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RSS researchRestructure pays dividends for Rebus
News Research indicates that it is not well served by IT. UK computer software and services company Rebus has announced a leap in operating profits. Its year-end results showed a profit growth of 54 per cent to £8.7m. [06 Jul 1998]
Users warned to stay away from Windows 98
News Anne Powell, research director at DataPro, explained: "Mass migration to a new operating system should never have gone ahead without complete testing being done. PC customers are being advised to hold back from upgrading... [03 Jul 1998]
Amazon.com muscles into Europe
News Jonathan Steel, chief executive of research and business consultancy at the Bathwick Group, said: "In Europe, Amazon is a tremendously powerful brand name which will stamp out WHSmith and Waterstones. [03 Jul 1998]
Network set up to fight back against biological warfare
News Defence research group, Sandia Laboratories, has set up pilot trials between rural hospitals in Russia and New Mexico to share research on a new chronic illness, Hepatitis-C. The US government is funding... [03 Jul 1998]
BBC and Microsoft in European WebTV trial
News Mike Welsh of Inteco research group said: "Microsoft plus BBC is a powerful branding combination which could certainly boost WebTV product uptake". The BBC has joined Microsoft's WebTV company to launch the first... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: Intelligent agents create ecommerce price wars
News Intelligent software agents will turn online commerce into a boom and bust economy, according to research from IBM. Watson Research Centre, said that intelligent agents were programmed by consumers to... [02 Jul 1998]
ARM shares continue on upward trend
News However, Mitul Nehta, senior European research manager at Frost and Sullivan, said: "At this point in time, this is just another deal. Shares in chip designer, ARM have continued their meteoric rise this week, just two... [01 Jul 1998]
School Internet project proves a hit
News The project is also steered by Ultralab - the Anglia University-based IT research unit - and The New Millennium Experience Company. SchoolNet 2000 - the UK's largest Internet education project to date - has attracted... [01 Jul 1998]
IT workers suffer high stress levels
News The research comes from a sample of 115 organisations with workforces of between 500 to 5,000 employees. The IT sector is the most stressful environment to work in, according to a report to be published by Cyborg... [01 Jul 1998]
Dublin to get Media Lab?
News Media Lab is the US's foremost centre for research into a wide range of information technologies. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is reportedly planning to open a branch of its Media Lab in Dublin, Ireland. [01 Jul 1998]
Web technology pays, but chaos looms
News The research was conducted in conjunction with The Open Group, a vendor-neutral consortium of more than 200 members with combined information technology budgets of more than $55bn (£34bn) annually. Companies can get... [01 Jul 1998]
Canon turns down IBM printer offer
News IDC's European peripherals senior research analyst, Julio Vial, favours Hewlett-Packard (HP) as a front runner for the takeover. Japanese printer company Canon admitted today that it was offered IBM's $2bn printer... [30 Jun 1998]
Symantec buys into cloning
News Symantec has thrown $27.5m (£17.2m) behind cloning technology, buying New Zealand-based developer Binary Research. Binary Research pioneered the technology and Symantec will put global sales and support... [30 Jun 1998]
Muller alights on lean client solution
News Nick Gorringe, research and development manager at basilica computing, the St Albans-based reseller which carried out the lean client implementation, explained Muller had several reasons for choosing the NCD products... [30 Jun 1998]
Psion beats Microsoft to Ericsson and Nokia deal
News Some observers were surprised that Microsoft's Windows CE platform wasn't selected by the equipment manufacturers, but Theresa Torris, director of European new media analysis at Forrester Research, told NMTV: "Epoc is a... [30 Jun 1998]
