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Xdrive: Cashing in on bandwidth boom
With broadband services fast approaching, new types of Internet applications are becoming available. Xdrive is an online data...30 May 2000
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Snoopers' paradise - the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill
Innocent until proven guilty? Not if the Government get its way. The RIP bill looks set to give the establishment unprecedented...29 May 2000
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In your dreams
David TaylorInside track
An IT director I know had a dream last week. He was visited by the senior partner of the consultancy...
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Ministers pledge IT fresh start
Government proposals to avert public-sector IT disasters won qualified support from public-sector watchdogs, analysts and users.24 May 2000
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Light framework set up for e-commerce
On 4 May the European Parliament approved the e-commerce directive, the second and final major political hurdle in the European Union's legislative process....24 May 2000 -
Mystery fault hits No 10 Web site
Key interactive areas of the Downing Street Web site were offline last week following a mysterious "technical fault".
People trying to...
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MS unveils Web services
Cliff SaranIn just over a week's time Microsoft will officially unveil its Next Generation Windows Services, a strategy for delivering...
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Lifting the lid on secret stiffing techniques
One of the UK's most experienced IT negotiators lifts the lid on some of the sharp practices used by software suppliers to get...24 May 2000
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Failure is not an option in Government's review of IT
Minister promises cultural change in civil service to eradicate IT disasters. Mike Simons reports24 May 2000
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Guide spells out Disability Discrimination Act effects
The Disability Discrimination Act and its implications for employers and suppliers of products and services is the topic for the latest in the successful...24 May 2000 -
IT directors should be techno-gurus too
Direct Line's group IT director argues against the view that people in his position don't need to be "techies". Julia Vowler...24 May 2000
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GPs get free NHSnet
Lindsay ClarkThe NHS Executive in Scotland is to fund GPs' access to NHSnet, the health service's intranet.
To align with England and...
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Gurus face mixed fortunes in aftermath of year 2000
Y2K experts have different measures of success in their attempts to reinvent themselves24 May 2000
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IT chiefs bask in security ignorance
Lindsay ClarkIT managers are over-confident that they have appropriate security in place to protect their company information,...
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IT managers question value of e-exchanges
IT managers remain unconvinced of the value of electronic exchanges in improving efficiency in the supply chain.In recent months a number of...
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IT department in need of feng shui
IT departments and suppliers are the most urgent candidates for feng shui, according to a former IT manager who became so...24 May 2000
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IStar triples the speed of AS/400 server
Cliff SaranPioneering chip technology is being used in the newest member of the AS/400 family due out in August to more than triple...
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ISPs not ready to meet users' Wap needs
Lack of support for the Wireless Application Protocol (Wap) among ISPs is holding back users who plan to take advantage of the...24 May 2000
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Government IT: report ignores accountability factor
A report - Successful IT: Modernising Government in Action - fails to tackle the problems of accountability that dog Whitehall...24 May 2000
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Firms plan to patent Internet innovations
The scramble among US companies to patent their Internet innovations will soon be mirrored in the UK, IT lawyers have warned24 May 2000
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