November 2000
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Skills, ADSL and IR35 top IT's Budget agenda
Nick HuberChancellor Gordon Brown is unlikely to satisfy everyone in IT when he presents his Pre-Budget Report this week, with tax...
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November 08, 2000
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Server giants make move into wireless
The "big two" server manufacturers are preparing the way for the onset of widespread corporate wireless-working with the release of new products and... Continue Reading -
November 08, 2000
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Small retailer six-packs a mighty punch
Gareth Cosslett finds out how a small retail chain used a killer combination of online shopping and home delivery to take on... Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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Stock exchange IT won't meet demand, warns OM
Nick HuberLondon Stock Exchange's new trading platform will need to be overhauled after it is installed because it is not scalable enough to...
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Guru fears Web address shortage
Paul DonovonThe man credited as the "father of the Internet" was in London last week warning that policy, rather than technical problems,...
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November 08, 2000
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If, at first, you don't succeed, don't give up
David TaylorInside Track
If we don't take ownership of our lives, then someone else will. When things don't seem to be going our...
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November 08, 2000
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Have boat, will keep afloat - Shrewsbury ISP survives flood
Shrewsbury came to a virtual standstill last week after the worst floods for 54 years, but icom-web.com, an Internet service provider based in the area,...
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November 08, 2000
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IBM signs biggest ever commercial deal for Linux
Gareth CosslettIBM has signed a deal with Japanese retailer Lawson that will see is the biggest commercial roll-out of the Linux...
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November 08, 2000
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ISPs to beat the banks in online market
Internet service providers (ISPs) are set to dominate the lucrative wireless banking market at the expense of high-street banks.That was the banking...
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November 08, 2000
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Banking on security to win the Wap race
As pressure mounts on banks to be at the cutting-edge of technology in provision of services, the issue of security has become... Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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All power to the call centre people
As e-commerce spreads its wings, call centres become a company's human face. Ross Bentley reports Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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BAe Systems in £1.5bn CSC deal
Hazel WardUK defence and aerospace group BAe Systems has signed a £1.5bn extension to its 10-year outsourcing contract with Computer...
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November 08, 2000
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World on their shoulders
ISPs shoulder the task of channelling services and content from the Internet's basic network backbone to users. As with actual... Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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Don't rely on a simple handshake
A badly-planned contract process is likely to lead to an ineffective and costly contract.Conversely, a well-planned contract process is much more...
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November 08, 2000
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End of an era as Amdahl leaves legacy to IBM
IBM's 64-bit zSeries mainframe announcement has had as its surprising first effect the exit of its one remaining competitor from... Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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Firewalls, script kiddies and honeypots
IT departments are so obsessed with firewalls that they ignore other more important aspects of IT security, a former hacker claimed Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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Forget B2B, get into P2P
The next big thing is peer-to-peer computing, which means that both ends of the supply chain can benefit from pooling information... Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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E-learning set to make giant strides
E-learning will become even bigger than e-commerce. Daniel Thomas reports from the World Open Learning Conference Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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Police deficiencies put SMEs at risk of attack
An influential lobbying group is urging the government to give local police forces the resources and training to help small businesses tackle computer crime Continue Reading
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November 08, 2000
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TUC heading into cyberspace with .union
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), which represents unions worldwide, has applied to the Internet... Continue Reading