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Archive - 13 Sep 2005

HP cuts 1,000 UK jobs

News Mark Hurd's £550m cost-cutting exercise has hit the shores of our green and pleasant land

Government 'too busy' to deal with spam

News Junk email is not a top priority for the government, according to the regulators charged with enforcing anti-spam legislation in the UK

eBay to buy Skype: A risky move?

Analysis eBay confirmed that it plans to buy Skype for $2.6bn in cash and eBay stock, plus a performance-based consideration

BT moves closer to universal broadband

News With broadband availability hovering above 99 percent, BT insists it is serious about minding the gaps

Benioff cheers Siebel takeover

Feature Is Oracle's acquisition a vindication of Salesforce.com, or a threat to the concept of hosted applications?

Merger nerves shake up Siebel

Feature Oracle's staff are feeling nervous too, in the wake of another major acquisition

Microsoft 'must do better' on software assurance

News IT directors, analysts and resellers are united: Microsoft's Software Assurance programme must be improved. Will Thursday's announcement go far enough?

Executives highlight importance of convergence

News Most firms will implement converged based networks within three years, despite fears over security and cost

Demon founder in court over email interception charges

News The trial of the founder of Demon and Redbus has begun at Southwark Crown Court

Oracle deal does little for CRM

Leader Oracle has gobbled up Siebel, leaving the CRM market poorer and less likely to grow

Siebel and Ellison: Is this the happy ending?

Feature The figureheads of the two enterprise applications firms couldn't be more different, but their paths have crossed again. Are they likely to live happily ever after?

Oracle's motives disected

Analysis The blogosphere is abuzz with chatter about Oracle's move. We round up some of the more interesting points being made

ITV: Avidly watching Linux

Q&A ITV's director of operations Nick Leake has taken the brave move of moving a lot of his company's core systems onto Linux. We ask him how the migration is working out

Sun makes peace with the Linux world

News Sun is 'done with the competitive rhetoric' when it comes to Linux, according the firm's chief executive

Samsung flash chip threatens hard drives?

News 16Gb NAND memory chip could usurp other storage forms in small mobile devices, or even laptops

Salesforce to ape iTunes and eBay

News Online marketplace would allow developers and Salesforce customers to sell or give away programs

Bloggers weigh in on Skype takeover

News eBay's acquisition has got people scratching their heads, wondering what happens next

Oracle-Siebel merger gets mixed reaction

News Analysts, customers and partners are all split about how easily Larry Ellison's latest takeover will fly

Firefox 1.5 Beta 1: a first look

Preview The always innovative Firefox browser has a new beta release. Although little has changed from the original release, what is new should attract more Firefox users.

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