May 2001 News
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European e-commerce still on a roll, report says
Consumer e-commerce is continuing to boom in the European Union, despite the problems bedevilling service providers, a report...22 May 2001
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White House rewriting national IT security plan
The Bush administration has begun an effort to reorganise and rewrite the federal plan for protecting the US's largely privately...22 May 2001
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US FCC Chairman Powell seeks to overhaul agency
US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell made his formal congressional debut on Thursday, mapping out...22 May 2001
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Andreessen: Bet on telecom standards, not vendors
Telecommunications companies can better serve their customers and their own business interests by giving up the outdated concept...22 May 2001
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Sun inks five-year, $200m contract with Kodak
Sun Microsystems has won a five-year, $200m (£140m) contract with Eastman Kodak to expand its enterprise resource planning (ERP)...22 May 2001
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Vignette weds content to applications
Seizing a ripe opportunity to layer its content management (CM) strengths into applications, Vignette this week plans to roll out...21 May 2001
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TLD holders issue rallying cry
A group of Internet top-level domain (TLD) holders has formed a non-profit association to prevent what they fear may become a...21 May 2001
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Motorola to release high-availability telecom server
Motorola is to release a telecommunication server and related software for high-availability voice and multimedia applications...21 May 2001
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Covisint outsources entire infrastructure to Exodus
Like many online exchanges, Covisint has been hosted by a service provider since its September launch. But last week, the massive...21 May 2001
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Hosting market under fire
With its $340m (£236.2m) bid to buy Digital Island last week, telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless moved to expand its IP...21 May 2001
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E-mail and Web access arrive on rail service
Passengers aboard the Royal Canadian Pacific cruise train, which began its 2001 operating season last week, can relax in the same...21 May 2001
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Microsoft lures Enterprise Developers
Microsoft has unveiled two enhanced versions of its Visual Studio development tools suite designed for the enterprise developer.21 May 2001
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CRM rivals take aim at Siebel
With the release of Siebel Systems' latest suite looming, rivals in the customer relationship management (CRM) world are getting...21 May 2001
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Internet banks stalled by legal confusion
The next government will face urgent demands from financial services companies for new legislation after two major e-commerce...21 May 2001
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Portal software battle hots up
Web software heavyweights BroadVision and Vignette have launched upgrades to their competing portal products.21 May 2001
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Elsa to raise brand profile with a range of initiatives
In a move it hopes will increase brand awareness in the UK, graphics card manufacturer Elsa is set to embark on a series of...18 May 2001
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UCITA opponents slow software licensing law
Opponents of the controversial UCITA software licensing law in the US appear to have succeeded in stalling the bill in states...18 May 2001
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Compaq first to offer "storage as a service" but Unix users need not apply
Compaq has launched VBAK, a unique managed remote storage and back-up solution - but it is not available for Unix users.18 May 2001
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New group aims to head off Internet domain havoc
A group of Internet top-level domain (TLD) holders have formed a non-profit association to prevent what they fear will become a...18 May 2001
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Channel survey predicts fall in European server growth
Last month's Global Touch Channel Tracker survey for the first quarter in Europe made for interesting reading, with the server...18 May 2001
