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RSS peersAll talk: can Orange keep the future bright?
Comment Orange may call that future bright but, along with its peers, it admits it doesn't know for sure quite what form it will take as 3G and in-between 2.5G technologies are introduced. With the IPO pricing of what some... [22 Jan 2001]
silicon.com e-tail survey: Seasonal cheer for pure play dot-coms
Comment Now, almost exactly 12 months after upstart AOL announced its landmark deal with old Time Warner, the tide has turned and we should expect more old economy companies buying their new economy peers this year. [05 Jan 2001]
A year in review: The 'Snooping' Bill
News Under the leadership of Conservative spokesman Lord Cope - who later won a privacy award for his work - peers forced changes to the legislation, including putting the onus back on the police to prove if encryption keys... [22 Dec 2000]
Progress Software to release open source code
News The new version (9.1B) will allow participants to promote their own developments in a forum with their peers. Under an open source licensing model, the Progress Open Source Software Exchange, Progress has allowed... [15 Dec 2000]
Tory peer picks up surprise privacy award
News Lord Cope, with the help of other peers like Liberal Democrat Lord McNally, pushed through a number of key amendments to the Bill during its passage through the House of Lords. An old-school Tory may not have been an... [05 Dec 2000]
Lucent needs lucidity, or it'll be Schacted
Comment A man who is one year past his retirement age, who has proved everything he needs to prove to himself and to his business peers. Now the former chairman and chief executive, 66-year old Henry Schacht, is at the helm and... [23 Oct 2000]
Why honesty is the best policy
Comment But one thing he said would make many of his peers shiver - he claimed he was going to be more open in the future, and tell people about the cock-ups he and his colleagues make. At the IT Directors' Forum earlier this... [07 Aug 2000]
Siemens takes on Napster mantle
News Think B2B collaboration between peers in the supply chain, or direct knowledge exchange within enterprises. Industry heavyweight Siemens is spinning-off a new venture called WebV2 in the hope of exploiting Napster-like... [04 Aug 2000]
Mr Pragmatist, meet Mr Idealist
Comment While a number of Taylor's peers obliged with references to "ecommerce", "ebusiness" and "using IT to drive the business forward", as many again gave more prosaic responses - completing current projects, eking more money... [02 Aug 2000]
'Snooping Bill' enters last lap as opposition unites
News The reading marks the last chance for opposition peers to force changes to the legislation, following the release of a draft 'code of practice' to accompany the Bill on Monday. Conservative and Liberal Democrat... [12 Jul 2000]
Vodafone's Chris Gent: No need for rainmakers in the UK?
Comment However, peers in the same business as him - some even at companies now in the Vodafone stable - have had greater windfalls in return for brokering deals which pale into insignificance compared with the $176bn Mannesmann... [11 Jul 2000]
Shareholders rise against £10m Gent bonus
News A source close to the situation at Vodafone said the payment of the bonus was merely to bring Gent's salary in line with industry peers. Vodafone is facing a potential shareholder revolt over the payment of a £10m bonus... [10 Jul 2000]
Lords maul 'Snooping Bill'
News During a five and a half-hour debate peers discussed 48 amendments to the first eleven clauses of the Bill. According to Lord Cope the most controversial clauses have yet to be debated, but opposition... [13 Jun 2000]
Surveys report conflicting results for e-executive pay
News In stark comparison, a second study by Hay management consultancy found that e-executives were paid 40 per cent more than their peers in traditional organisations. Two surveys published this week show conflicting trends... [31 May 2000]
silicon.com says no to Snooping Bill
Comment We'll be contacting peers directly and raising awareness in the wider media.silicon.com believes this Bill should not go through. 'Snooping Bill slammed by silicon.com viewers'; 'Why the wire-tap Bill mustn't rest in... [26 May 2000]
