management
RSS managementUK robot specialist signs $10m deal with US firm
News US Pharmaceuticals company Bristol Myers-Squib (BMS) has unveiled a $10m inventory management system from a company based in Cambridge. Automation Partnership's (AP) Haystack compound inventory... [08 Oct 1998]
Rebol simplifies Web scripting
News Typical Rebol applications might include Web site building and maintenance, ecommerce, file transfer, list management, newsgroup processing, email filtering and Web searches. The man who designed the Amiga operating... [08 Oct 1998]
PeopleSoft beats rivals to £2m water contract
News Tony Davies, head of utilities business unit at PeopleSoft, said: "Like any other company, but specifically utilities, WSW was suffering from poor management of information. PeopleSoft has beaten off competition from two... [07 Oct 1998]
BT secures digital signatures
News The management software, launched today, joins two other products in BT's Trustwise suite: secure server certificates and personal digital certificates. The management suite includes software for... [07 Oct 1998]
Managers consider buyout of NatSemi plant
News Executives at the National Semiconductor chip plant in Greenock, Scotland are reported to be considering a management buyout of the facility. The management syndicate plans to raise the financing for the... [07 Oct 1998]
Veritas buys Seagate Software
News Commenting on the deal, Veritas CEO, Mark Leslie, said: "The merger will form a company with an unprecedented range of products and immediate market leadership in four strategic storage management software areas: backup... [06 Oct 1998]
Bill Gates' local council opts for Linux
News Although the council runs a Microsoft LAN, it decided to switch to a Linux-based document management system from Caldera as a cheap and efficient solution. Microsoft chief, Bill Gates, has unwittingly given the Linux... [05 Oct 1998]
Knowledge management hailed as the next big thing
News Knowledge management is the key to business and IT convergence, according to the author of the latest report from Ovum. Eric Woods, said: "Although it will become central to IT strategy, knowledge... [01 Oct 1998]
Cisco launches European ecommerce division
News Through partnerships with leading management consultants, systems integrators and ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), IBSG develops customer solutions and delivers an accelerated consulting approach. [30 Sep 1998]
Intergraph to supply Suffolk police system
News The system, called Polaris, will be used for incident and resource management by collecting caller data from all 999 calls. Suffolk Police Authority has awarded Intergraph Public Safety (UK) a £1.3m contract to supply a... [30 Sep 1998]
BBC World Service shelves publishing system
News However, the NUJ spokesman added: "They are talking to the management about improving the system, so a resolution could be found more quickly than that. The BBC's Bush House newsroom has shelved its high-tech electronic... [30 Sep 1998]
RM picks up UK school intranet contract
News South Lanarkshire Council has awarded a £5m contract to solutions provider, RM for the provision and management of an intranet for 21 secondary schools under its jurisdiction. The five year contract will include... [29 Sep 1998]
Symantec swallows up Intel's anti-virus arm
News Symantec claims it will retain support for existing Intel customers after the Norton anti-virus engine and Intel's Lan Desk Management Suite have been merged. Symantec has bought Intel's anti-virus business for an... [29 Sep 1998]
IMI and i2 form defensive alliance
News ERP vendors are now seeing that supply chain management is important and they are focusing on this. Software vendors IMI and i2 Technologies have joined forces to try and fend off the advances of the rapidly growing ERP... [28 Sep 1998]
Microsoft launches embedded Windows NT
News The software giant says new system will have added features, such as remote management and the ability to start up from flash memory. Microsoft is taking on the embedded system market with the launch its first version of... [28 Sep 1998]
