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BT revamps UK operations
News The revamp, overseen by group managing director, Bill Cockburn sees a new BT UK Markets division responsible for £10bn of annual sales, and covering voice and data services and products, as well as telemarketing and telesales operations. [12 Aug 1998]
UK travel agents ignore Web opportunities
News The results suggest that most companies, excluding the larger ones, are not incorporating IT into their business strategies as well as they could. Adam Daum, analyst at Inteco, said only certain sectors of the travel industry, such as business... [10 Aug 1998]
In brief: Informix announces reshuffle
News Informix has announced a structural reorganisation to focus on the data warehousing and ecommerce markets. Company chairman and chief executive, Bob Finocchio, explained that the new divisions were created in response to demands from customers to... [07 Aug 1998]
BT loses grip on international business market
News The company is counting on its recently forged alliance with AT&T to win back international business, offering combined data and voice services. Figures released yesterday by UK telecoms watchdog, Oftel, show BT's share of the international... [06 Aug 1998]
Icom bought out by Keane in £30m deal
News Icom provides business consultancy, workflow and application management for large corporate customers. She added that the buyout offered Icom access to expertise in application outsourcing and data warehousing. [05 Aug 1998]
In brief: Gemini finds first UK customer
News The cable is the first transatlantic network designed to carry voice and data traffic between Europe and the US. NetKonect will now offer ATM-based communications services to its business customers. Gemini - a submarine cable link from London to... [03 Aug 1998]
UK car industry struggles with data
News Car manufacturers in the UK fear they are losing business because they are unable to create effective customer profiles. A survey released yesterday by Cap Gemini reveals that 42 per cent of leading car manufacturers, dealers and importers have... [31 Jul 1998]
In brief: Cisco buys programmable switch maker
News It highlights the trend of datacoms suppliers such as Cisco moving to provide products for voice services, while traditional telecoms equipment vendors such as Lucent Technologies and Nortel attack the data networking market. [29 Jul 1998]
BT and AT&T form £6.25bn global alliance
News The joint venture will see the two companies pool their international assets and offer voice and data services to business customers and other telecoms operators. The two companies expect these services to generate £6.25bn worth of business in the... [27 Jul 1998]
Compaq merges storage products
News In a step towards providing fully-fledged storage area networks (SANs) - which will lessen the need to have data stored on any single server - Compaq announced its Enterprise Backup Solution. Compaq is also counting on picking up business from... [23 Jul 1998]
Utilities firms get data protection guidelines
News Utilities firms are to get an updated set of guidelines on coping with the Data Protection Act. The advisory document comes from the Office of the Data Protection Registrar (ODPR) and will detail the use of client databases for marketing campaigns. [20 Jul 1998]
In brief: AT&T picks up $40m communications contract
News The US telco will improve internal and external communications networks to the mortgage lender's business and consumer customers. AT&T will also provide high-speed data connection between all of Countrywide's 550 offices. [17 Jul 1998]
Data Protection Bill sparks international talks
News The governments of Japan, the US and other major international countries are in negotiations with the EC to ensure data sharing will still be possible into the next century. An EC directive on data protection is in the process of being enacted by... [17 Jul 1998]
Farmers lead Europe into the information age
News The research - carried out by Europages, the business directory company, in association with the Paris M&D Research Institute - found that 65 per cent of European companies use the Internet to make contact with new suppliers. [15 Jul 1998]
London Electricity moves into telecoms
News According to London Electricity, residential and business customers signing up to the service will save an average of 20 per cent on regional and national calls, and 5 per cent on local calls compared with BT prices. [07 Jul 1998]
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