January 2000

January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Loan scheme plan to tackle staff poaching

IT is the prime target of a loan scheme being prepared by the Government to encourage training, reduce staff turnover and stop... Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
QA Training reveals an 80% rise in e-commerce delegates

Tina Milton
Training company QA Training has experienced an 80% increase in the number of e-commerce delegates who attended its courses over...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Bosses warned over long hours

Balancing work and home life is already emerging as a big issue for 2000, according to separate UK studies published in the early... Continue Reading

January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
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...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
IT savings drive bank mergers

Rationalisation of IT departments has emerged as a key factor behind a spate of financial institution mergers but, a new survey... Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Two successful link-ups

FI Group's merger with Druid has received a lot of publicity Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
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...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Will surveys seriously damage your belief that the bug doesn't hurt?

Don't breathe easy it ain't over yet! Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
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. Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Windows NT tops salary rate stakes

Windows NT was the number one skill in demand in the last quarter of 1999. Continue Reading

January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Freedom for most wanted hacker

Matthew Thomas
Kevin Mitnick, the world's most infamous computer hacker, has been released from prison in the US after almost five...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Investigating cyberspace

Internet and computer-related crime is stretching the UK's law enforcement agencies to breaking point. Cybercrime expert Peter... Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Giving black Britain a voice

How Kofi Kusitor focused on content over form in designing a comprehensive Web site for black Britons Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
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...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Dawn Watch over VAT rule

Red (faced) Dawn has been caught out over her policy on VAT. The treasury minister, Dawn Primarolo, fought for an end to the rule under which value added... Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Government to auction wireless Wan licences

Antony Savvas
The Government is emulating its decision to auction third generation mobile phone spectrum licences by doing the same for...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
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... Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
Businesses reject ASPs

Lindsay Clark
Corporate users have given a resounding no to handing over the hosting of business software to application service providers...
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January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
The truth is out there, but Bill won't let us in on it

You are old father William, the young man said, and the Department of Justice will fall on your head. Is this an epitaph for... Continue Reading
January 26, 2000 26 Jan'00
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...
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BPM tools mitigate business disruption amid digital transformation

A major challenge in digital transformation is avoiding harmful disruption to the business while doing the work of creating a new...

Next-gen RPA bots automating job roles, not just tasks

Robotic software is moving beyond automating tasks to automating big pieces of certain job positions. Case in point: Automation ...

How AI cybersecurity thwarts attacks -- and how hackers fight back

IT leaders are using AI to take security to the next level. But how much security can AI provide? David Petersson examines where ...

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ConnectWise plugin flaw exploited in ransomware attacks on MSPs

GandCrab ransomware infected several managed service providers, thanks to an old a ConnectWise manage plugin vulnerability, but a...

Palo Alto Networks to acquire SOAR vendor Demisto

Palo Alto Networks announced its plan of acquiring SOAR vendor Demisto for $560 million to accelerate its Application Framework ...

Explore multifactor authentication products in-depth

Discover some of the best multifactor authentication products currently on the market based on target industry and main features ...

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What you need to know about intent-based networks

This compilation explores five pertinent questions about intent-based networking, including those about its benefits, why ...

AI in networking presents opportunities for service providers

Network installers and managed service providers can reap key benefits with AI in networking, including better productivity, ...

SD-WAN cost savings hinge on underlying WAN technologies

SD-WAN marketing almost always mentions the benefit of cost savings. Cut through the hype and discover how SD-WAN works with MPLS...

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A data center planning and design guide for IT pros

Data center design and management now goes beyond servers and networking cables. Defining budget and IT goals helps set an ...

Data center budget process should review business goals first

Discover four factors data center managers should evaluate when allocating financial resources and areas to address to ensure ...

How to prepare your data center for an HCI appliance

Vendors tout hyper-converged infrastructure as a plug-and-play offering, but before you install anything in your data center, be ...

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Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one ...

Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools ...