Article gallery: Information Age

Information Masters

Wed, 01 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Forward thinking companies now aspire to have the same sort of informed relationship with their clientele that a corner grocer would have done a century ago.

Gold class Internet

Wed, 01 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Poor web site performance can kill a company's online strategy. What technologies and techniques can organisations leverage to create lightning fast ecommerce?

Faltering steps

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

The early failures of Internet banking provide important lessons for other sectors that think they are ready for ecommerce.

Under Surveillance

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000

How can organisations monitor employees' Internet and email activities for abuse, without infringing their right to privacy?

Merger Mechanics

Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Corporate mergers often hinge on the successful integration of two incompatible IT infrastructures. How can IT managers ensure a successful outcome?

No purchase necessary

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 02:00:00 +0000

How does an organisation that does not sell goods or services online attract visitors to its site and keep them coming back?

Just for fun

Tue, 01 May 2001 02:00:00 +0000

There are very few biographies that have actually changed the lives of their authors but Just for Fun: the Story of an Accidental Revolutionary claims to have done just that.

Sizing up servers

Tue, 01 May 2001 02:00:00 +0000

Will IT managers ever find a way to escape the constant round of server upgrades?

Epicentric at the crossroads of portals and web services

Thu, 10 May 2001 16:45:48 +0000

As one of the initial San Francisco dot-com high-fliers, Epicentric believes that companies miss something if they do not see the value in building enterprise and vertical portals for employees, customers or partners.

Red Hat aims for corporate mainstream

Thu, 31 May 2001 16:49:58 +0000

Red Hat is making real progress and will soon be the first Linux company to enter the corporate mainstream.

Taking it to the extreme

Fri, 01 Jun 2001 02:00:00 +0000

Is extreme programming the solution to today's dynamic project development needs?

VA Linux: jack of all trades

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:51:57 +0000

VA Linux has three claims to fame. Primarily, it was the first company to offer an exclusively Linux-based product line. Secondly, is it has more revenues than all the other Linux specialists put together. And, perhaps most interesting, its initial public offering in December 1999 saw the biggest first-day gain ever recorded on the US stock market, jumping over 700% from the opening price.

One World IT

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 03:00:00 +0000

Managing an IT infrastructure on a global scale can be a nightmare – as many CIOs will testify

RLX strips down the server

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:53:19 +0000

RLX Technologies is hoping that a combination of smaller computers and a far smaller power consumption will be enough to persuade web hosts and data centres to choose its products over standard Intel-based servers.

A problem of scale

Wed, 01 Aug 2001 01:00:00 +0000

Conventional wisdom says that Microsoft software does not scale well enough to be truly considered “enterprise class”. But as Windows 2000 gains popularity, is it time to re-assess Microsoft's high-end claims?