January 2000

One 2 One cuts costs with Citrix Metaframe

Users are now buying into the concept that most computing can be safely run on the server, leaving desktop clients easier and...  Continue Reading

Microsoft faces most challenging year to date

Microsoft faces several challenges this year and could end up fighting for its very existence in a US High Court against the US Department of Justice...

No 3G block on UK business users

Antony Savvas

Businesses will not be locked out of "third generation" (3G) mobile phone opportunities, despite the initial focus on...

Ford drives towards huge savings with Oracle e-procurement project

David Bicknell

Oracle has begun implementing electronic procurement as part of an ambitious e-business relationship worth tens of...

Jack of all trades, master of none

The Problem

I have a problem in that I have moved around a bit and gained experience in a few areas of IT, namely mainframe operating, Unix...

Learning from the Man U master

Managing My Life - My Autobiography Alex Ferguson  Continue Reading

Life begins at 40 for Cobol

Tina Milton

Just three weeks after the thrill of the millennium the IT industry has another milestone to celebrate - the fortieth anniversary...

It staff need better interpersonal skills

Are you the ideal IT staffer? Rob McLuhan uncovers the rising demand for interpersonal skills within the coding community  Continue Reading

MS considers bug database

Microsoft may release internal bug information to counteract criticism of its technical support  Continue Reading

Virtual teacher makes debut appearance

A holographic teacher took the world's first long-distance maths lesson at an educational IT technology show last week.  Continue Reading

Switch to thin client cuts support costs for council

Facing tighter budgets and the need to be more responsive to public requirements, local and city councils are finding it...  Continue Reading

Wheely fast cables

The Millennium Wheel may not have moved an inch on new year's eve, but it did have a high speed network connection thanks to Lucent Technologies. Lucent...  Continue Reading

Transport firms finesse their Web services

There was little change in performance amongst the transport Web sites we last looked at in Computer Weekly 25 November 1999. The...  Continue Reading

Surfworld.com sold for £1.1 million

Tina Milton

In 1997, barman Alex Lambert paid £78 for the domain name

We should be chasing people, not skills

By focusing on skills, IT departments are delivering grey people into grey jobs for grey organisations. We need to get some "big...  Continue Reading

What's Bill plotting?

Is Bill Gates' assumption of the title chief software architect a genuine move to captain the software giant through stormy seas...  Continue Reading

The sweet smell of de-stress

Tina Milton

An aromatherapy air fresher has been launched which claims to release fragrances to relieve stress and increase productivity at...