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April 2000 News

  • Stiffing alive and kicking



    Antony Savvas

    Software licence stiffing will be a focus of the discussion at UKCMG, with users confirming the practice is still alive...

    26 Apr 2000

  • TMA dismisses 'data cleaning day'



    Antony Savvas

    Despite chaos among telecoms firms and their users after the introduction of the new Big Number telephone changes, a national...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Content is key to Wap bank success



    Bill Goodwin

    Online financial services hoping to gain customers by offering banking over mobile phones will have to provide slick content to...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Contractors find way round IR35



    IT contractors believe they have found a way round new rules on how they are taxed - but it will require clients and job agencies to agree on new contract...26 Apr 2000

  • Titan Travel to use Tardis vehicle tracking system -- and other sales win briefs



    Titan Travel gets vehicle tracking system

    Independent tour operator Titan Travel has enhanced its customer service by using a vehicle tracking...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Disadvantaged to get wired



    Government announces £10m package to deliver online service to deprived communities from the end of 2001

    The Government has announced a £10m Wired...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Directors' forum agenda released



    Antony Savvas

    The final agenda for this summer's IT Directors' Forum has been released, with delegates promised a conference that will...

    26 Apr 2000

  • First Wap-broker offers mobile share dealing



    Options Direct, which trades under the name of MyBroker, already has a Web-based service, and will allow account holders who have Wap-enabled phones...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Serb hackers suspected of top Web site attacks



    Lindsay Clark

    A group of Serbian hackers are suspected of being behind attacks on more than 50 Web sites.

    The sites, which...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Marketing-IT divide costs money



    David Bicknell

    Poor communication between marketing and IT is partly to blame for the poor delivery of financial services via the...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Government defends Nats sell-off



    Tony Collins

    The Government has suggested that private-sector executives will manage new technology better than the civil servants at...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Music societies hire Compaq



    The music societies that chase performance royalties have hired Compaq to run their joint IT department in a £10m deal.

    The four-year contract will...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Pegler loses out as Wang UK winds up



    A UK user has been left short of a £14m High Court award because a computer supplier is going into liquidation, writes Lindsay Clark.

    Following a...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Outsourcing to move beyond IT



    Guy Campos

    Business process management is counting on more and more outsourcing activity as interest in IT outsourcing dwindles,...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Opto-chip diet broadens your band

    Latest invention promises to raise Internet performance tenfold, writes Pravin Jeyaraj26 Apr 2000

  • PocketPC lacks enterprise tools



    The PocketPC launched last week by Microsoft offers built-in middleware for enterprise integration, but users may face difficulties building enterprise...26 Apr 2000

  • UKCMG tackles Ucita



    New US legislation that puts suppliers in a commanding position during software licence disputes will be a hot topic at the UKCMG user group meeting in...

    26 Apr 2000

  • Users voice local loop concerns



    Users are concerned that BT's corporate re-organisation will create uncertainty over the ownership of the telecoms local loop and confusion over how the...26 Apr 2000

  • Working version of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine



    Science Museum curator Dolon Swade has spent the past 15 years completing a working version of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine and Printer from the...26 Apr 2000

  • Volkswagen to go it alone with supplier exchange



    Antony Savvas

    Volkswagen has said it will save up to 50% on its supply chain costs thanks to a new business-to-business Internet...

    26 Apr 2000