This time in '99: Compaq brings Linux to the desktop
This is how the original story broke on 14th June 1999:
Open source operating system, Linux has taken a step closer to the corporate desktop with Compaq's decision to ...
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EC proposes VAT changes for e-services
The European Commission today agreed proposals to modifiy the rules governing Value Added Tax (VAT) for electronic services, subscription TV and pay-per-view TV.
The p...
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EC launches portal to boost European tourism
The European Commission is to use the Internet to advise the European tourist industry on the help it offers for building and increasing visitor numbers.
In a statemen...
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Azlan profits soar by 141 per cent
Pre-tax profits year ending 31 March 2000 for the Azlan Group stood at ?9.3m, an increase of 141 per cent on the previous year while turnover rose 20 per cent, year on ye...
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JD Edwards announces 800 redundancies
JD Edwards is to lay off 800 staff worldwide as part of a major restructuring plan.
According to a spokesman for JD Edwards, the company invested heavily last year but...
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StorageTek pins its hopes on SANs
Data storage specialist, StorageTek is backing storage area networks (SAN) and virtual technology to help revive its flagging fortunes.
At the company's EuroStorage ev...
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This time in '99: MPs set to give Ecommerce Bill a rough ride
This is how the original story broke in May 1999:
A committee of UK MPs will publish a report today which is expected to be highly critical of the government's trouble...
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IBM launches e-learning schemes and Linux training
IBM has launched Mindspan Solutions, a service for customers wanting to plan, create, and deploy e-learning solutions.
The service will offer planning and design servi...
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SuSE Linux takes Griffin training into Eire
SuSE Linux has teamed up with Griffin Software, the Unix technical skills provider, to offer training courses in the open source operating system across Ireland.
The t...
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Virus Update: Love Bug delves deeper than email
As the Love Bug virus continues its rampage across UK companies, some companies are finding the impact is affecting more than email services.
Ascot-based training firm...
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Poor IT training costs more than a headache for managers
Managers across different sectors are losing time due to the way they are learning to use desktop applications themselves, according to a recent survey commissioned by IT...
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Indian IT gets ready for the world stage
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Tupperware uses ecommerce to lock in sales staff
Tupperware has lifted the lid on an ecommerce initiative that will allow an army of US sales people to communicate with the company and gain access to onine ordering faci...
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Behind the Headlines: ex-IT directors dismiss wastage claims as 'bean-counting
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Football managers get fresh pair of legs with extranet
A global extranet is set to give football clubs unprecedented access to information on players, according to Dave Richards, chairman of the English Premier League.
Int...
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CA brings missing children database to UK
The first international database of missing children has finally been extended to the UK with the launch of missingkids.co.uk.
The online archive is funded and hosted ...
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Bosch cuts TCO of Exchange infrastructure
Bosch is rolling out a package from IXOS Software in an attempt to cut down the amount of server and PC memory required by its email users.
The German industrial giant...
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Skills shortage 'to cost business ?232bn
The IT skills shortage in Western Europe could cost businesses as much as ?232bn, according to research released during the Summit on Technology, Innovation and Skills Tr...
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TimeSys unveils real-time Linux
Real-time systems developer, TimeSys Corporation, has released a version of Linux that can support applications working in real-time.
TimeSys claims to have altered th...
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IBM sets up European ebusiness training centre
IBM has opened its first European competency centre for CRM and ebusiness applications at its Paris headquarters.
The centre will concentrate on educating French and o...
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SAS chief advocates on-site schools for corporates
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This time in '99: British Army invades cyberspace
A UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) cybertraining project that replaces costly equipment and manpower with software has gone live and is beginning to save the department money...
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E-tailing course gets IMRG regulation
The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) is to bump up its ecommerce self-regulation scheme.
The group has partnered with Sheffield-based University for Industry t...
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Inktomi and KPMG offer enterprise ebusiness tools
Internet software developer, Inktomi Corp, has teamed up with KPMG Consulting to provide large enterprises and service providers with an ebusiness tailored service.
KP...
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NHSNet fails to sign-up GPs
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Liikanen drafts report for e-Europe
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Health-Media.Net wins NHS online training contract
Online health content company, Health-Media.Net, has won a contract with the NHS to develop Web-based distance-learning software to facilitate the training of 40,000 clin...
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Carnegie Mellon opens IT director college
Training IT directors has become a priority in Silicon Valley, where Carnegie Mellon University hopes to open a campus site dedicated to the task.
The professional IT ...
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Informix launches ecommerce consultancy
Database company, Informix, is seeking 15 development partners to create a fleet of ecommerce consultants.
The partnership will accompany Informix's continued roll-out...
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Royal lifeboat charity streamlines its helpdesk
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has implemented a helpdesk system from Royalblue that it claims will go a long way to help save lives.
It connects the h...
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