uk in comment and analysis
Free ISPs vs AOL: who will have the last laugh?
Comment The latest jockeying for position in the UK Internet service provider (ISP) market will only have an impact on home users and small businesses as consumers of Internet services. This approach would be good news for many... [17 May 1999]
Fool's Gold: Are Internet stocks really worth it?
Comment Dr Gordon Edge, chairman of the Generics Group and veteran UK entrepreneur, told Silicon.com: "Many Internet stocks are overpriced, but not overvalued. But Damon Oldcom, managing director of PhoneMe UK,... [11 May 1999]
Why printers matter
Comment He said the UK printer market (a definition which includes the people who buy them) "lacks focus, lacks interest and lacks expertise". Printers are often seen as the poor relations of the PC, and are quite possibly the... [07 May 1999]
Text book learning: Can teachers cope with the IT burden?
Comment Forget borrowed laptops - teachers in the UK now have access to a £230m fund which should make sure they know how to use them, and are proficient enough to pass that knowledge on to their pupils. The New Opportunities... [29 Apr 1999]
CRM: More than just a pretty acronym?
Comment As Jacky Olivier, head of Cap Gemini's UK telecoms business, points out: "We all just used to be subscribers in the eyes of telcos, but now we're customers. At the beginning of April, Lucent Technologies paid $145m for... [27 Apr 1999]
Linux: Fighting for support from the board
Comment He was involved in a hospital information support system (HISS) project when the supplier - CHC - went bust in the UK. They get quoted left, right and centre, which, combined with the might of the Microsoft marketing... [14 Apr 1999]
New Labour, old procurement mistakes?
Comment The UK government unveiled its Modernising Government White Paper this week, and had the technology industry slavering at the mouth over the prospect of more juicy public sector contracts coming up for tender. [01 Apr 1999]
Keeping the data flow alive
Comment The UK's Data Protection Registrar, Elizabeth France, doesn't agree, and says true negotiations are taking place. The talks are stalling because the two sides hold fundamentally different views. The US is pushing hard... [29 Mar 1999]
A Budget for entrepreneurs?
Comment The UK government's 1999 Budget introduced changes in three key areas designed to help entrepreneurs: investment, research and development (R&D) and employee incentives. In the UK, if an entrepreneur... [19 Mar 1999]
Do people really want free Net access?
Comment The ISP market has already become aggressively competitive in the UK since the arrival last autumn of Freeserve, and the added control over retail prices is bound to strengthen that trend. User groups like the Campaign... [17 Mar 1999]
Online finance: why banks have used up their free credits
Comment Over the past three months, Jyra Research has used its Java-based network monitoring technology to assess the speed and reliability of several major UK banking sites, naming and shaming the poorest performers. [10 Mar 1999]
Y2K: What price a Good Samaritan?
Comment First the Americans did it, then the Australians and now Y2K experts in the UK are pushing for it too. This argument no longer holds water, because Australia has a similar culture as the UK and does not... [02 Mar 1999]
Communication is the key: Silicon.com's IT on Board event
Comment David Taylor, president of Certus, an association which aims to raise the profile of IT professionals in the UK, believes that if IT doesn't have a place on the board, businesses will suffer. The strongest messages to... [18 Feb 1999]
Training up for the business of IT
Comment Silicon.com's poll on the training of IT professionals in the UK threw up some surprising results. There are 5,000 modern apprentices in the UK, who study for NVQs in IT while working for companies such... [07 Feb 1999]
Share and share alike: Is it time for online trading to clean up its act?
Comment According to Justin Urquhart-Stuart, corporate planning director at Barclays Stockbrokers in the UK, new traders may not be experienced enough to ensure a profit at the end of the day and could end up owing a lot of money. [04 Feb 1999]
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