virtual in comment and analysis
The Bloor Perspective: Mac OS X, virtual justice and MS C# versus Java
Comment Virtual courts have been budgeted £43m and are part of the government's re-launched ambition to promote the UK as the leading ecommerce centre of the world. The intent is clearly to build a virtual court, one that offers value for money and uses... [29 Jan 2001]
Far from quiet on the virtual front
Comment But Vizioncore says it will now also be able to support Virtual Iron and Microsoft Virtual Server through its partnership with Invirtus. It also has a physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to virtual (V2V) converter, as well as technology to... [05 Sep 2007]
Leader: Is virtual success good enough in mobile?
Leader The success of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the UK and some other countries bumps up that figure somewhat. How many mobile operators does the UK have? Most people could probably name the four main ones, then of course there is... [18 May 2004]
The hard reality of virtual world litigation
Comment The brave new world of virtual worlds creates a constellation of new - and still foggy - legal questions. Setting itself apart from other creators and operators of virtual worlds, Linden announced in late 2003 that it would recognise full... [14 Jun 2007]
Leader: 'Virtual' reality hits telecoms
Leader Today we report that virtual network operator (VNO) Sirocom has won a hefty chunk of business from Reed Managed Services, one of the Reed group of recruitment businesses that was taken private. It is tempting to think that the telecoms world is now... [22 Feb 2006]
ANALYSIS: VAT - Virtual Added Tax?
Comment Delegates at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) summit have already resolved in broad terms to avoid any discrepancy between revenues from online and real world taxes. But there are some areas where the old rules don't... [07 Oct 1998]
Fighting Fraud: Virtual regulation and confidence in ecommerce
Comment The Trading Standards Service is the principal consumer protection body in the UK, working to stamp out fraudulent trade practices and create a level playing field for business. Applying and advising on retail laws, most Trading Standards Services... [24 Apr 2001]
John Lamb's week: Intel price cuts on the horizon?
Comment Calling the internet a virtual world is a cliché, but for disabled people the prospect of being released from the restrictions of everyday life is not. Much has been written about the benefits and pitfalls of online exchanges and virtual markets. [17 Aug 2001]
How call centres caught the teleworking bug
Comment Virtual call centres emerged in the nineties with a promise to offer a better service for customers and more flexible working practices for staff. The other key technology development helping call centres realise flexible working and virtual call... [29 Oct 2003]
IP VPNs - networking for an interconnected world?
Comment Large businesses can't help but notice current hype about virtual private networks based on internet protocol. Knowing what this stands for (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network) isn't the tough part. [11 Dec 2001]
Philip Rosedale
AS Profile Visualising virtual worlds Philip Rosedale runs Linden Labs - developers of Second Life, a virtual world which boasts more than 700,000 so-called 'residents'. More than just games, these worlds blur the lines between real and imagined - residents... [25 Sep 2006]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?
Comment So be careful how you choose to limit access to wikis, blogs, social networking, virtual worlds and more, warns Steve Ranger. And I know companies that are benefiting from the use of social networking to share knowledge internally, creating virtual... [14 Jun 2007]
Inside Vanco: Lessons from a service provider
Comment Also taking place that same weekend, with considerably less fanfare, was the annual conference of UK virtual telecoms network operator Vanco. While he got the spin about this virtual network operator, he also learnt a few wider truths about what... [17 Mar 2003]
Convergence: lower costs and extra flexibility - the IP VPN promise
Comment IP VPNs supported by the Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) quality of service standard offer a premium virtual network service over a private IP network. Is it any wonder, asks Stewart Baines, that network managers are increasingly turning to... [20 May 2003]
Interview: The FBI's CIO
Comment Last year, the FBI was forced to abandon its initial plans to create a so-called Virtual Case File system, with FBI Director Robert Mueller admitting to Congress that more than $100m had been wasted. Azmi: The GAO audit was specific to the Trilogy... [17 Jul 2006]
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