January 2000 News
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Council trains all IT staff with BCS
IT staff at Knowsley Borough Council have gained an end-user qualification to launch a computer literacy scheme across all user...26 Jan 2000
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Commons attacks Siemens contract
The committee said the Home Office failed to properly monitor the contract or have adequate contingency plans. The committee was "disturbed'' by the...26 Jan 2000
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Nirs fines threat to Andersen Consulting
Mike Simons The Government is considering fining Andersen Consulting over its failure to clear a backlog in the National Insurance...26 Jan 2000
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MS slammed on security fix lateness
Cliff Saran A security hole has been found in Microsoft's Internet Information Server Web server software, which allows a would-be...26 Jan 2000
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Safety problem highlights risks of Nats go-live date
Staff preparing the £699m New En Route air traffic control centre at Swanwick for a go-live date of 2001 have hit a new safety-related communications problem...26 Jan 2000
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Budgens restructures IT
Bill Goodwin Budgens has reorganised its IT department in a drive to align its work more closely to its business needs and to ensure that...26 Jan 2000
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BCS offers training in e-business and data protection
Qualifications in e-business and data protection have been launched by the BCS Information Systems Examinations Board. The new certificate and...26 Jan 2000
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Businesses reject ASPs
Lindsay Clark Corporate users have given a resounding no to handing over the hosting of business software to application service providers...26 Jan 2000
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EDS wins training accreditation
IT services group EDS has opened its staff development to independent scrutiny in order to gain formal recognition from the BCS26 Jan 2000
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HSBC Y2K court threat
A leading year 2000 lawyer has set up an action group to bring a legal test case against HSBC after the millennium bug disabled thousands of bank credit...26 Jan 2000
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Security glitch takes shine off Web
E-commerce security has been called into question after reports reveal that credit card details have been obtained by hackers26 Jan 2000
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Suppliers work together to deliver security solutions for e-businesses
David Bicknell A string of suppliers queued up at last week's keynote RSA Security conference in San Jose to convince IT and e-business...26 Jan 2000
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US-UK privacy debate rages on
David Bicknell The year-long data privacy row between the US and Europe is hotting up. The row is over the planned compromise between...26 Jan 2000
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Treasury tipped to announce OGC head next week in time for April start
The Government is expected to announce the first head of the new Office of Government Commerce (OGC) next week.26 Jan 2000
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nhsdirect.uk aims to keep the nation healthy
Isabel Choat Despite new year's resolutions to become healthier individuals, many of us will succumb to either colds or the dreaded flu in the...26 Jan 2000
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Rush hour for £3m Epos system for motorway chain
Bill Goodwin Motorway service chain Welcome Break has invested £3m in an electronic point of sales (Epos) system. For the first...26 Jan 2000
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Love is all around - especially on the Internet
Tina Milton To coincide with Valentine's Day, budding Romeo's can claim a free message on the newly launched match-making web site...26 Jan 2000
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Performance of manufacturing web sites improves
Since the Computer Weekly/Keynote Systems Site Meter looked at manufacturing in December, there have been major improvements. BP Amoco, for...26 Jan 2000
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30% of Britons witness physical attacks on PCs
Tina Milton Around 30 per cent of Britons have witnessed physical attacks on their personal computers, a National Opinion Poll of 350 small...26 Jan 2000
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Faster datacentre recovery
Lindsay Clark City datacentres will have access to faster disaster recovery back-up with the launch of a new service from Compaq....26 Jan 2000
