September 2000

Bugs on the move: mobile viruses start to bite

Summer always brings out the bugs and this year was no exception as the first mobile viruses started to bite.  Continue Reading

Comms on the move

Communications specialist Avaya has celebrated its arrival as an independent company with the launch of the Enterprise Class IP...  Continue Reading

Hackney launches HackneyConnect site

One London council has leapfrogged over other sites in order to drive e-commerce and e-government ahead

Prime Minister Tony Blair's...

Police crack Egg online fraud case

National Crime Squad officers investigating attempts to defraud the online bank, Egg, made five arrests this week, writes Bill Goodwin.

Five men,...

Hanging up on BT's stranglehold

The government is bringing out a white paper on telecoms regulation.  Continue Reading

Entering the post-Y2K doldrums

Our biannual survey of IT spend shows that it is firmly back in synch with the GDP index after the Y2K boom. John Riley reports  Continue Reading

Budgens closes Web shop after £1m spend

Robert Dunt

Budgens, known for its local food stores, has pulled its online sales service just a year after it began.

The Web service was...

Another false dawn for our Web-centric world

Jack Schofield

Opinion

Yet again, reality is failing to live up to the hype, which for the past five years has been promising a...

Outsourcing set to pave way for UM

Daniel Thomas

One in four UK IT departments believe there will be business benefits from outsourcing their messaging...

NHS surgery is a tricky operation

Taking on IT for the health service was never going to be a smooth operation. So one year on, how is the patient responding to...  Continue Reading

Normal trading rules apply for e-procurement

Most business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces have the potential to generate enormous savings over more traditional methods of selling or procuring goods...  Continue Reading

MPs lack faith in UK Online aims

Mike Simons

MPs are losing faith in ministers' ability to deliver their e-commerce and e-government goals, according to a new survey by...

Seeing is believing in the video age

Recent developments in mobile technology have shown the viability of video phones, writes Antony Savvas.  Continue Reading

E-business awards: SME award

The live wires of the Internet

The three companies that have made it to the shortlist in the SME E-Business Award are shining examples of...

Customers find CRM suits them

Julia Vowler discovers that customer relationship management is a favourite of the financial services sector, but although they...  Continue Reading

Europe faces e-skills shortage

Europe may be poised to take charge of the world's e-business economy, but unless serious skills shortages are addressed, the...  Continue Reading

E-business spending explosion

Investment in e-commerce systems has rocketed in the past year, according to extensive user research  Continue Reading