May 2001 News
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Telcos cautious as 3G licence costs start to bite
As telecoms companies feel the brunt of a slowdown in the economy, Sybase's senior vice president and general manager for Emea,...17 May 2001
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Technical problems force DoCoMo to delay 3G roll-out
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest cellular telecommunications carrier and one of the biggest supporters of third generation (3G)...17 May 2001
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Analysts warn MS could gain system access with WinXP
As Microsoft heralded the launch of Windows XP this October, analysts have warned it may give the software giant access to user...17 May 2001
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Consumer broadband firms flee to the corporate sector
As consumers tune out to the white noise that digital media and convergence start-ups have created since flooding the Internet in...17 May 2001
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Down $4.6m and one CFO
Lucent's chief financial officer is leaving the troubled telco equipment maker just a fortnight after receiving a $4.6m (£3.2m)...17 May 2001
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Novell offers free directory alternative
Novell's offer of free directory software has been welcomed as a healthy development by users who are involved in roll-outs of...17 May 2001
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Cisco, Nortel and others form Tahoe Networks
Some of the industry's top networking and mobile telecommunication companies are throwing their weight behind the creation of...17 May 2001
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Meeting to set e-mail code
The Government's Information Commission will this week send out invitations to a Privacy at Work conference aimed at thrashing...17 May 2001
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SunAlliance falters in bid to cut IT bill by 90%
Directors at insurance giant Royal & SunAlliance have financed in-depth trials of outsourcing work to India in the expectation...17 May 2001
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Abbey hopes EDS venture will cut £90m off IT spend
Abbey National and EDS, the US-based IT services giant, have put the finishing touches to a joint venture that the bank hopes...17 May 2001
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IBM aligns middleware for e-trade
IBM is to enable its core middleware products with open industry standards to improve their e-business connectivity.17 May 2001
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Cable quality could compromise ADSL expansion plans
BT plans to remove limits from the numbers of asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) installations it allows to rival...17 May 2001
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WorldCom, Cisco team on IP VPNs
WorldCom announced its first customer-managed Internet protocol (IP) virtual private network (VPN) bundled package on 15 May, an...17 May 2001
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IBM to support Linux in set-top box controllers
IBM's microelectronics division is working with MontaVista Software to make MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux operating system...17 May 2001
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New Web services support package will help B2B, says IBM
IBM has launched a new support package for Web services and claims it will help get the business-to-business software market back...17 May 2001
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FBI investigates attack on US State Department Web site
A US State Department Web site that was hacked into last week isn't expected to be back in operation until early June.17 May 2001
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Jobs to go at 3Com and NTL
The networking market suffered another blow last week when 3Com and NTL announced job cuts.17 May 2001
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Reuters secures alliance with Symantec
Reuters has struck an influential deal with security software supplier Symantec.17 May 2001
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HP hit hard by slowed consumer spending
Hewlett-Packard met its own lowered expectations for its second quarter in what continues to be a tough economic climate for the...17 May 2001
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ITNet front runner for £35m e-government deal
ITNet has been named as the preferred supplier for a £35m contract to deliver information and communications technology (ICT)...16 May 2001
