Behind the Headlines: Ignorance isn't bliss for UK SMEs
According to Simon Moores, chairman of the Research Group and one of the guests on this week's Behind the Headlines programme, this sector of the UK economy is suffering ...
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New look silicon.com offers unrivalled ebusiness coverage
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Share options lose their shine with dot-com staff
Internet firms must offer executives the same perks as those offered by bricks and mortar companies if they are to keep top level staff.
According to a Pricewaterhouse...
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Icann goes into election with 150,000 new members
Over 150,000 internet users have signed up to become members of Icann - the organisation in charge of global domain names - as part of the group's largest membership driv...
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Icann steps up European membership drive
Icann - the organisation in charge of top level internet domain names - is trying to rekindle its flagging European recruitment drive just two months before the election ...
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ATSCO takes 'damaging' recruitment plans to Parliament
The Association for Technology staffing companies (ATSCO) has said it will not rest until the UK government rethinks its proposals to regulate the private recruitment ind...
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Ebusiness gap is widening in UK workforce
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Entranet prepares for IPO
UK online voting pioneer, Entranet, today announced its plans for floatation.
It has appointed David Best, who took software supplier FI Group to market, to oversee op...
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European ecommerce savvy gaining ground on the US
The first comparative ecommerce study from research house, Mori, shows that Europe, and particularly the UK, is gaining on the US in knowledge and attitudes to the Intern...
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BT to employ 400 more call centre staff
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Praxon announces Donnington deal
Praxon today announced it has won a contract with recruitment firm, Donnington Associates, to install its Phone Data eXchange (PDX) system.
A value was not put on the ...
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HotJobs.com gets technical
New York recruitment Web site, HotJobs.com, has launched a start-up channel that will offer entrepreneurial job seekers more opportunities to get involved in emerging hig...
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Elan in race to raise ?10,000 for IT Relief
Staff at recruitment agency, Elan Computing, are aiming to raise up to ?10,000 for IT Relief by taking part in the Great North Run next month.
Elan's marketing team is...
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Judgement imminent in PAYE test case
An industrial tribunal is expected to deliver a judgement in the next few days on the case of an IT contractor who claims insurance was unfairly deducted from his salary ...
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Small firms offered Bigsave Net help
Virtual shopping mall, Bigsave.com, has launched a recruitment drive to find small companies that can't afford to get online alone.
For a 'small but undisclosed' fee, ...
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Silicon.com celebrates first birthday
Silicon.com celebrates its first anniversary today. The Web site went live on 6 July 1998 as Europe's first online TV news network; since then, it has become one of the m...
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Manches offers online legal advice
London law firm, Manches, has launched a Web site offering free legal advice on technology issues.
The site offers articles on Internet, property, computing and media ...
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Schmidt pledges future to Novell
Novell CEO, Eric Schmidt has denied claims he is leaving the software manufacturer.
Schmidt insisted he is "committed to Novell", and dismissed rumours that he is in t...
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PeopleSoft goes back to college
ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor PeopleSoft has launched an administration and information system aimed at colleges and universities.
PeopleSoft says Student ...
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Open source 'wounding' makes Linux chief quit
Godfather of open source and hero of the Linux community, Eric Raymond, is to step down as leader of the movement that has shaken the computing world to the core.
The ...
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HotJobs gambles on Super Bowl ad
HotJobs.com will be spending $1.6m for 30 seconds of television airtime during 1999's American Super Bowl. One of the online recruitment agency's main competitors, The Mo...
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Orbital hits the jackpot
Orbital Software has won a ?500,000 investment from Novell, with another ?3m from 3i, Scottish Equity partnership, and NatWest IT Fund.
The Edinburgh-based company wri...
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IT chiefs take on the Cisco City Challenge
The most muscular members of the IT industry will hit London's streets tomorrow in a spirit of intrigue and excitement, as befits the Cisco City Challenge. None of the 90...
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Lycos targets SMEs with business portal
Although there's no shortage of Web sites dedicated to small businesses, Lycos has published what it bills as a 'unique and extensive' Web guide for small and medium size...
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Mori poll shows Internet business benefits
Mori released research this morning which shows that over half of European companies with Internet access believe it has made them more productive.
Only 4 per cent of ...
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