home working
RSS home workingBT send its workers home
News They have had some of their internal sales staff working from home for a while, so they know what the potential cost savings could be," he said. BT is hoping to persuade 10 per cent of its UK... [12 May 1999]
Lucent and Epigram draw up home networking standard
News Lucent Technologies is working with US start-up Epigram on a standard for the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA). Mike Wolf, an analyst at Cahners In-Stat Group, said: "Lucent collaborating... [31 Mar 1999]
UK directors mobilise their workforce
News The majority of the UK's top directors rate mobile working as an important business issue - but only 24 per cent have discussed it at board level, according to the latest Mori poll. The results show directors are... [29 Mar 1999]
NAO report criticises Immigration Service and Siemens
News Home Office minister Mike O'Brien said the IND is "working hard with Siemens to implement an action plan to get back on track". The UK government's spending watchdog has criticised the Immigration... [24 Mar 1999]
Schoolgirl stuns IT security world
News Paddy Holahan, VP Business development at Baltimore Technologies, a Dublin-based security firm, said: "Sarah did work experience with us last year, where she was inspired by our founder, Matthew Purser, to get working on... [13 Jan 1999]
Wal-Mart accuses Amazon.com of stealing trade secrets
News The world's largest retailer wants its home town court - Benton, Arkansas - to issue a temporary injunction against Amazon.com's sales systems. Unions have been holding strikes in Benton this month in protest at... [20 Dec 1998]
Teleworking gets vote of confidence from UK workers
News Mark Gee, marketing director of Internet and networking at Motorola, explained that there has been a cultural change towards teleworking n Europe over the last few years - with the majority of people now viewing it as a legitimate way of... [09 Nov 1998]
The Millennium bug - what's it all about?
Comment He has a fare to pick up at a specific time, but the car clock isn't working, as it is not Y2K-compliant, so he sees the wrong time. Meanwhile, his wife is sat at home in the dark due to a temporary blip... [01 Nov 1998]
Boots home shopping benefits from Logica software
News The company is working on other home shopping projects and this could lead to online versions at some point," she said. Logica has won a contract with Boots The Chemist to automate its forthcoming... [14 Oct 1998]
Shiva gets under the sheets at Waterloo station
News For example, in the US there are a number of states where they give companies significant tax incentives for the number of employees they have working at home," Crocker said. The company tucked a... [01 Oct 1998]
Microwave doubles as Net window
News NCR is working with Barclays Bank to provide home banking via the kitchen appliance. The kitchen is obviously the place in any home to read your email and do your banking, it said.... [11 Sep 1998]
Small UK firms urged to go back to nature
News But he admitted that small companies are the most likely to move to the countryside as it "is virtually working from home". As well as the commercial benefits, the campaign hopes to promote the lifestyle... [04 Sep 1998]
Analysts predict faltering Unisource after AT&T pull-out
News Company spokesman, Cees Steijger, told Silicon: "Unisource has been doing more than just working with AT&T. That would be a problem when it comes to keeping hold of multinationals based in their home... [28 Jul 1998]
Motorola buys stake in Neoware
News Some companies need to give staff friendlier working environments and access to the Internet, while keeping costs down. This may also lead Motorola into the set-top box market when Internet access in the... [26 Jun 1998]
Technologies Time Forgot: Commodore 64
Comment This makes it the most popular 8-bit home computer in the world and it's not hard to understand why. This substantial offering was backed up by a meaty power supply that was always on top of the job (unlike many others)... [24 Dec 1982]
