August 2000

August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Caveat vendor

Many senior corporate users are bracing themselves for an increased outbreak of software licence abuse this autumn. Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
E-commerce skills in demand on register

Demand for e-commerce skills is driving a period of huge growth in the number of visits to the BCS Consultancy Register Web site, writes John... Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
DTI extends RIP deadline to September

The Department of Trade & Industry is giving business leaders until 15 September to reply on elements of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act relating to the monitoring of staff calls and e-mail at work Continue Reading

August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Intel outlines peer-to-peer vision

Nick Huber
Intel's grand vision of peer-to-peer computing, outlined at its developers' forum last week, will have only a limited impact...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
ITers unfazed by surveillance

While companies are embroiled in a war with the Government over whether the security services should have access to their... Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Intel recalls 1.13GHz P3

Lindsay Clark
Intel has been forced to recall its fastest Pentium processor because of problems while under software testing....
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
IBM wins linear tape protocol race

Eric Doyle
IBM will release its first tape storage products under the new Linear Tape-Open (LTO) protocol next month, with Fujitsu...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Broadband innovations stimulate teleworking

Antony Savvas.
The number of people teleworking from home has jumped by a quarter since last year, and the trend is set to continue with the...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Web techies buck downward trend

The IT jobs market may have fallen to its lowest level since 1995, declining again during the second quarter of this year, but demand for IT professionals... Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
You are watching Big Brother

As if there was ever any doubt that we are indeed a nation obsessed with the Big Brother phenomenon, the latest rankings from... Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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...
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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Laporte in e-buying roll-out

Laporte believes an electronic procurement system can slash its annual consumables spend. Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Netware 6 to offer data clustering

Novell has shipped a beta version of Netware 6.0 and is underlining its long-term commitment to the network operating system, despite disappointing... Continue Reading
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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.

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August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
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...
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SearchSecurity

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Ponemon study: Poor password practices remain rampant

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SearchNetworking

Cisco earnings, revenue show strength of product roadmap

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How to improve network latency in 3 steps

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SearchDataCenter

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As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and ...

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Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

SearchDataManagement

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The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

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Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools ...