Andersen Consulting could be made liable for up to #50 million a year following the botched implementation of the new National Insurance database.
Inland Revenue says its #1.6 billion outsourcing deal with EDS gives value for money.
Microsoft's launch of a Visual Studio 6.0 service pack built to comply with a US court ruling has been greeted warily by some developers and users.
IBM says its new integrated security offering will enable businesses to overcome existing hurdles to full transaction-based Internet business.
IBM's announcement giving users extra mainframe capacity at the flick of a switch looks like it is aimed at protecting revenues from year 2000 'lockdown'.