Archive - 15 Nov 2000
Universal and MP3.com declare $53m truce
Online music distributor MP3.com has paid $53.4m to settle its court case with Universal Music Group...
Linux guru tempted to Caldera
Linux specialists Caldera have poached top Linux expert John Terpstra from rivals Turbolinux, to wor...
Telecoms expert comes to Oftel's defence
Industry analyst Robin Duke-Woolley has defended Oftel, following the tirade of abuse it received at...
Combined BFWA bidding reaches £38m
Bidders in the broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) auction completed six rounds of bidding today,...
The Ovum View (cont'd): When iPlanet starts orbiting Sun...
Get firm commitments before you sign anything...
MSN Europe looking to boost business with automobiles
MSN Europe is looking to partner with European car manufacturers to sell car supplies and services o...
All is not lost for Informix
Struggling database producer Informix has restated its third quarter loss after recalculating lower ...
NatWest nets ICL helpdesk
ICL, the European-centred arm of Fujitsu IT services, has won a three-year contract to provide helpd...
World Online insider dealing probe deepens
Internet service provider World Online is under investigation for insider dealing and publishing fal...
Network card arm of Alteon WebSystems goes to 3Com
3Com has agreed to pay $110m in cash for the Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) business ...
Letsbuyit.com searches for White Knight
Online retailer Letsbuyit.com is looking for a strategic partner to provide funding of $80m to see i...
Oftel spared in BT bashing by independent telcos
Independent telcos today kept up their fire on BT over network access, but spared Oftel after David ...
BT and Vivendi declare a truce of sorts
BT and Vivendi have called a truce after the companies fell out over an alleged breach of shareholde...
E-envoy will focus on e-government, says e-minister
The UK's new e-envoy will focus on turning the government into a sleek ebusiness machine rather than...
Nasdaq in the market for LSE
The US technology exchange, Nasdaq is looking to do a deal with the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
KPMG lands multi-million dollar DSL contract
KPMG Consulting Service Provider Solutions has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provi...
E-envoy candidates lock horns in public
The quest to be the UK's next e-envoy heated up last night as three of the fancied applicants went h...
Serena moves into Europe with UK base
Change management specialist Serena Software is launching a development team in the UK as part of an...
Autonomy Q3 profits exceed expectations
UK-based software developer Autonomy today said turnover was up $14.6m, out-stripping forecasted pre...
Novell wins contract for Cap Gemini MoD project
Network software firm Novell has won a deal with IT consultancy Cap Gemini to provide technology for...
Profits up, revenue down at Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless (C&W) has posted better than expected half-year results today on the back of their ...
DoCoMo profits from Japan's mobile internet market
Japan's love affair with the mobile internet has boosted operator DoCoMo's profits by 22 per cent fo...
Low-level e-security despite high profile attacks
Despite high profile attacks, companies are still not taking e-security seriously, according to rese...
Oftel chief calls for BT execs to be imprisoned; LSE USA OK?
The love affair between Oftel and BT seems to be at an end. Dave Edmonds, the regulator's director g...
Transatlantic Cable: Something in the air
The wireless internet is taking off in the US, but not in the way Europeans might expect. Richard Ba...