Opinion

Opinion

• The implications of ASP

  Amid all the fuss about the announcement of Bill Gates standing down as CEO of Microsoft was a statement that should make the...  Continue Reading

• Ensure your fingers are in the e-pie

  Have you noticed that everyone is involved in a major, hush-hush e-commerce initiative, one that will change the way they do...  Continue Reading

• Users say no to technology giants

  
  
  Most Big Question respondents do not think that they will have to rely on giant combines like AOL/Time Warner to deliver effective e-business...  Continue Reading

• The heart of the matter

  A pioneer of IT in medical practice, Dr Geoff Clayton is now using the Web to fight disease  Continue Reading

• What's Bill plotting?

  Is Bill Gates' assumption of the title chief software architect a genuine move to captain the software giant through stormy seas...  Continue Reading

• Learning from the Man U master

  Managing My Life - My Autobiography Alex Ferguson  Continue Reading

• Making an e-commerce site that is more than a front end

  
  
  John Riley

  Groundswell

  It's all too easy for a star-struck business manager to set up a Web-based front-end ordering system. But,...

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• AOL - a case of of adapting in order to thrive

  
  
  How times change. A couple of years ago, the conventional wisdom was that America Online (AOL) was doomed. Now it is apparently so rich it can afford a...  Continue Reading

• New power for users will negate supplier influence

  
  
  John Riley

  Groundswell

  Government is only as good as the advice it gets. In the case of IT, most of its advice comes from...

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• Training bodies hamstrung by split

  The development of IT skills in the UK has been split between competing national organisations when the industry should be...  Continue Reading

• Times are a-changin'

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• Y2K: the biggest non- event of all time

  Unless someone dies as a result of the Millennium Bug, it's not newsworthy  Continue Reading

• E-business pioneer dies

  
  
  John Riley

  Viscount Chelmsford, a champion and pioneer of e-commerce in the UK over the past 20 years, died just before Christmas....

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• Law fetters e-revolution

  
  
  Andrew Hilton

  Soapbox

  Conventional techie wisdom holds that the Internet is sweeping everything before it. But the technological...

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• Death knell will toll for high street shopping as e-economy takes off

  
  
  Simon Moores

  Opinion

  I call it "the digital dilemma". The quiet seaside town where I spent this Christmas is under threat. The...

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• The future of IT, not!

  The future is not what it used to be if some of the great predictions of the late 20th century are anything to go by, writes...  Continue Reading

• Lotus has smart way to merge data

  Lotus is next week expected to lift the lid on a new generation of software which analysts say could revolutionise the way firms...  Continue Reading

• Administering the antidote to office politics

  
  
  David Taylor

  Inside Track

  People will only work their hardest when they actually want to. Carrots and sticks both play their part...

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• Lax security threatens future of UK e-commer

  Poor security could jeopardise UK e-commerce  Continue Reading

• Who wants to be a millionaire?

  The First Tuesday Christmas party reveals potential weaknesses  Continue Reading

• Find the time for IT

  
  
  Ian Mitchell

  City Briefing

  It's traditional at this time of year to consider the year ahead. So, how will 2000 be for the IT...

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• Will the new millennium see the death of the IT director?

  There are few job descriptions as varied and diverse as those of IT directors. Some will follow the traditional route, and focus on the technology first. Others will focus on the business and its future  Continue Reading

• Reaping the rewards of your Y2K fix

  
  
  John Riley

  Groundswell

  Senior IT staff members emerging bleary eyed from their Y2K bunkers this week are finding that the...

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• White Paper: New perspectives: art and design in the digital age

  Digital technology is transitory and has a non-object status. It allows for instant and multiple distribution, and is...  Continue Reading

• Case Study: High-end desktop PCs

  One of the world’s largest fund management companies has increased employees’ productivity by deploying high performance Pentium...  Continue Reading

• Ericsson Colorado and Yukon routers with Newbridge Networks MainStreet 3612, 3630 and 3608 platforms

  With dealerships in Exeter, Barnstable and Plymouth, Volvo knew it needed a reliable intranet that would support the needs of its...  Continue Reading

• Case Study: The Sara Lee Corporation upgrades its desktop solutions with Ultima Business Systems

  Sara Lee Corporation entrusts its desktop upgrade with solutions provider Ultima Business Systems and finds it a painless one  Continue Reading

• Case Study: Sydenham School adopts Thin Client Technology

  Sydenham School was one of the first educational establishments to adopt a Thin Client Network. A few years on and it’s...  Continue Reading

• Master large volumes of data.

  With greater data transferability than DVD-RAM, DVD-Recordable is an interesting choice if you need to store large volumes of...  Continue Reading