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• Editor's comment

  Now's the time of year when major server suppliers unveil their new wares. And, writes editor John Charlton, this year's arrivals...  Continue Reading

• Let someone else do your Web hosting

  Through the stream of headlines chronicling the latest mood swings in the international markets, it is easy to lose sight of the...  Continue Reading

• IT community should heed Turnbull recommendations on risk

  Compliance with the Turnbull Report's recommendations has been a mandatory element of company report procedures for all London...  Continue Reading

• Rekindle the magic of team leadership

  Inspiring people can be the key to your company's success if you know what to do and emerge as a manager with vision and...  Continue Reading

• Making IT a vital part of business success

  For too many boards of directors, IT is still seen as simply a cost, rather than a a way to make the most of business...  Continue Reading

• Create new m-commerce applications

  Forget the attractions of marketing to one billion mobile subscribers - the profit will be in mobile B2B, writes John Fallon  Continue Reading

• Making m-commerce happen

  Mobile commerce has the potential to generate huge revenues, but the industry must pull together to move m-commerce forward and...  Continue Reading

• Negotiate your way into the driving seat

  Negotiating skills are becoming increasingly important to IT professionals as IT and the business get ever closer, writes Nadia...  Continue Reading

• Beyond the spin - the insider's guide to UK politics and IT

  The Government's desire to make the UK 'the number one digital economy in the world' shows the dominance of IT as a key issue in...  Continue Reading

• Judge me by my results

  The e-Envoy has a crucial role to play in creating an e-enabled UK. Industry, government and the public all have different...  Continue Reading

• Consult the expert - Worth learning Lotus R5 and AIX?

  I am an IT contractor performing installation and upgrades mainly on desktops using Windows NT4 and 2000. I am considering...  Continue Reading

• Beyond the Spin: are you ready for the E-lection?

  Tony Blair has called what to all intents and purposes is the UK's first e-election on 7 June.  Continue Reading

• Behind closed doors: the fight for IT's future

  In the first of six monthly articles, one of the UK's leading interim IT managers explains how managing your department more...  Continue Reading

• Behind closed doors: IT re-organisation ad nauseam

  In the third of a series of six articles, one of the UK's leading interim IT managers points out the pitfalls of changing your IT...  Continue Reading

• Election call

  What is on the IT shopping list in the coming election? It depends who you ask  Continue Reading

• Get to work on IT's image

  IT must improve the way it projects itself if it is going to attract high-quality entrants  Continue Reading

• Soon all you'll need is a small plastic card

  The concept of digital identity has moved on so far that PKI is fast becoming outmoded  Continue Reading

• What your CEO really really wants

  For CEOS, the question is not so much 'what do you want from your IT director?', but 'how do you want your IT to work for you?'.  Continue Reading

• E-voting - yes please

  There won't be online voting in the coming general election - but it is likely that four years from now we will see the UK's...  Continue Reading

• E-heads make way for intelligence

  Technology for its own sake is dead. Now business is demanding real, intelligent content.  Continue Reading

• The skills shortage: more bodies is not the best strategy

  We've all been hearing a lot about the skills shortage in the IT industry. Some estimates suggest that as many as 30% more IT...  Continue Reading

• Creating E-business Speed Bumps

  The 2001 Budget deserves a B-minus for its service to UK e-business, says Ian Lynch  Continue Reading

• Why are your customers satisfied?

  Customer feedback is seen as just a by-product of the Net, but why are suppliers failing to use such a valuable resource properly...  Continue Reading

• Anticipating Recession

  The positive side of an economic slowdown is that it can encourage companies to embrace e-business as a means of cutting costs,...  Continue Reading

• Bitten by the bugs

  Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a hacker? Sten Kalenda reveals all  Continue Reading

• E-Views: Riding the roller coaster to recession

  So, its RIP New Economy and back to business as usual, it would seem. The dotcom roller coaster has derailed and London Techmark...  Continue Reading

• Back to the negotiating table

  For years negotiators acting on a software procurement (or on any other contract for that matter) have engaged in a battle for...  Continue Reading

• A new man in town

  What is the US e-business climate under president George W Bush? Asks Stephen Phillips  Continue Reading

• First past the post

  Internet gambling is a legal minefield despite its relaxed image, says Elsa Booth. Meanwhile, plans are afoot to help protect...  Continue Reading

• Would you let a doctor fix your car?

  Five reasons why you shouldn't let your in-house staff develop your security systems  Continue Reading

• Are software certification standards helpful to users?

  Before buying software in a box with the word "certified" on it, ask what the term means  Continue Reading

• Hyperthreat

  With BT claiming to have invented the hyperlink and it looking likely that deep linking to anywhere other than a home page will...  Continue Reading

• Another monster mauls the customer

  Customer relationship management - who needs it? Certainly not everyone, says Martin Butler. For many businesses, it's just...  Continue Reading

• Hits and runs

  If Jeremy Paxman can't come to terms with Web-speak such as banner advertisements and click-through, then what hope is there for...  Continue Reading

• CIO Masterclass: Lesson two - Making yourself understood

  You may have a crucial grasp of a company's technology needs, but, says John Handby, if you fail to speak your colleagues'...  Continue Reading

• 22/03/01Have skills, will travel, why no job?

  I am a 39-year-old analyst programmer with 17 years in IT, mainly in the finance and retail sectors. My key skills are the...  Continue Reading

• Taking a snapshot of your health

  Getting content fired at him from Ron Maughan at the British Olympic team training camp on Australia's Gold Coast was one problem...  Continue Reading

• UK MD leaves 3Com

  3Com has parted ways with its UK and Ireland managing director, the company confirmed today.  Continue Reading

• ITers escape through sporting adventures

  Bungee jumping was once viewed as a pastime for nutters. These days, however, many more people are happy to hurl themselves off a...  Continue Reading

• Script explorers use flower power

  Peter Kellett is always striving to find new ways of presenting online information. He had the perfect opportunity to hone his...  Continue Reading

• Mad about the Material Girl

  Michael Kelly, chief executive officer, FINEOS  Continue Reading

• E-mail: good, bad and ugly

  Next time you write an e-mail, ask yourself the following questions: are you an e-mail saint, sinner or somewhere in-between? Do...  Continue Reading

• Time to bridge the IT gender gap

  Women make up just 24% of the IT workforce - and just 7% of the IT management layer. Put another way, if the same number of...  Continue Reading

• End of the road for legacy staff?

  I am an analyst programmer with more than 15 years' Cobol experience on ICL mainframes. I have been made redundant and cannot...  Continue Reading

• Industry split over gender equality in IT

  With the focus on gender equality for International Women's Day, the IT community is split on whether the profession remains a...  Continue Reading

• The future working week

  The work of the future, that shiny timespace where newly nomadic, you will always be found sipping lattés while working on the...  Continue Reading

• A day in the life of Frances Sharpe

  Frances Sharpe, general manager for the UK arm of ASP Network Commerce, spends a gruelling week jet setting around the USA. She...  Continue Reading

• "I've got a little list"

  Your name probably features on someone's marketing list, or maybe two or three lists, even if you don't know anything about it  Continue Reading

• We-commerce: it's not-to-be-commerce

  Group buying sites seemed like a good idea, but failed to attract much attention. Sun and Microsoft's sites, on the other hand,...  Continue Reading

• Dotcom sell-off

  Starved of investment and burning cash way too quickly, many dotcoms are sinking fast. Could you salvage something from the...  Continue Reading

• A day in the life

  Frances Sharpe, general manager for the UK arm of ASP Network Commerce, spends a gruelling week jet setting around the USA. She...  Continue Reading

• Skills gap is the true enemy of the future of e-business

  Martin Butler says the for e-commerce to blossom the IT skills gap must be filled. This is what hinders e-business not a few...  Continue Reading

• Staff put bosses in jail jeopardy says BSA

  Licensing watchdog the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has warned managing directors that staff are putting them at risk of...  Continue Reading

• In praise of chips

  This week is National Chip Week, but forget processing power - we're talking about the hot and salty variety.  Continue Reading

• Money-obsessed gadget lovers?

  They are obsessed with money, opportunistic and love buying new gadgets. That is the average IT contractor, according to research...  Continue Reading

• Canteen's comeback gives food for thought

  Canteens used to be dingy, unfriendly places that served up the worst of British food. They were the adult's version of the...  Continue Reading

• E-envoy's office seeks to break down barriers

  The e-envoy's industry director explains his role and objectives.  Continue Reading

• What can Sun One offer business?

  Sun Microsystems last month announced the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun One), its new software strategy and rival to Microsoft's...  Continue Reading

• Loneliness of long-distance shopping

  Rather like kicking a man when he's down, it has become all too easy to have a pop at B2C e-commerce. But beyond the present...  Continue Reading

• Hidden eyes and ears are the secret of team success

  Our future is now decided by what people think we do, and how they believe we do it. What we do is irrelevant.  Continue Reading

• Whitehall fudges Net regulation

  There is great debate behind the scenes about how to implement the Government's controversial RIP Act. Scaremongers are realising...  Continue Reading

• IT superpowers' feud jumps up a gear

  I had thought the battle between Microsoft and Sun over what is Java and what is not would roll on for a while longer  Continue Reading

• Privacy, what privacy?

  Just when we thought we'd seen the end to computer privacy issues, we stumble across three highly controversial flash points that...  Continue Reading

• Motivate don't denigrate

  From an IT leadership and service perspective, much can be learned, and achieved, from exploring people's similarities.  Continue Reading

• Agencies will lose out

  Over two-thirds of IT managers polled in this week's Computer Weekly/Harvey Nash Big Question poll would like to take advantage...  Continue Reading

• Who is riding the wave of clueless hype?

