August 2000

More girls take IT GCSE

Robert Dunt

The IT industry could start to lose its male dominated image if trends in this week's GCSE examinations...

Memo to TB: Get an e-grip!

According to analyst IDC, the UKis third in the world (behind Sweden and the US) in IT spending as a percentage of GDP. Despite that, fears are growing...  Continue Reading

Interim chiefs top pay league

John Riley

Interim IT managers were paid £20,000 more than the average for similar managers in other professions while working a fewer...

MPs slam MoD for £40m IT waste

Parliamentary reporter

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been condemned by MPs for wasting almost £40m on two failed IT projects.

The...

Intel urges suppliers to work together for B2B

Craig Barrett, Intel's president and chief executive officer, has urged IT suppliers to forge common technologies to power the...  Continue Reading

Net quality marks stay divided

David Bicknell

The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) has ruled out a rapprochement between Web site hallmarks operated by Trust UK...

Laporte in e-buying roll-out

Laporte believes an electronic procurement system can slash its annual consumables spend.  Continue Reading

Tivoli network software limbers up for Olympics

Tivoli's Software Distribution technology will be deployed at the forthcoming Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, writes Paul Phillips  Continue Reading

Stock exchange merger threatened

Nick Huber

A hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange by Swedish technology supplier OM Group is threatening the proposed...

Cowering from content?

To most IT managers, document management is about as exciting as watching crown green bowling. Whereas content management is a phrase certain to make you sit up and take notice  Continue Reading

Restore faith in e-banks with digital certificates

David Bicknell

Viacode, the Post Office's digital security operation, has called for wider use of digital certificates in a bid to...

Price and prejudice: tackling ageism in the workplace

Why do people assume that older people are less capable of learning, adapting and using IT than anybody else?  Continue Reading

RIP: a well-intentioned act that only hits the good guys

Jack Schofield

Opinion

The European proposals on cybercrime, reported in last week's issue, are strangely similar to Jack Straw's...

Safeway site is still down after hack attack

Supermarket giant Safeway has failed to get its Web site up-and-running two weeks after a suspected hacking attack led to its closure.

The delays in...

Reality hits integrators after Y2K boom

It has been a case of boom and then bust for many ERP suppliers, but some wily consultants are still on six-figure salaries,...  Continue Reading

Building the one-stop content shop

How can retailers manage data flow across multiple channels which embraces not just product and price details but also images,...  Continue Reading

Branson faces lottery software queries

David Bicknell

Sir Richard Branson's People's Lottery bid faces question marks over its technology as well as its finances as the consortium...