Itis bestknown for itssearchservice, butnowoffersallsortsof otherproductsandservices, too. It has builtaglobalnetworkofthreedozendatacentres with 2mservers, say some estimates.
Its membership has slumped by a third in the past decade to 2.7m and its status as Germany's (and the western world's) biggest union is being challenged by a new service-sector union expected to embrace some 3.2m workers.