  There is something horribly wrong with the computer industry. A look at Corel, the Canadian software house, will illustrate what...  Continue Reading

• Sweat your intellectual assets

  But to manage your intellectual assets, first you need to measure them. Victor Anderson reports on how it's being done.  Continue Reading

• I like where I work because...

  We get Owen Street's thoughts on working at Merrill Lynch in London  Continue Reading

• Raising the stakes on Net betting

  The gambling industry is an excellent example of an industry that is highly responsive to customer needs, inventive and quick to...  Continue Reading

• Welcome to the old economy

  It is time to man the lifeboats for an increasing number of dotcoms; and some senior executives over in the US are definitely...  Continue Reading

• RSPCA IT chief sees cause to campaign

  With the Commons vote to outlaw hunting with hounds, the RSPCA has recently been in the thick of media attention. I spoke to...  Continue Reading

• Super Hackers: Truth or reality?

  Does the 'super hacker' exist or is it all just myth-making on the part of the press? Two industry specialists give EBR their...  Continue Reading

• Executives quitting dotcoms for safety of bricks and mortar

  New Economy executives are beating a hasty retreat into the familiar world of traditional companies. What impact will this have...  Continue Reading

• Keeping up appearances

  How many websites actually serve the purpose for which they were designed, and how many are just feeble attempts to ride the...  Continue Reading

• Make your vision reality

  It is all very well having a vision, but how do we ensure that everyone understands, and buys into it?  Continue Reading

• Information management is key to local government

  The ability to deliver effective local government in the future is going to depend increasingly on how well information is...  Continue Reading

• Super Love Bug will strike this year

  New versions of the Love Bug e-mail virus with far more devastating payloads are likely to strike IT departments over the next 12...  Continue Reading

• It's a family affair

  On the surface, Building the Information Core looks like the offspring of a marriage between last summer's NHS Plan and a 1998 IT...  Continue Reading

• Kick the constant communication habit

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• Insure all IT assets

  Risks in business, as in life, are always there.  Continue Reading

• We must seize the day amid skills lull

  
  
  John Riley

  john.riley@rbi.co.uk

  Groundswell

  In IT, excellent synergy and flexibility all too often results in...

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• More to B2B than counting e-costs

  The B2B e-commerce sector has an unhealthy pre-occupation with costs. Customers, both on the buying and selling side, are...  Continue Reading

• Plumbing depths to survive the post-PC era

  
  
  Jack Schofield

  Opinion

  Intel and Microsoft are trying hard to generate as much momentum as they can in the consumer electronics...

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• No business model? It's your funeral

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• Countering AOL's behemoth

  By backing Napster, Bertelsmann could create an online rival to AOL/Time Warner  Continue Reading

• There's no turning back now

  Every few years our industry hits a turning point - things change and will never be the same again. They are usually pretty...  Continue Reading

• Any truth in the sooth I say?

  Last year's dotcom rationalisation made a laughing stock of e-commerce, but the way we do business is changing. Mark Lewis makes...  Continue Reading

• Guilty until proven innocent in the eyes of the BSA

  Simon Moores bemoans the heavy hadnedness of self-appointed software police  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

• 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

• Why security must come first

  Keeping your site secure should be your first New Year's resolution, says Glyn Moody  Continue Reading

• Silicon Valley hot shots take the flak for bad times

  Stephen Phillips in San Francisco reports on how adulation has turned to anger  Continue Reading

• Win 2000 outsells NT

  Sales of Windows 2000 will outnumber sales of Windows NT by 1.7 million in the fourth quarter  Continue Reading

• Cybercops should resist seven-year itch

  
  
  We told you the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP)Act was a bad idea and now here's the proof. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has...  Continue Reading

• A Tablet may not be enough to cure this headache

  
  
  Jack Schofield

  Everyone can do something nobody else can: read their own handwriting. This task requires a tremendous amount of processing...

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• Ethical Hacker: Gotcha!

  Someone was spending hours every night hacking his friend's PC. Call the ISP? No. For Sten Kalenda the fun was just beginning  Continue Reading

• Don't become a .com

  Glyn Moody muses on the dearth of domain names and takes a look at the expanded services now on offer from the likes of Tesco and...  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery solutions

  A good disaster recovery solution is essential - especially if your IT department is one man band.  Continue Reading

• Funding bonanza has come to an end

  The technology sell-off has seen massive shifts in company fortunes, leaving some clinging to shares worth only a fraction of their previous value.  Continue Reading

• Profit warnings hit confidence in services sector

  Sema's profit warning last week was another unwelcome piece of news in the IT services market and has hit stock market confidence...  Continue Reading