January 2000

Windows NT tops salary rate stakes

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

Novell's growing potential realised in Netware

Virtually unlimited scalability and integration with Windows is keeping Netware on top, says Nick Langley  Continue Reading

Reality bites for the dotcoms

After all the praise, reality bites for the Internet start-ups, who are now finding that infrastructure, procedure and a solid...  Continue Reading

Pensions to soften the blow of IR35 proposals

Getting your pension plan organised can take the sting out of the IR35 proposal's tail, according to Gloucestershire-based...  Continue Reading

NATS stakes its reputation on meeting operational deadline

Experts are impressed with the systems and air traffic management are confident that it can be done, but could Government...  Continue Reading

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...

Scotland's site of power owes much to its webmaster

When the Scottish Parliament needed a Web expert, Hazel Martin was voted the ideal candidate  Continue Reading

Are ASPs a suitable solution for large enterprises?

Although it is generally agreed that ASPs offer cost savings for SMEs, it is still debatable whether larger firms will need them....  Continue Reading

ADSL to go over ISDN

Antony Savvas

Lucent has moved into the broadband asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) market in a big way with a solution that...

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...

Investigating cyberspace

Internet and computer-related crime is stretching the UK's law enforcement agencies to breaking point. Cybercrime expert Peter...  Continue Reading

Giving black Britain a voice

How Kofi Kusitor focused on content over form in designing a comprehensive Web site for black Britons  Continue Reading

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...

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

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...

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

Businesses reject ASPs

Lindsay Clark

Corporate users have given a resounding no to handing over the hosting of business software to application service providers...