IT workers
RSS IT workersOntrack says loss of data linked to company mobility
News Ontrack claims a large percentage of these calls are from mobile workers. Ben Allen, country manager of Ontrack Europe, believes mobile workers are particularly at risk because they often fail to back-up... [25 Nov 1999]
Minority Mannesmann shareholders snub Vodafone bid
News Hong Kong investment group, Hutchison Whampoa - which owns a 10 per cent stake in Mannesmann - and US workers union, AFL-CIO, have turned down the £74bn bid. Two minority shareholders in German firm, Mannesmann, have... [24 Nov 1999]
BT call centre staff hang-up over working conditions
News BT yesterday endured its first day of industrial action for 13 years when Communications Workers Unions members at 37 call centres across the country walked out on strike. One of the striking workers... [22 Nov 1999]
I just called to say you're not working hard enough
Comment The Communications Workers Union (CWU), which is backing the strike, said it is unhappy with the unprecedented levels of monitoring, oppressive management and unrealistic performance targets set by the... [22 Nov 1999]
Indus launches corporate VPN in Europe
News Indus River Networks has come to Europe to launch RiverWorks, its Enterprise-class Virtual Private Network (EVPN) aimed at reducing the dial-up costs for remote workers. Lori Sylvia, product manager at Indus River, said... [17 Nov 1999]
BT staff poised for strike action
News BT is facing its first strike since the mid-80s after up to 4,000 Communications Workers Union members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action. Workers at 37 call centres for 150 and 151 calls are... [14 Nov 1999]
Microsoft finally makes good on ASP promises
News He believed typical customers will be SMEs or branches of larger organisations and workers who spend a lot of time on the road. Microsoft has finally announced details of its long-awaited Application Service Provision... [09 Nov 1999]
Industry to lobby politicians as final reckoning nears for IR35
News However, those opposing the proposed legislation claim it will mean a braindrain as skilled IT workers quit the UK to avoid the extra tax burden. An alliance of IT... [02 Nov 1999]
IT could derail NatWest/Bank of Scotland takeover
News NatWest has announced it will cut retail jobs by 10,000 and to make a further 1,000 head-office workers and 650 corporate bankers redundant - if shareholders reject the Bank of Scotland's bid. NatWest is... [28 Oct 1999]
Lotusphere 99: Papows unveils knowledge management suite
News The suite includes a translation tool that allows users to communicate in different languages in real-time, and allows skill-based searches for co-workers through an automatically updated database. Lotus CEO Jeff Papows... [27 Oct 1999]
Sophos software launched in D-Fence of mobile workforce
News Security specialist Sophos has launched data protection software aimed at remote workers running on Windows NT. The software, called D-Fence, secures data on a laptop hard drive, including boot files, operating system... [22 Oct 1999]
IT industry left fuming over IR35 revisions
News While one person service companies in various sectors will be affected, workers in IT, engineering and the media will be most affected as professions such as law and accountancy usually require... [26 Sep 1999]
UK Probation Service forced to rebuild computer systems
News Representatives of probation workers say the front-end of the system is causing all the problems - being impossible to navigate, slow to use and riddled with bugs. UNISON said it had heard countless... [26 Sep 1999]
BT hails success of teleworking scheme
News Neil McLocklin, head of BT's Workstyle Consultancy Group, told Silicon.com that over 2,000 employees had taken up the offer during July, bringing the company's total number of home-contracted workers up to 3,500. [24 Aug 1999]
Technofear strikes UK workers
News UK workers are more insecure about their job prospects than at any time in the last 50 years - and technology is largely to blame. According to a report published today by the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge... [23 Aug 1999]
