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Jeeves finally facing the axe?
News Internet search engine Ask.com has confirmed its long-term figurehead, the butler Jeeves, is facing an uncertain future and may well find himself thrown onto the manservant scrapheap in the coming months. [26 Sep 2005]
Planning for a Healthier Future: How Analytics Can Help Overcome Challenges Facing the Canadian Healthcare System
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the prevailing conditions facing today's healthcare administrators, examine current issues in strategic planning for large health agencies and propose an exemplary framework for... [16 Sep 2009]
BT facing 192 monopoly probe
News BT could be facing a serious monopoly investigation over its 192 directory enquiries service. Oftel will decide later this week if the company broke the law by increasing the fees it charges competitors to access the 192... [03 Dec 2001]
BT facing opposition over Cellnet buyout
News BT is facing resistance to the £3.15bn buyout of Securicor's 40 per cent stake in Cellnet. Securicor's UK shareholders are unhappy with the sum accepted by the company, and are reported to be discussing a possible... [19 Aug 1999]
HP chairman facing calls to quit
News HP's board of directors met for several hours on Sunday but adjourned without announcing a decision on the fate of chairman Patricia Dunn, who is facing calls to resign in the wake of a probe of board members and... [11 Sep 2006]
Carphone and NTL facing private equity bids?
News As well as its lower share price, the company is also facing an increasingly competitive marketplace. Private equity firms are rumoured to be circling both mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse and uber-ISP NTL. [16 Aug 2006]
BT facing £37m lawsuit over unmetered net access
News BT is facing a £37m lawsuit over allegations it has failed to deliver on a contract for wholesale unmetered internet access. UK ISP Zone Corporation claims it had been planning to launch a free-phone internet access... [11 Aug 2000]
India facing offshore call-centre skills crisis
News India's offshore call-centre industry is facing a skills crisis that could damage the quality of customer service, according to a new report by analyst Gartner. This warning has also been coming from inside the Indian... [12 Sep 2005]
Qwest facing criminal probe
News Telcos Global Crossing and WorldCom are facing criminal probes. Qwest Communications, the US telecoms group, is under investigation by the US Attorney's office in Denver, and the FBI, according to a report in the WSJ... [08 Jul 2002]
BT facing multi-million pound wholesale net access lawsuit
News The law suit is set to be filed by Network Systems (NSL), which has accused BT of mismanaging its ISPNet service and failing to deliver on the promise of 99.9 per cent reliability. Tony McKenzie, managing director of NSL, alleges that BT... [03 Nov 2000]
In brief: NEC facing Windows 98 incompatibility problems
News PC vendor NEC is continuing tests to iron out problems associated with running Windows 98 on its Versa notebook range. The company claims it will have the notebooks ready in about two weeks. However, it has still to solve incompatibility... [05 Aug 1998]
IBM facing investigation by the feds
News IBM said on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation related to the company's first-quarter earnings and how the company accounted for stock-based compensation. [28 Jun 2005]
Linux OS facing Trojan attack
News Security experts are warning companies of a Linux virus variant. The virus has similarities to a virus bearing the Remote Shell Trojan (RST), discovered in October last year, according to security newsgroup SecurityFocus. [07 Jan 2002]
Changing the Game: The New Security Threats Facing Your Organization
White Paper This paper discusses the latest web application challenges, organizational considerations, business costs associated with security issues and tips to maintain the integrity of an organization's web applications. [06 Oct 2009]
Facing a Real-Life Issue: Upgrading Outdated Communications Systems
White Paper Using an obsolete communications system can be dangerous, as learned by a rapidly growing city just north of Nashville, Tennessee. The city's communication system, which covered all municipal functions, such as police, fire, water, and... [18 Mar 2009]