September 2000

National Power buys failed virtual utility

Mike Simons

Independent Energy, the virtual utility that went bust after IT problems with its billing system, has been bought by one of...

IT less critical to success, say older directors

Antony Adshead

Older company directors believe that IT and e-business are not the most crucial factors in future business success,...

Flexible IT aids hostile exchange takeover

Flexible trading technology behind OM Group's hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange will minimise conversion costs for London...  Continue Reading

GPs’ ire grows over NHSnet

The NHS Information Authority faces growing anger from doctors over confusion about how many GPs use the health service’s troubled private network and the data standards it will use  Continue Reading

Call centre standards falling

Local authority call centres need to improve efficiency or risk alienating the public they are meant to serve  Continue Reading

ASPs need to wise up to business challenges ahead

Robin Ford

Opinion

Despite all the debates concerning the applications service provider (ASP) business model, I believe it will...

EDS drives into new markets

The US outsourcer is setting its sights on government contracts across Europe, writes Mike Simons  Continue Reading

Dell signs deal to buy Toshiba PC components

Toshiba has signed a three-year contract worth £3.55bn to supply computer components to Dell, writes Daniel Thomas.  Continue Reading

Counting the cost of security

Internet security giant Baltimore Technologies has just splashed out 91 million of its shares to buy Content Technologies  Continue Reading

E-tailers blame banks for rise in card fraud

Retailers have accused banks of complacency following revelations that online credit card fraud is costing up to 10% of their website's turnover  Continue Reading

Credit Suisse targets the crème de la creme

Credit Suisse is to target an affluent elite of British investors through a Pan-European online banking and investment.  Continue Reading

EU equal to US onslaught

IDC European IT forum: Good news on e-commerce but warnings on skills gap and true cost of 3G licences Mike Simons  Continue Reading

Should Big Brother control the Net?

For the first time in 33 years the Real Time Club last week opened its doors to a newspaper to report on one of its events....  Continue Reading

Signing on the dotcom line: the case for digital signatures

David Bicknell

E-business

You might have thought that it was only a matter of time before digital signatures were being used in...

Small change doubles productivity at RSA

Royal Sun Alliance streamlined its correspondence scanning process in customer services and doubled productivity. Julia Vowler...  Continue Reading

Quick response will limit damage after breach of web security

How should your company react if someone calls you about a security breach on your Web site? Quickly, is the best advice because...  Continue Reading

Europe's 3G mistake

Mike Simons

European governments have made a fundamental mistake with the auction of third-generation (3G) mobile licences, according...