College offers free business IT training
Small and medium enterprises in Plymouth are to receive free in-house training in computer skills thanks to a new venture from the city's college of further education.
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Ellison outlines his vision of 21st century technology
Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison, was in London yesterday to map out his vision of technology in the 21st century.
On a rare visit to the UK, Ellison spoke to an audience of ...
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BT backs SME data convergence kit
BT has put its name behind a converged voice and data box for SMEs.
The product enables companies with up to 150 employees to run both data and voice communications th...
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HP opts for Linux
Hewlett-Packard (HP) will be supporting the Linux operating system (OS) by providing European Internet service providers (ISPs) with server solutions based on the open so...
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Vendors and open source gurus hold Linux summit
Open source leaders and major IT vendors have converged on Ottawa in Canada to discuss the commercial opportunities of the Linux operating system (OS).
The first meeti...
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Compaq brings Linux to the desktop
Open source operating system, Linux has taken a step closer to the corporate desktop with Compaq's decision to pre-install the software on six of its PCs.
Compaq has s...
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Adaytum forms link with Deloitte & Touche
Deloitte & Touche has teamed up with specialist software company, Adaytum Software, to create a UK consultancy service for planning and budgeting systems.
The part...
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PeopleSoft announces reseller channel growth
ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor, PeopleSoft, has announced an expansion to its mid-market reseller channels.
The plans to sign exclusive deals with systems i...
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UK government helps SMEs learn IT
The UK government will next week announce a new plan to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) get the technology advice they need.
Trade and Industry Secretar...
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Welcom unravels LCH e-trading system
The London Clearing House (LCH), which settles futures and options contracts and equity deals for four of London's derivatives exchanges, has turned to project management...
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MPs set to give Ecommerce Bill a rough ride
A committee of UK MPs will publish a report today which is expected to be highly critical of the government's troubled ecommerce strategy.
The Trade & Industry Sel...
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Microsoft offers Windows 2000 training
Microsoft is to invest $40m in training resellers, developers and IT professionals worldwide on the Windows 2000 operating system.
With the full release delayed until ...
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Voicemail leaves users with a headache
Voicemail is the third most hated feature of office life in the UK, dwarfed only by traffic wardens and junk mail, according to a study published this week.
Management...
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Easyjet Web sales soar
UK budget airline, Easyjet, is claiming its Web site is a huge success just a year after its launch. The company says http://www.easyjet.com sold 160,000 tickets in Febru...
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US nuclear researchers switch off PCs
The US Energy Department has decided to suspend all computing research at its nuclear laboratories, fearing that the work could expose them to espionage.
The systems i...
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Dema drives car firm forward
The Data Base has won a ?50,000 contract to transfer ASG Accessories - a UK car accessory manufacturer - to its Windows NT-based Dema financial and business control packa...
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Construction firm builds on NT
UK construction firm, Sapcote & Sons has ditched its Unix-based network for a finance and administration system based on Microsoft Windows NT.
The firm has signed ...
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UK retailers slammed for 'ecommerce apathy
The UK's top retailers are failing to make the most of ecommerce, with over a third still to launch any kind of Web site, according to a report out today.
The survey, ...
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British pensioners to be offered IT training
UK Cabinet 'enforcer', Jack Cunningham, has announced plans to use technology to help provide government services for the elderly.
Labour's 'Better Government' program...
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London Borough declares itself a bug free zone
The London Borough of Bromley claims it's solved its Y2K problem less than a year after starting the project.
The local authority began in May last year with a budget ...
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IBM launches Web catalogue tool
IBM has unveiled a content management tool designed to help businesses develop and manage electronic catalogues on the Web.
According to the company, Catalog Architect...
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Oracle wins Nato finance contract
Oracle has won a contract to supply its financial software to Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). The deal covers the command and control department responsible fo...
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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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Intel unveils Pentium III
Intel takes the wraps off its latest processor today - the Pentium III.
With more multimedia instructions than its Pentium II predecessor - including the low-end Celer...
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Experts slam UK encryption plans
The government was under fire again from industry experts on Tuesday morning, as they claimed its plans for key escrow - which would force organisations to make encryptio...
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New owners for Safetynet and Computers in Ireland
Dublin-based services firm, ITG group is to buy Computers in Ireland, the computer supplier and training specialist, for up to ?7.6m. Included in the deal are Computerlan...
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Woolwich launches online banking
UK bank, the Woolwich has launched a financial services package offering Internet and telephone banking to its retail customers.
Called Open Plan Services, it is the f...
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Students buzz their way to wireless exams
Students at a London school are putting gameshow technology to the test in the classroom.
Pupils at the Cardinal Wiseman school are using a radio-controlled voting sys...
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European Parliament launches workflow system
Training starts this week at the European Parliament on a workflow system, supplied by TeamWare and Sema Group.
The system - announced last week at Finland's Winternet...
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PricewaterhouseCoopers gets online ERP lesson
PricewaterhouseCoopers has deployed a Web-based training scheme to help its employees and customers get to grips with ERP (enterprise resource planning).
The consultan...
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