IT services april 2000 in news
Microsoft plugs Windows, Word and Excel holes
News A fifth patch addresses critical vulnerabilities in Windows HTTP services that could allow an attacker to take complete control of the system and for which exploit tools and code have been made public. [15 Apr 2009]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Latest MMS interconnect deals - in Australia
News According to Allen Lew, the managing director of Optus Mobile, the introduction of inter-carrier SMS in April 2000 saw a 1,000 per cent increase in messages being sent. Optus is trying to further boost... [05 Dec 2002]
Microsoft delays .Net Server release - again
News In April 2001, Microsoft pushed back delivery of the product, which is an essential component of the company's .Net web services strategy, to early 2002. During his Comdex keynote address on Sunday,... [19 Nov 2002]
IT contractors: This is where your money goes
News The executive team is the collective name used by the PCG to describe the suppliers who provide the day-to-day services to keep the group up and running. The PCG accounting documents for the tax year 2001 ending 30... [02 May 2002]
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