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RSS revealed in newsIT directors slammed for poor asset management
News The round table's conclusions followed studies published by research company Gartner Group which revealed that 70 per cent of organisations have a 30 per cent discrepancy between a planned IT inventory and their actual IT inventory. [08 Mar 2000]
French e-government plans under fire
News A report into the French government's plans to turn its paper-based administration into a fully electronic system has revealed large flaws within the day-to-day running of parliament. The report, which was written by the Commisserat of General... [07 Mar 2000]
Network Appliance wins storage contract with Infineon
News However, the companies have revealed NetApp clinched the deal in the face of competition from Sun Microsystems. Network Appliance has won a deal to supply its network storage products to Infineon Technologies, formerly Siemens' Semiconductor Group. [07 Mar 2000]
UK Chancellor sets out e-government roadmap for SMEs
News He also revealed the Treasury is considering two schemes designed to give greater access for SMEs to government services via the Internet and call centres. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, kicked off his pre-budget tour by announcing a... [06 Mar 2000]
This week in 1999: Tax system in crash chaos and BT's loop
News This week last year, the UK Inland Revenue was shamed in a survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), which revealed that 96 per cent of its self-assessments were hit by computer glitches. [02 Mar 2000]
BEA continues ecommerce refocusing strategy
News It also revealed details of its 'Project E-collaborate' - an open business-to-business architecture - which it claims will be cheaper and less complicated to implement than EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). [28 Feb 2000]
Document management essential for ebusiness
News Alan Pelz-Sharpe, author of the report, said Y2K projects revealed too many companies their corporate knowledge base was a "mess". A properly integrated document management system is critical to the success of ebusiness and knowledge management... [16 Feb 2000]
NHSNet fails to sign-up GPs
News Despite the government's target of having all GPs connected to the NHSNet by 2001, RQ's survey of practicing GPs in the UK revealed only 31 per cent have connected so far; while half of that 31 per cent had not used the system in the last month. [14 Feb 2000]
Update: Microsoft allowed four weeks grace
News It was revealed yesterday that it has launched an investigation into the new operating system. The European Commission has given Microsoft four weeks to respond to the demands for information on specific Windows 2000 features. [10 Feb 2000]
Liikanen drafts report for e-Europe
News Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, has revealed plans for an electronic Europe to Silicon.com, one month before publication. His document on e-Europe - currently in draft format - will cover issues... [09 Feb 2000]
Recycled PCs expose confidential data
News The 'obsolete' Compaq computer revealed sensitive information about the private investment portfolios of pop star Sir Paul McCartney, the Cancer Research Campaign and the International Association of Odd Fellows. [09 Feb 2000]
Banks are holding back ecommerce, says IoD report
News A survey of IoD members revealed many banks are reluctant to support online credit card transactions for small or start-up businesses until the governing rules have been clarified. The widespread adoption of ecommerce is being held back by banks... [08 Feb 2000]
Delta Air Lines launches 'PCs for workers' scheme
News Delta Air Lines is yet to decide who will supply the PCs, but revealed the shortlist is down to Compaq, HP, IBM and Toshiba. US airline, Delta Air Lines, is offering its 75,000 employees the chance to own a PC with Internet access for just $12 per... [07 Feb 2000]
Big Blue commits to Linux OS
News The news comes as Dell revealed it is pre-installing Red Hat Linux on two of its laptop PC models. IBM has made the first concrete plans to mark its recent commitment to the Linux operating system. The systems giant will enable its client/server... [03 Feb 2000]
Liikanen launches public consultation into dot-eu
News Erkki Liikanen, commissioner for the information society, has long been interested in a European top-level domain, as revealed on Silicon.com in November "EU commission considers dot-eu domains". The European Commission today launched a public... [02 Feb 2000]
