Archive - 07 Nov 2000
Web too 'unreliable' to deliver apps on tap, says ASP
A start-up ASP has shunned the internet as a means of delivering applications because it claims the ...
'IT laggard' France no longer lagging, says French minister
France is now on a par with the United States in its production of technology, according to French i...
French court could force Yahoo to block Nazi site
Yahoo! could be blocked from allowing French internet users to access its Nazi relic auction site, a...
IronBridge pits itself against Cisco
A relative newcomer to the networks market has issued a challenge to the biggest player in that aren...
Smartcards - a smart move by Europe?
Europe is at the vanguard of the move towards smartcards and away from magnetic stripe-based media. ...
Colt leaps five per cent on good results
Colt Telecom's shares have had a good day on the stock market following the release of positive fina...
Alcatel answers Peugeot's call for better customer service
French car manufacturer Peugeot has brought in Alcatel to install an internet-based call centre for ...
IT recruitment slowdown ahead
The IT recruitment industry is undergoing a sharp downturn in fortunes following the Y2K watershed, ...
Peoplesoft claims the end is nigh for independent ASPs
Enterprise software firm Peoplesoft announced today it intends to roll out its application hosting s...
Skills shortages and brain drains: Indian high-tech talent
A great many figures have been bandied around about how many more IT workers the UK needs to plug it...
SMEs fear viruses not hackers
Small and medium-sized enterprises are still not taking security seriously enough, according to a su...
AT&T has credit rating cut following split
AT&T's credit rating has been cut by Standard & Poor (S&P), and the company put on warning that it c...
Anglo-American scheme wages war on cyber-crime
UK and US consumer watchdogs are uniting to increase confidence in ecommerce and crack down on web f...
Bright lights of US tempting Asian workers away from UK
The UK's IT skills crisis looks set to deepen, despite efforts to tempt Asian technology professiona...
Lobby calls on government to refuse EC e-trade laws
The UK e-business industry yesterday lobbied the government to reject the latest European Commission...
HomeRF group promotes benefits of home networks
The HomeRF working group has announced organisational changes to promote the benefits of wireless ho...
Broadcom makes $2bn all stock deal for start-up
Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom is to pay more than $2bn in stock for start-up chip manufacturer...
IDC predicts dramatic growth in storage software
Storage software revenue will grow from $5bn in 1999 to $10.4bn in 2004 as storage requirements grow...
Cisco beats the Street
Cisco Systems has beaten Wall Street estimates with its net profit and sales figures for the first q...
Microsoft sells applications to BT Cellnet
BT Cellnet has signed up with Microsoft to provide mobile phone users with applications such as emai...
Transmeta goes from strength to strength pre-IPO
Chip manufacturer Transmeta has beaten Wall Street expectations by raising $273m from a $21 pricing ...
Hague promises to overhaul IR35 and ecommerce acts
William Hague last night promised a Conservative government would review the RIP Act, and pledged to...
Linux slumps, BT break-up and putting wetnose out of its misery
Sales in the all-conquering Linux are down, and guess who's to blame? That's right, it's those pesky...
Commerce One rejects e-marketplace standards
Commerce One has turned its back on the search for standards for emarketplaces. Instead the company ...
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