No room for slackers in the online world

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Speakers at the Online Delivery 98 electronic commerce conference and exhibition in London, England, addressed a wide range of issues. Keynote speaker Esther Dyson talked about the blurring of the divisions between work, home and education, and warned that online developments are expensive and labour-intensive. Patrick Vittet-Philippe of the European Commission spoke about the challenges associated with creating a legal structure for electronic commerce. Tim Jones, managing director of retail services at NatWest, talked of the need for more detailed customer relations in the financial services industry.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Electronic commerce, E-commerce software, E-commerce

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Testing time for Europe

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The year 2000 computer date change and the implementation of European monetary union will both have a significant impact on financial information technology (IT) systems. The IT industry and in-house developed software will have to supply systems able to cope with these developments which can be thoroughly tested before the implementation of European monetary union on Jan 1, 1999. This will be a significant challenge, and it is possible that IT resources will simply not stretch far enough. Compliance problems may seem minimal at first, but serious long-term difficulties could emerge.

Software Publishers, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Financial Services, Finance and Insurance, Planning, Financial services industry, Operating systems (Software), Year 2000 transition (Computers), Information management, European Monetary System

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The more things change, the more we stay the same

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New technology designed to help companies respond more effectively to approaches made to them through their corporate Web sites is being made available in the UK. Brightware, for example, is offering a solution which aims to help companies cope with the problem of large volumes of incoming electronic mail from corporate Web pages. Push technology may play a key role in this sector, allowing individuals to select the material they really need to see and then have it delivered automatically.

Usage, Internet software, Electronic mail systems, Email, Email software, World Wide Web, Push technology

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