April 2000

SANS: bring on the storage manager

While SANs may be the Holy Grail for many businesses, maybe we should spare a thought for the people whose job it is to build...  Continue Reading

NATO sting dupes EDS

Tony Collins

EDS is facing legal actions from sub-contractors after it co-ordinated supplies of equipment which went to a pony-tailed...

Mobile workers create pocket-sized security problems

The demand for mobile networks and home working is bringing a new breed of security problems. We investigate what steps can be taken to protect data outside the network fortress  Continue Reading

Revenue failed to heed outsourcing warnings

Tony Collins

Warnings in a confidential Inland Revenue memo, written as a 10-year outsourcing deal was being finalised with Electronic Data...

Info-security is an issue for all

Survey shows serious lack of information security among majority of firms  Continue Reading

Managers give crime initiative thumbs down

Minister Patricia Hewitt's £15m initiative to combat computer crime in the UK got the thumbs down in this week's Big Question.  Continue Reading

A return to multi-tiered networks solves the data storage dilemma

Despite interoperability problems, Sans could be the answer to increasing data storage needs, writes Ian Murphy  Continue Reading

Bank offers e-tendering service

David Bicknell

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to help businesses get to grips with digital certificate technology by launching an electronic...

Boos for boo.com: an example of how not to do it

The online clothing retailer Boo.com is in many ways exemplary - in the sense that it offers a perfect example of how not to do an e-commerce site....  Continue Reading

Connect with your Intranet

David Taylor

Inside Track

The new global agenda is on everyone's lips. Any organisation that follows the simple rule, that there...

Back to the classroom, says IT exec

Continuing training is an investment that Timothy Marlow values, both for himself and his staff.  Continue Reading

Banks look to embrace potential of the web

For a time they were running scared of the Internet, but UK banks are now beginning to embrace the potential of the Web.  Continue Reading

ASP potential set to make big impact

Ian Mtchell

City Briefing

I have been a believer in the application service provider (ASP) business model for some time, partly...

Bridging the gap between marketing and IT

Legal and General was building bridges between marketing and IT long before e-business. David Bicknell asks e-commerce chief...  Continue Reading

ASP users to get their say

Application service providers (ASPs) have promised that this year users will get a greater say in how the technology is used and developed, writes...  Continue Reading

BT picks up Net work from bank

Antony Savvas

Barclays is outsourcing its international data network to BT to enable it to build a £250m Internet-based network to increase...

Bandwidth boffins wanted

Increasing demand for bandwidth is keeping network specialists extremely busy, writes Nick Langley  Continue Reading