September 2000

Sun goes cheap and cheerful with $2bn Cobalt acquisition

Sun has accelerated its push into the server appliance market by buying Cobalt Networks in a share swap deal valued at $2bn (£1.2bn) writes Nicholas...  Continue Reading

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...

Baan wins £5m DARA deal

Mike Simons

The Government's Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) has lifted some of the gloom for Baan users by placing a £5m order...

Agency aims to beat IT ageism

A leading IT recruitment specialist is spearheading a campaign to outlaw ageism in recruitment, writes Antony Savvas. It is also calling for the...  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...

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

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...

Forum for the new media woman

In creating a dynamic networking forum, Stuart Wilson of One Bad Monkey proves he's the business  Continue Reading

Oracle announces giant push into 9i Internet software

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, used the giant Oracle Openworld user conference in San Francisco to launch his company's next generation Internet...  Continue Reading

Seamless transition: taking the pain out of change

Change is like a virus that infects every part of business life including the helpdesk -- but handled properly, it can be painless  Continue Reading

Security tops list of concerns for IT managers

IT managers are not happy about the UK's Internet trading security measures, according to the results of this week's Computer Weekly/Harvey Nash Big...  Continue Reading

PC in IT: attracting staff from outside the sector

Shortages of IT skills are attracting people into the sector from different walks of life. Guy Campos meets a former policeman...  Continue Reading

Online services put the heat on IT departments

As commercial banks add more online services, IT departments will feel the heat. Nick Huber reports  Continue Reading

Post Office venture aims to cut out Internet fraud

A new Internet company has teamed up with the Post Office in the hope of removing online security problems for businesses and...  Continue Reading

PCs are more stressful than in-laws

PC failure is more stressful than spending a weekend with the in-laws or being dumped by one's partner, according to Benchmark research commissioned by...  Continue Reading

Oftel faces shaky future

British Telecom and telecoms regulator Oftel were this week facing the prospect of legal action from UK operators as the row over access to BT's local...