disaster in comment and analysis
The great domain name robbery
Comment In a time where online presence is a business necessity, this was a major disaster for the companies concerned - which included Adidas and Manchester United. Last month, a large number of European companies were horrified to discover that their... [28 Apr 2000]
Y2K viruses: running wild - or wildly exaggerated?
Comment But not every anti-virus company was predicting disaster as the first week of 2000 dawned. Prophets of doom disappointed by the millennium bug's non-appearance will be taking heart this week as some software vendors put clients back on red alert... [05 Jan 2000]
The year IT hit the headlines
Comment And of course, it was the year we had a 365 day build-up to an imminent disaster all of our own making. 1999 will be remembered as the year information technology went mainstream. It was the year dot-com anything and e-everything became the motif... [23 Dec 1999]
The millennium bug: what the public really thinks
Comment Huge celebrations or complete disaster? Travel or don't travel? Stockpile versus don't stockpile? With all these conflicting messages being bandied around, the general public could be forgiven for being slightly confused about the impact of the... [12 Dec 1999]
Demonology: The trials and tribulations of an ISP
Comment Organisations such as the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), and cyber-liberties groups Internet Freedom and Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties UK, have called a recent pre-trial ruling a disaster for ISPs and Net users (see http://www... [14 Jul 1999]
Y2K: Why firms should take the real-time test
Comment This is the first genuine proof that a major Y2K disaster is possible," Coppel added, noting that it could well have been a chemical plant spilling acid into the city's streets. Four million gallons of raw sewage flooded into Van Nuys following a... [02 Jul 1999]
Keeping the data flow alive
Comment The free flow of data between Europe and the US remains in danger of grinding to a halt, after the latest talks on data protection broke down two weeks ago. The talks are stalling because the two sides hold fundamentally different views. [29 Mar 1999]
Why Oftel ruling won't worry mobile companies
Comment Commenting on the battle for 3G licences as players such as United News & Media and possibly Virgin begin to put together bids, Marie Wold, European director of the Telecommunications and Media Institute at Deloitte Research, said: "It's not... [18 Dec 1998]
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