February 2000

Perfect packaging? Are ASPs all they're cracked up to be?

Are application service providers (ASPs) really the saviours that many managers in small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...  Continue Reading

Rolling with Windows 2000: the fun begins

With Windows 2000 finally here, some brave souls will want to implement it straight away. Danny Bradbury provides a step-by-step...  Continue Reading

The ethical hacker: out to save corporate reputations

The biggest names on the Internet are under attack and the FBI is investigating, but things could be a lot worse if it weren't...  Continue Reading

Radical new-look for PCs

Lindsay Clark

Hewlett-Packard and Compaq are set to change the face of desktop PCs with the launch of radical new designs. Both suppliers...

Warning: ITcan damage your health

This month's IT Direc- tor's Forum at the Cranfield School of Management challenged IT directors to repos-ition stress...  Continue Reading

Win2000 - don't forget the software

Danny Bradbury looks at complementary technologies being lined up to take advantage of Windows 2000  Continue Reading

Working in Scotland has its own rewards

Michael Hughes enjoys the benefits of the countryside while developing cutting edge software technology  Continue Reading

Using e-commerce to get to the board

The Woolwich is tipped as the technology leader in its sector and e-commerce is placing its ITdirector firmly in the hot seat,...  Continue Reading

MS v Novell over Active Directory

Matthew Thomas

Microsoft and Novell are at war over the nature of Active Directory security, a central feature of Windows...

What do I need for a new career?

I am a 33-year old police officer who wants to train for a career in IT. I have no real experience, other than using computers as...  Continue Reading

Insuring success in paperless working

There can't be many industries where the back office is more traditionally paper-based than in the insurance business. So if any...  Continue Reading

IBM-Symbian link up for business Wap tools

IBM and Symbian have formed an alliance to provide offline business software for mobile phones, writes Guy Campos  Continue Reading

Dell shows off new wireless technology

Dell has demonstrated wireless networking technology which will be available for its notebook PCs by April 2000, writes Caroline...  Continue Reading

Data problems hit power firm

IT and data problems have sent the fast-growing electricity and gas supplier Independent Energy to its bankers for extra credit.  Continue Reading

Dotcom hit and myth

Ian Mitchell

City Briefing

There is a view that in the current climate anyone can wake up with a great idea for a dotcom, get...

Council IT boss resigns after whistleblower's alert

The head of IT at Cornwall County Council has resigned following a damning district auditor's report into her department.  Continue Reading

Duo will offer an Intel mainframe

Compaq/Unisys link-up to cut cost of enterprise IT Compaq and Unisys have formed an alliance that claims it will radically...  Continue Reading