force in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: G force
Comment At a modest estimate, the g-force exerted on the phone when it hit the floor, must have been in excess of 30g. Such a force would kill a human instantly and only 10 years ago would have seen a mobile... [28 Nov 2002]
3G licence holders: A spent force?
Comment For months, there have been mutterings among the IT cognoscenti that the companies who have forked out this cash have no clear idea how to plough their investment back. That's a charge they deny of course. [11 Sep 2000]
CIOs lack skills for growth
Comment Organisations are increasingly waking up to the power and potential of technology as a force for growth and innovation but professor N Venkatraman, of the Boston University School of Management, questions whether CIOs... [04 May 2007]
Spam and data protection: know the law and take precautions
Comment The new EU privacy directive aimed at tackling the rising tide of spam emails comes into force on 11 December. The Privacy in Electronic Communications directive will come into force from the 11 December... [10 Dec 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Whose standards are they anyway?
Comment It has become a global network precisely because groups like the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have been highly pragmatic standards groups. They're at the heart of IT, but... [09 Oct 2001]
Analysis: Why the EC stayed its Microsoft ruling
Comment This self-imposed stay will remain in force until Judge Bo Vesterdorf, the president of the European Commission Court of First Instance, decides whether to grant Microsoft's application for a permanent stay of the 24... [09 Jul 2004]
The Companies Bill: It's worth the effort
Comment The Treasury sees unlimited liability for partners as a major stick with which to force auditors to do their jobs properly. For the company itself, the requirement to provide OFRs on such matters as HR will... [15 Nov 2004]
Consultant impartiality: are some vendors more equal than others?
Comment Cisco will give KPMG's IT consulting business a boost by passing leads from a 6,000-strong sales force. If they are unwilling to do so, users should force their hand - a point which is echoed by the... [20 Aug 1999]
Surviving the Recession, a Quocirca series
Comment If the areas most used by the sales force within a CRM application are contact details and order history then making the user drill down 10 different levels will soon stop them from using the 'solution'. [03 Jan 2002]
Government, mismanagement and the telco: A market in disarray
Comment Oftel also thundered that if BT didn't conform to the timetable without a reasonable excuse it would use its powers to force them to comply. BT, clearly over the moon at being let off, said that it didn't expect Oftel to... [02 Oct 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: IM compatibility, mighty Borland and QXL's turnaround
Comment The next bit of good news came from the highly influential Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) which has just stated it will back the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (EMPP) group which is planning to... [11 Nov 2002]
Leader: UK FBI risks abandoning e-crime victims
Leader If you are a member of the public wishing to report a crime or criminal attempt, please contact your local police force within your country of residence. But bad luck if your nasty cyber-criminal doesn't live round the... [04 Apr 2006]
The future is open source
Comment The force for California that is going to drive some of the decision making down that path is probably the same decision that's driving some third world countries, which is money," he says. Third, government systems are... [21 Jul 2005]
Leader: Don't be fooled by Blair's "cardboard" ID compromise
Leader And the indications are that the government is refusing to back down on the key House of Lords amendment that would force the Home Office to let parliamentary watchdog the National Audit Office scrutinise the cost... [10 Feb 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.11.06
Round-Up And despite these assurances, members of the force may still have some concerns, of course, so a helpline has been set up for police officers who may still be worried about some personal details - such as their home... [24 Nov 2006]
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