July 2000

Giving credit to do-it-yourself IT

Capital One uses IT in several unique ways to ensure it stays competitive in the credit card market. Julia Vowler reports  Continue Reading

IT vital to high-street e-commerce boost

Kingfisher plans to grow its online sales from £40m to £1.5bn in five years. Bill Goodwin finds out how  Continue Reading

IT bosses say no to mega outsourcing

Long-term outsourcing deals of 10 years or more have been slammed by IT managers as lacking the flexibility to respond to the rapidly-changing IT environment.  Continue Reading

Orange's HSCSD service is (quietly) here

After launching the service last year, Orange has finally announced a commercial launch of its high-speed circuit switched data...  Continue Reading

Mobile computing fever about to strike

Mobile computing, from hand-held scanners to wireless networks, is taking the retail industry by storm. Bill Goodwin reports from...  Continue Reading

Career briefs: what's happening in the market

• IT staff turnover is at the lowest rate for six years, according to jobs research company Computer Economics. The national rate is 7.6%, although this...

Don't worry about ASP confusion

It appears that IT directors are confused about the role of application service providers (ASPs)  Continue Reading

Disaster recovery course launched

High-level qualifications in disaster recovery have been launched by Survive, the user and supplier membership organisation, in conjunction with Leicester...  Continue Reading

Data transfer feud re-ignites

David Bicknell

The data protection row between Europe and the US has flared up once again, leaving IT managers with little guidance...

Demand for Net profit

As the financial services industry attempts to offset squeezed margins by going online, IT managers are having to be creative...  Continue Reading

E-delivery is all talk

Antony Adshead

Provision of e-government in the UK is all talk and no action, a report published by the Central IT Unit of the Cabinet...

Classic cars to sell online

A Web site dedicated to the classic car market, Motoringclassics.com, has set up an online brokerage facility to bring together classic car dealers  Continue Reading

Cyber crime cover on offer

For less than the cost of a can of soft drink a day, users will be able to buy insurance cover to protect their businesses from cyber crime.  Continue Reading

Councils told: set your own target

Local authorities have been given a looser rein for e-services but they must be consistent, writes Mike Simons  Continue Reading

E-business suite launched

The US portal specialist Webridge is launching its eBusiness Express suite through its new European sales and support office in London, writes Eric...  Continue Reading

Front runner Nikki Beckett

When Nikki Beckett, chief executive of NSBRetail Systems, entered the IT industry in 1979, she had no idea that she would end up founding her own business...  Continue Reading

FTSE firms' Web failure

Fifty-five per cent of the leading UK and US companies are not treating their Web sites as a serious communications channel,...  Continue Reading