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Comment One of our earliest priorities was to support our case with as much documentation as possible. Every Easter, I used to take a couple of leisurely weeks holiday, spending time with the kids and getting involved in lots of... [23 Apr 1999]
EDS picks up $466m Italian energy deal
News The services giant will provide a range of high-tech systems to streamline ENI's business processes and reduce costs. In a statement EDS said it plans to provide a data centre, client server operations, desk-side... [26 Mar 1999]
A Budget for entrepreneurs?
Comment The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch a Small Business Service this autumn to distribute £100m of new money to high-tech start-up companies over the next three years - and to offer guarantees to other... [19 Mar 1999]
IBM takes Linux on board
News IBM is expected to announce licensing deals with several top Linux distributors, including Caldera Systems, Red Hat, SuSE and Pacific Hi-Tech. The company is also expected to add Linux support to its... [18 Feb 1999]
V&A gets high-tech boost
News The first is for the procurement, support and maintenance of voice and data communications between the museum's disparate buildings on a Web-enabled network. London's Victoria & Albert museum (V&A) is planning to... [18 Feb 1999]
Scottish Parliament will have high-tech flavour
News Provision of IT systems support for all Parliamentary members and online access for the public is also being proposed. The UK government has confirmed that the new Scottish Parliament will use electronic voting. [20 Jan 1999]
IT clusters face rough reception
News Peter Mandelson's plans to create high-tech centres of excellence in the UK are likely to run into trouble with environmental groups. A Department of Trade and Industry spokesman said the report will identify where... [14 Dec 1998]
Network monitoring given cold shoulder
News The survey - conducted by Hi-Tech Marketing - discovered that over three quarters of the 50 IT and network managers questioned believe that their companies do not consider network monitoring mission-critical. [08 Dec 1998]
Ireland opens up telecoms market to competition
News There are a lot of high-tech companies and tele-centres to support the growth of ecommerce [in Ireland]. The Irish telecommunications market opens up today as full deregulation finally comes into effect. [30 Nov 1998]
IT chiefs beaten in City Challenge
News Sadly, IT heavyweights were beaten by non-tech teams in the Cisco City Challenge, held over the weekend in London. Competitors from Cisco, Keltec, Azlan and Internet Work Support gave their best, but 3i... [19 Oct 1998]
BBC World Service shelves publishing system
News The BBC's Bush House newsroom has shelved its high-tech electronic news publishing system (ENPS) and reverted back to using the old system - Edit. This week the journalists gained NUJ support to boycott... [30 Sep 1998]
Why Linux is a safe bet for business
Comment Don't dismiss the communal OS as some sort of tech-head initiative. Paying specifically for support puts you in control, because you are free to take your custom elsewhere - unlike traditional customer... [03 Aug 1998]
