About 70,000 clients, including more than 90percentt of the largest clients, accepted.
The biggest opportunities, however, are still in the banking and insurance industries, already the industry's largest clients.
He also keeps in mind, they said, that the federal government is one of Microsoft's largest clients.
In mid-January one of its largest clients, Northpoint Communications, went bankrupt, accounting for the bulk of the bad debt.
The company, part of a complex, multinational corporate entity, also lists the US military as one of its largest clients.
But suddenly the relationship between the agency and Philips, one of its largest clients, couldn't get any worse.
In a trial for online ordering, the company expects to equip about 100 of its largest clients with computers soon.
Cordiant has been exploring options, including a sale, this spring after it lost one of its largest clients.
Critics have also expressed concern that some of the bank's largest clients also had complex relationships with the banks.
It had lost about 30% of its business in a few months as some of its largest clients ended their contracts.
One reason for the drop was a "virtual halt" in advertising by WorldCom, a bankrupt telecoms group which happens to be one of its largest clients.
