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RSS cultureKnowledge management hailed as the next big thing
News It spans traditional areas such as database management, datawarehousing and network structuring but extends to working practices and culture. Knowledge management is the key to business and IT convergence, according to... [01 Oct 1998]
Bloor predicts culture change driven by ecommerce
News Industry guru, Robin Bloor, has predicted ecommerce will spell the end of the nation state. In an exclusive interview with Silicon.com, Bloor previewed his eRoad report, out early next month. It offers a vision of a world where... [25 Sep 1998]
Net consultancy warns of massive white collar redundancies
News We have a toolkit of strategies for changing that kind of culture. The UK's first Internet consultancy made its debut yesterday with a horrifying set of statistics about the decline of traditional customer services. [24 Sep 1998]
Manufacturing union leader calls for more IT investment
News In a report from the national press, Lyons called for the creation of a manufacturing taskforce to encourage investment into high-tech capabilities and to stamp out the culture of 'short-termism' common in companies from... [16 Sep 1998]
Nortel talks up future with Bay
News Dave House, former Bay Networks CEO and now Nortel president, claimed the telecoms culture of fault tolerance which Nortel has traditionally dealt with will not be a problem for Bay. Barely a day after completing its... [02 Sep 1998]
In brief: Cybergold patents online 'attention brokerage'
News Cybergold claims the marketing tool has been created for the Internet and emerging cyber-culture. An Internet marketing start-up claims it has cornered what it calls the 'attention market'. Cybergold pays users to view... [25 Aug 1998]
Charity and government department fund library link-up
News A private, family-run charity and the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have made available almost £3m to link up public libraries nationwide. The Public Libraries Challenge Fund, which manages the money... [17 Aug 1998]
Fishmeal company increases Web portfolio
News These are divided up into various sections - culture, chat rooms, areas for women and Spanish speakers, software and a business directory. Zapata - a fishmeal and sausage skin manufacturer - continued its Internet... [06 Aug 1998]
Freedom of Information Bill faces uncertain future without Clark
News Last week, Derek Foster, former Labour chief whip, said it is "absolutely essential" to change Whitehall's "culture of secrecy". The future of the Freedom of Information Bill hangs in the balance, following yesterday's... [28 Jul 1998]
UK government to pioneer laws for the digital age
News The Department of Trade and Industry and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport jointly published a green paper on the subject this week. The convergence of telecoms and broadcasting will require a fundamental... [24 Jul 1998]
UK government falls behind electronic transactions target
News Assirati told Silicon News: "The key to electronic government is moving the culture from a past where the primary focus is on the role of the department, working within its boundaries, to the priority of serving the... [10 Jul 1998]
UK moves a step closer to freedom of information law
News Rhodri Morgan, chairman of the public select committee campaigning for the Bill, recognised that in order for it to be passed, there will have to be a "change of culture in Whitehall", so "civil servants will not seek to... [08 Jul 1998]
Nortel's purchase of Bay: Milestone or millstone?
Comment Principally, Synoptics and Wellfleet were rivals, and the competitive culture still lingered in the new company. House and Roth admit that the data and telecoms cultures are different, and Nortel may find it difficult to... [06 Jul 1998]
