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Friday 6 October 2000

BT braced for change

Has BT finally woken up to the harsh criticism that's been levelled at it of late? Looks like it. The company's FD, Robert Brace, resigned today and commentators have been quick to cite the telco's recent poor performance as the major factor behind his decision.

PST realises two-year project with JustXS.com

Inventory management company PST, which built a business on helping IT manufacturers and their channel partners shift slow moving stock, has launched JustXS.com.

EC plays it straight in bid for dot-eu

Dot-eu domain names should be managed by a specially created, not-for-profit organisation in order to avoid accusations of hypocrisy, according to a proposal released today by European Commission advisors.

BT finance director quits amid share price pressure

Robert Brace, group finance director at BT, has resigned from his position at the UK telco, stepping down from the board.

Users warned off buying bogus URLs

The issuer of new top-level domain names (TLDs) has warned companies not to buy URLs that have not yet been authorised and are being touted by unscrupulous registrars.

E-envoy: Looking for a career change?

The vacant e-envoy position is set to be advertised in this weekend's Sunday Times.

Fraud charges see former Informix executive indicted

A former top European sales executive at database software company Informix has been indicted for fraud offences committed between 1994 and 1997.

Orange ups investment in North East with call centre

Orange has announced plans to open a call centre in the North East creating 1,500 new jobs.

ERP: Yesterday's news

Enterprise resource planning - better known as ERP - was once hot. Now the market has cooled, and its purveyors are largely positioning themselves as broad, ebusiness software providers. Suzi Kerridge asks how well they're doing...

Of mice, MPs and money

MPs' faith in the government's ability to meet its internet goals has declined in the last six months.

Nortel gives Lastminute speech

Lastminute.com and Nortel Networks have agreed a deal to use voice recognition software to take phone orders.

Oftel opens internet access review

UK telecoms regulator Oftel has started a major review of the dial-up internet access market.

World Online upgrades network

Consumer and business ISP World Online is spending £50m on a British broadband network.

Maxtor purchase will create disk drive giant

US storage specialist Maxtor is to buy Quantum's Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Group in a deal valued at $2.3bn.

The Best of 'Reader Comments': Smartcards, e-marketplaces and Apple

Each week silicon.com is inundated with comments from you, our readers. Here are the best from the last seven days...

Computacenter opts out of deal with Compel

Computacenter has pulled out of the purchase of rival Compel proposed in June of this year when it valued the company at £85m.

Portillo calls for BT break-up

Shadow UK Chancellor Michael Portillo has called for BT to be broken up to end what he reportedly referred to as one of 'the old monpolies'.

Morning Edition 06.10.00

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