January 2001

Microsoft releases SOAP Toolkit beta

Microsoft has released the the beta of a new version of its SOAP Toolkit for Visual Studio, giving developers greater access to...  Continue Reading

Cambridge blazes a Bluetooth trail

Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) and software company Widcomm have launched a hardware/sofware combination that they say will enable designers to implement...  Continue Reading

Tivoli to boost storage productivity

Tivoli is promising to bring the benefits of system managed storage (SMS) to the open systems world with its Storage Tank...  Continue Reading

Making sure the good cheer doesn't turn sour

Tis the season to be jolly'. That's how many of us feel about December, what with Christmas and the New Year to look forward to,...  Continue Reading

Going, going gone! Online auctions take off

How Andrew Heath, CEO of online marketplace GoIndustry.com, tapped into the biggest Net deals  Continue Reading

Business and the Net: can an old dog learn new tricks?

The Web hasn't changed what customers want, just how they get it. This is a tough lesson for many traditional companies, says...  Continue Reading

Rapport - accept no substitute

What have the following got in common with e-business? Tactics at the Battle of Waterloo; aspects of Greek Orthodox Christian theology; and the relative merits of different port vintages?  Continue Reading

Skills shortage is pushing up wages

Bill Goodwin

Employers were urged to step up their in-house training programmes following new evidence that the skills gap is...

Shake-up to create single comms/broadcasting regulator

Mike Simons

The Government this week announced the biggest shake-up of communications and broadcast regulation for a decade.

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Now the writing is on the wall

For certain dotcoms, the effort to re-invent themselves by adopting the latest trends will not save them. Their obituaries have...  Continue Reading

Sony pulls US Christmas ad campaign cancelled

The US division of Japanese consumer giant, Sony Corporation, has axed the Christmas ad campaign for its e-commerce site, SonyStyle.com, amidst fears its...  Continue Reading

Tailor-made training targets small firms

Twenty thousand small businesses are to be offered tailor-made IT training programmes as part of a nationwide experiment to show...  Continue Reading

IT chief calls for code of conduct

James Rogers

A value-based code of conduct between software suppliers and the IT industry is urgently needed to stamp out stiffing,...

Caution urged for CRM users in Europe

James Rogers

Users should employ caution when implementing a pan-European customer relationship management (CRM) strategy, according...

You've been framed

Frameworks can be a valuable tool to help get your e-commerce project to market faster. Danny Bradbury explores the different...  Continue Reading

Picking a winner: when to adopt emerging technologies

Spotting an emerging technology and timing its adoption is an Olympic challenge. Here's our guide to the best bets, from Nathalie...  Continue Reading

Dell brings lower costs to full line of servers

Dell is broadening its product range with the aim of bringing its cost-cutting approach to the enterprise datacentre server and...  Continue Reading