July 2003

• July 07, 2003 07 Jul'03

  Chinese PC maker picks Glasgow for Euro HQ

  Chinese PC manufacturer Founder Group has set up the headquarters of its international business division in Glasgow, with the aim...  Continue Reading

• July 07, 2003 07 Jul'03

  UK SMEs still unaware of IT waste directive

  Nine in ten UK small and medium-sized businesses are still unaware of the European Union’s Weee Directive for encouraging the...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  IBM will drop Windows-based storage, sources claim

  IBM plans to discontinue its line of Windows-based network-attached storage devices to focus on higher-end products, including an...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  MPs demand IT action on £2bn benefit fraud

  MPs have slammed the Department of Work and Pensions for using "inadequate information technology systems''.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Inside the BCS: More BCS groups for members

  IT people are getting extra opportunities to get together through an expansion of the BCS network.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Avaya hires IBM for business transformation

  Computer networking specialist Avaya has launched a business transformation project to standardise and streamline its core...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Thought for the day: We need a united force against spam

  All countries need to have the same legislation to deal with unsolicited mail, says Simon Moores.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Let interims fill in when insiders will not do

  Interim managers may be able to rescue an organisation from an acute lack of skills at short notice, but IT directors should...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Connectivity suite helps Dudley keep e-government goal in sight

  Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has begun using a suite of mainframe connectivity products to provide the general public with...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  DoJ faults Microsoft's anti-trust compliance

  Microsoft is not moving fast enough to comply with the settlement terms of its long-running ant trust case, according to the US...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Computacenter lands Abbey National desktop contract

  Abbey National has outsourced control of its desktop infrastructure to IT services firm Computacenter in a five-year, £70m deal...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Researchers keep an eye on the future of security

  Researchers at the University of Kent are using bespoke software to centrally manage multiple types of biometric data to increase...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Inland Revenue cracks down on computer misuse

  The Inland Revenue has disciplined 205 people for computer misuse, and in 1994 and 1996 dismissed offenders who were later...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  RedDot's content management keeps the Royal Shakespeare Company up-to-date

  Smart projects: Royal Shakespeare Company adopts content management system  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Stockholder pushes for MCI boycott

  An angry WorldCom stockholder proposing a boycott of the telecommunications company has received more than 17,000 e-mails,...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Spam forces Parliament to add firewall

  The Houses of Parliament has installed a new computer firewall after a deluge of unsolicited "spam'' e-mails.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Western IT firms tap into Soviet tech legacy

  The US IT industry is tapping into the technological prowess of the former Soviet Union, which is emerging as a research and...  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Oracle extends PeopleSoft tender offer

  Oracle has given PeopleSoft an extra 11 days to accept its offer to acquire all PeopleSoft's common stock.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Dell drops prison labour for PC recycling

  Dell Computer has dropped a supplier that employed prisoners to carry out recycling of Dell consumer PCs and printers.  Continue Reading

• July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03

  Experts cast doubt on hackers' competition

  Security experts have downplayed the threat posed by an international hacking contest due to take place this weekend, saying that...  Continue Reading