November 2000

E-visionary with a sight of the future

E-visionaries: Nick Langley talks to Cambridge professor Andy Hopper, one of the key movers behind the emergence of the city as a...  Continue Reading

Storage is simple by association

The new economy has stretched relational databases to their limit, but a revolutionary new database model that is both simple and...  Continue Reading

Small firms can succeed in the e-business game

Paul McCarthy highlights the main pitfalls that trap large companies when setting up online, and offers a 10-point guide for...  Continue Reading

Users get first look at 64-bit Intel chip

Intel is releasing supplies of its Itanium 64-bit chip to early evaluators.

Initially, limited supplies will be sent to preferred customers, which...

Users voice stiffing fears over mainframe rebrand

James Rogers

Users are growing increasingly anxious about their software contracts following the rebranding of IBM's S/390 mainframe...

Bluetooth could interfere with Lans

Users considering the implementation of Bluetooth wireless personal area networks (WPans) into environments containing wireless local area networks (WLans)...  Continue Reading

Breaking into a mainstream programming career

I am trying to change career from a very narrow field of IT (GIS) into mainstream IT. I have done a course in writing ANSI C programs as part of an MSc...  Continue Reading

Watering systems

Pouring an enterprise integration tool onto Anglian Water's mix of legacy and proprietary systems created the code it needed in less time and with fewer errors than expensive human programmers  Continue Reading

Demise of the desktop?

What’s going to be the buzz consumer product this Christmas? Early indications are that it won’t be the PC, despite the boost...  Continue Reading

Will e-support save you money?

Every time an IT problem occurs, it costs an average of $25 to put right. With the cost-savings associated with e-commerce...  Continue Reading

Revitalising the FT's global archive

Lindsay Nicolle meets the man who turned the FT site into one of the world's biggest free news resources  Continue Reading

Will B2B marketplaces take over?

Of late, B2B marketplaces have become popular and there has been a great deal of hype about how they will reduce transaction...  Continue Reading

Why you're never in the right role

There is a mismatch between IT directors' perceptions of their current and future roles and how their chief executives perceive...  Continue Reading

XML brings aero savings

Pratt & Whitney, the world's largest aero engine manufacturer, is to implement an XML-based parts ordering system that could provide huge savings in staff time  Continue Reading

Software development is misunderstood

Sofftware development is an invisible task. Julia Vowler reports.  Continue Reading

Wireless speeds pushed up to 22mbps

Wireless networking supplier Proxim has announced a strategy that will see it push the limits of wireless networking to speeds as...  Continue Reading

Security is main trade issue for e-traders

E-business development in Britain is being hampered by sloppy e-security and widespread ignorance among users about security threats.

Research published...