IT services april 2000
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News RPC, or remote procedure call, is a protocol applications use to request services from programs on another computer in a network. The DNS and RPC warning comes days after Microsoft issued its April... [13 Apr 2007]
Police crack down on dodgy data
Case Study Graham Dawson, head of information services at Humberside Police said the new data system enabled the force to quickly establish where the data-quality problems were and to fix them. The system had been running within... [09 Nov 2006]
Radioactive: Toddler telephony taps parental paranoia
Comment The mobile phone industry is tapping into this fear through mobile services which include tracking. Its MVNO service, which was finally launched in April after being touted for some time, is centred on... [15 May 2006]
Delayed national MOT database finally completed
News The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Vosa) awarded the 10-year £230m private finance initiative (PFI) contract to Siemens Business Services (SBS) back in 2000 with the aim of... [07 Apr 2006]
Photos: MOT database targets illegal cars
Photo The 10-year £230m private finance initiative (PFI) contract was awarded by the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (Vosa) to Siemens Business Services (SBS) in 2000. Vosa began linking... [07 Apr 2006]
AOL co-founder steps down as ISP plans comeback
News In April he launched an investment company called Revolution that makes investments in healthcare and media companies as well as resorts and wellness centres. In August it launched a new portal that will... [01 Nov 2005]
Lib Dems set sights on IR35
News IR35 came into force in April 2000 to tackle the problem of people who provided services through limited companies as a means of avoiding tax. The organisation has also asserted that... [03 Oct 2005]
MOT computerisation PFI project delayed again
News The first garages finally went live with the system in April this year but the government has now admitted it will not reach all 18,500 MOT garages until the end of March next year at the earliest. The... [22 Jun 2005]
5 years ago: Marks & Spencer to sell cars online
News 26.10.99 A European web start-up has received high-profile backing from Marks & Spencer Financial Services, Andersen Consulting and venture capitalists Atlas Ventures in its bid to sell discounted cars online. [26 Oct 2004]
Symantec nabs anti-spam firm Brightmail for $370m
News Once known mostly for its Norton antivirus tools, Symantec is expanding to provide a variety of security software, services and hardware. In its fourth fiscal quarter, ended 2 April, Symantec reported a... [20 May 2004]
5 years ago... DTI delays mobile licence auction
News The protracted 3G licence auction eventually concluded in April 2000 with the mobile operators paying a collective £22.5bn to the UK government. Five years later and the rollout of 3G... [27 Jan 2004]
Silicon Valley hit by outsourcing protests
News According to research firm Gartner, more than 300 of the Fortune 500 firms tap IT services companies in India to run their data centers and call centers. Brainstorm Group held an outsourcing conference... [17 Sep 2003]
£2m credit card fraud masterminded by IT worker
News Sunil Mahtani, 26, from Watford pleaded guilty last week at Middlesex Guildhall crown court to two counts of conspiracy to defraud central clearing banks and other financial institutions between April 1998 and September... [08 Sep 2003]
Outsourcing and offshoring - consultants look to fill their boots
Comment McGuire's firm traditionally has worked on deals in which companies hooked up with a domestic-services provider. As CEO of NeoIT, a consulting firm that helps companies outsource some operations overseas, Vashistha has... [27 May 2003]
Microsoft sets release date for Windows Server 2003
News Microsoft has set 12 March as the release to manufacture date for the new versions of its server operating system, paving the way for a shipping date of 29 April. April's operating system launch will see... [24 Feb 2003]
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