Lucent said last week that it plans to sell off or outsource the majority of its manufacturing facilities to third-party contractors over the next 18 to 24 months. Three weeks ago rival Nortel did something similar when it signed a $10bn four-year deal...
The Inland Revenue (IR) has announced that e-business websites and web servers will not constitute a permanent establishment for tax purposes.
Microsoft has admitted that it cannot dominate the enterprise alone, and has boosted its support for Unix integration.
Mergers between Old and New Economy players will create a "boom" for IT services companies and management consultants called in to combine former rivals, says market researcher IDC.
Retail giant Kingfisher will roll out Tivoli Enterprise throughout its range of retail businesses, following its successful implementation of the systems management software at B&Q and Woolworths.
Researcher Gartner has slated Novell for not giving away Novell Directory Services (NDS) free of charge to sew up the market before Microsoft launches Active Directory.
Microsoft is staring into the abyss, as the US competition authorities consider pressing for its break-up. But observers are far from agreed that the move would help users.
The Post Office has selected data archiving company IXOS to provide data archiving solutions to support SAP R/3 implementations across its business.
The US Government issued an ultimatum last week, demanding that the UK Government force BT to open its local network to third-party digital subscriber lines (DSL) this year.
Services giant EDS has been sanctioned 100 times in five years by flagship customer the Inland Revenue for failing to satisfy its service level agreement.