
Thales Geosolutions is a UK headquartered company with operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Thales is a world leader in professional electronics in three key markets: Aerospace, Defence and Information Technology and Services.
www.pipelinedubai.com /press/pr_1254.htm   (366 words)

  
 Thales Securities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thales Securities SA is a regulated Securities Broker specialising in offshore investment and incorporation services.
Thales Group is a world leader in electronic systems and industrial electronics, acting in defence, aerospace, airlines security and safety, information technology & services (IT&S),...
Thales Group is standardising on Innoveda's Visual Elite technology as its solution for advanced HDL and...
www.thalessecurities.com /1/group-thales.html   (541 words)

  
 Thales Deploys Knowledge Management Portal with Interwoven ECM
A key selection criteria for Thales was that the ECM system provide a full spectrum of usability offerings targeting every user-class in the organization, allowing each contributor to use the software tools they are familiar with and application interfaces most appropriate to their expertise.
The KM portal implementation is based at the Thales Group global headquarters near Paris, France.
Thales is a world leader in professional electronics in three key markets: Aerospace, Defense and Information Technology and Services.
www.imanage.com /news/press/2002/1014thalespr.html   (709 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Thales Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Prior to December 2000 the group was known as Thomson-CSF.
The new company will exploit the combined capabilites to offer a total "bottom up" shipbuilding capability.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thales-Group   (229 words)

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