November 2000

Stock exchange IT won't meet demand, warns OM

Nick Huber

London Stock Exchange's new trading platform will need to be overhauled after it is installed because it is not scalable enough to...

Mobile management platform addresses IT departments' concerns

IT departments may be less sceptical towards handheld devices following the release of a jointly-developed mobile management...  Continue Reading

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

If, at first, you don't succeed, don't give up

David Taylor

Inside Track

If we don't take ownership of our lives, then someone else will. When things don't seem to be going our...

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,...

IBM signs biggest ever commercial deal for Linux

Gareth Cosslett

IBM has signed a deal with Japanese retailer Lawson that will see is the biggest commercial roll-out of the Linux...

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...

Guru fears Web address shortage

Paul Donovon

The man credited as the "father of the Internet" was in London last week warning that policy, rather than technical problems,...

Interview: GartnerGroup European chief Helen Mumford

Helen Mumford, the new European head of analysis and research organisation GartnerGroup believes the role of IT is changing and the chief information...  Continue Reading

The Internet's not just the Web - and don't you forget it

Too many people have forgotten about the Internet. In fact, too many people who work for Internet-based companies don't seem to...  Continue Reading

Training is always put off

I have been with the same company since graduating with an honours degree in computer science eight years ago. I am currently employed as a systems...  Continue Reading

Grand master, no Flash

E-visionaries: Jakob Nielsen is a world authority on Web usability and the scourge of corporate "bloat" in site design. As he...  Continue Reading

If they can hack Microsoft, you could be next

Last month's big Microsoft hack has raised fears across the industry that, if Bill Gates gets broken into, no one is safe. James...  Continue Reading

IBM offers storage on demand for e-business

IBM customers can now buy storage on demand for their disc and tape subsystems, writes James Rogers.  Continue Reading

E-skills key to progress

UK companies are making slow progress in adapting to the demands of the new e-business environment  Continue Reading

Failing ASP-irations

The application service provider market has been slow to take off because customers don't have faith in the suppliers who don't...  Continue Reading

E-minister frustrated by pace of unbundling

While e-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt believes that the UK is one of the best places to do e-business, she is also frustrated at the pace of telecoms deregulation  Continue Reading