November 2000

Tackling Internet misuse at work

Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this...  Continue Reading

Skills shortages: learning to get rid of the vicious circle

Computer telephony integration is here and so is the skills shortage. Nick Langley examines what the industry and Government are...  Continue Reading

Cards on the table...

Credit card issuers could do themselves a favour and jump in to e-business. But it's customer trust rather than technology that...  Continue Reading

Symbian gambles its future on take-up of 3G

Handheld operating system developer Symbian claimed to have reached a major milestone last week. The company, which was formed by Ericsson, Nokia,...  Continue Reading

New handheld by Heron Management Services

A handheld, real-time radio frequency data collection device for use in hazardous areas, has been released by Heron Management Services.

The company...

Nokia opens up Wap for business

Mobile phone company Nokia has launched a range of software products enabling the corporate use of Wireless Application Protocol...  Continue Reading

MoD kept RAF chief in the dark

New evidence shows that the air chief marshal who blamed the pilots for the Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 was not given potentially vital information related to the helicopter's safety-critical software  Continue Reading

E-business message fails to wake slumbering manufacturing sector

The message isn't getting through - 42% of the UK manufacturing industry does not have an e-business strategy.

The Benchmark Research survey released...

Domino - not only, but also

Question:What needs to be done to get the best out of Domino on the latest 840 model, and how are the associated issues of...  Continue Reading

z900 - Cary Grant meets Britney Spears

In today's enterprise IT environment, it's the complexity of the mixed workload, its unpredictable demands, and its blurring...  Continue Reading

The road to convergence is paved with re-branding

At first sight, IBM's new eServer branding looks like a marketing exercise pure and simple.  Continue Reading

AS/400: the host with the most?

Question: which IBM server range can run applications written for Windows NT and 2000, Novell NetWare, Aix and OS/2 as well as...  Continue Reading

E-business directions

Professor Martin Healey on evolving e-business  Continue Reading

Databases to boost WAP services

Attachmate is attempting to boost WAP fortunes among business users as the wireless technology struggles to live up to...  Continue Reading

IBM-Compaq alliance: is it showing signs of strain?

As the disk storage market continues its inexorable growth, the alliance between IBM and Compaq is 'not a side-show but two...  Continue Reading

Gerstner predicts lag in revenue increase

IBM CEO Lou Gerstner has admitted that its revenue growth will stay just below the rest of the industry.  Continue Reading

Goodbye AS/400, hello iSeries 400

IBM servers are now eServers  Continue Reading