Archive - 29 Nov 2000
Dodgy dealings tarnish IT industry
The reputations of IT companies have taken a knock of late. Lernout & Hauspie admitted this month to...
Exclusive: Orange customers shut out by systems downtime
Orange's customer service systems are still down today following a technical failure on Monday.
Sema director tenders resignation on demand
Anglo-French software and consultancy company Sema late today announced that Hartmut Lademacher, the...
B2B standards body dismissed as 'talking shop with no legs'
A body designed to promote B2B technology standards has been dismissed by analysts as a 'talking sho...
IBM UK executive stands accused of insider trading
An executive with IBM UK has been accused of insider trading by the US regulator, but the inside inf...
Local players dominate French top websites
France has more successful homespun portals in the top five than its European counterparts.
BT loses technology head
Peter Cochrane, chief technologist at beleaguered BT, is leaving the telco to join incubator Concept...
L&H last-ditch debt talks
Beleaguered Belgian voice recognition developers Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) are this week to make an an...
Microsoft ecommerce server ready for manufacture
The Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, an ecommerce development and management system, has been release...
Lastminute loses it again
Online travel site lastminute.com has suffered another website crash.
IBM privacy officer to tackle data misuse
IBM has appointed its first chief privacy officer, in response to increasing concerns over the misus...
Bertelsmann negotiates to rent UMTS network
German media giant Bertelsmann is looking to rent a UMTS network to distribute its content and is ne...
French internet remains a male domain
The young male executive is still the dominant surfer on the internet in France, according to Fabien...
World Bank President backs internet as force for change
The President of the World Bank believes the internet will play a pivotal role in the way developing...
Sema director faces uncertain future as shares slide
Shares of Anglo-French software company Sema slid further this morning as the company considers the ...
Cost-cutting advertising e-marketplace launches
Adictive, an e-marketplace for web advertising has launched today with the aim of targeting small an...
iAnywhere and Ericsson partner for mobile banking solutions
iAnywhere, the mobile subsidiary of Sybase, and Ericsson today announced a partnership with Swedbank...
Ecommerce consultancy iXL cuts back in Europe
Ecommerce and web consultancy iXL has dropped its global ambitions, is to cut 850 jobs and retreat t...
Telefonica enlists equipment providers for Spanish UMTS
Telefonica Moviles has picked two more equipment providers to help roll out its UMTS infrastructure ...
Nasdaq: Lowest level in a year
Nasdaq fell 5 per cent yesterday, giving the index its lowest close since 28 October 1999, 43 per ce...
Madonna hits a high note with live webcast
The live webcast of popstar Madonna's first UK gig in seven years received a record-breaking interne...
OECD sees future of developing countries in open telecoms
Developing countries must free up telecommunications and encourage foreign investment if they want t...
Snook departs and the conflicting online fortunes of King and 'Queen'
The Financial Times, amongst others, reports on the departure of CEO Hans Snook from mobile p...
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