July 2000

Interoperability is key as HP aims Sans at e-services providers

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new family of products and services aimed squarely at the emerging e-services provider market,...  Continue Reading

GCHQ to trace PM's leaks

Parliamentary reporter

Experts from the Government's GCHQ spy centre are to deploy teams of "ethical hackers" in a bid to uncover holes...

Midas expands contract division

Midas IT Services has expanded its temporary staffing division with the appointment of Daryll Luxford and Clive Wright as...  Continue Reading

Language library for Web services

Microsoft has announced a multi-language software library for building .net Web-based services that will replace the popular...  Continue Reading

Pervasive benefits: the rise of mobile Internet devices

The next customer service revolution - when customer service is delivered via powerful and ubiquitous mobile Internet devices -...  Continue Reading

Oftel and BT fudge EC Internet ruling

Oftel, the telecoms regulator, and BT look set to fudge a European Commission ruling on high-speed Internet access.

The commission last week ruled...

Nurture, not nature, is the key to leadership

David Taylor

Inside track

Many people believe that leaders are born, and not made. Presumably new-born leaders behave in a...

Parliament TV show could hit the Internet

AN all-party group of MPs wants to put parliamentary proceedings on the Web  Continue Reading

Microsoft extends its .net framework, but refuses to make it Java compatible

Microsoft took its .net strategy forward as it announced a host of tools, specifications and software at last week's Professional...  Continue Reading

Stop IT directors from moving on

Watching captains of the established services and software industry enjoying themselves on the merry-go-round at the Computing Services & Software Association's 25th birthday party  Continue Reading

Tempz achieves REC accreditation

Tempz.com has become the first full service, on-line temporary recruitment agency to achieve Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) accreditation, and...  Continue Reading

UK firm takes risk out of Web launches

Amid a spate of high-profile e-commerce launch problems, a new UK company is claiming it can take most of the technical risk out of launching online...

Unipart online system slashes training time

Unipart, the engineering and parts distribution group, aims to save more than 20,000 production days a year by introducing online training for its...

IT directors sink online trade hype

Hazel Ward

Less than a third of companies are actively trading on the Internet, according to a survey of delegates at last month's IT...

Storage Area Networks for Internet ventures

While the costs to set up a Storage Area Network (SAN) may seem daunting to many Internet ventures, the potential benefits it can...  Continue Reading

Rolls-Royce outsources to EDS in 12-year £1.3bn deal

Nick Huber

The trend for mega outsourcing deals gained fresh momentum last week after Rolls-Royce announced a 12-year $2.1bn (£1.3bn)...

RIP needs safeguards

David Bicknell

Data protection commissioner Elizabeth France has warned that controversial government legislation to monitor e-mail...