Orange develops market leading roaming offering

***Seamless customer experience now stretches across 40 different countries*** Orange, The UK’s most popular mobile phone service, has extended its global reach to enable Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers to their phones the same way as they do at home, in more countries than with any other operato...
Published on: 12:00AM on 10th May 2004

Tariam launches new 1 Mb satellite broadband service

Edinburgh, 10th May: UK satellite broadband company Tariam has launched a new 1Mb service targeted at SME and SOHO customers, undercutting other players in the 2 way satellite market. The product is aimed at smaller companies with up to 10 users, and is significant because by introducing the ser...
Published on: 12:00AM on 10th May 2004

Affiliate marketing sector to generate £500m+ in UK e-commerce sales in 2004

***New research proves affiliate marketing sector has come of age - and it is good news for publishers*** E-consultancy’s “Affiliate Marketing – A Buyer’s Guide”, published today, projects £500-£600 million of total sales generated through the UK affiliate networks for 2004. This represents at l...
Published on: 12:00AM on 10th May 2004

Discovery Kids UK launches third Free2Play interactive game

London 6th May 2004: Discovery Kids UK today announced the launch of Gross!, a free2play game for interactive TV. Gross! is the channel’s third interactive game release and demonstrates Discovery’s ongoing commitment to investing in innovative ways to entertain and retain loyal viewers through in...
Published on: 12:00AM on 6th May 2004

Online travel sector up 27% in 12 months

London 6th May 2004 : Hitwise, the world’s leading online competitive intelligence service, today reports that visits to travel related websites have increased by over a quarter in the 12 months to April 2004, reflecting the continued strength of this sector online. Despite recent reports that ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 6th May 2004

PlusNet puts a real price on real broadband

***Force9 join PlusNet in smashing the £15 price barrier*** 6th May, 2004 - Sheffield UK: PlusNet, the popular UK ISP, well known for offering great value Internet access at lowest cost, today announced what must surely come as a further blow to broadband rivals AOL, BT, Tiscali and Wanadoo. Bro...
Published on: 12:00AM on 6th May 2004

Fixed Line Operators To Send A Strong Message To Detractors With Fixed Line SMS

The answer to plummeting revenues and deteriorating relationships with end users in the fixed-line telephony market could possibly lie with the mobile industry. Efforts to emulate mobile functionality - in particular, to replicate the success of mobile SMS and develop fixed line messaging - could...
Published on: 12:00AM on 6th May 2004

Verum's mathematical approach to software development brings predicatability to budgeting, development and error rate

...Start-up aims to reduce software defects by a factor of five and rework by a factor of four... Verum Consultants, a European start-up, today launched a mathematical approach to software development, developed in conjunction with the University of Oxford, which will iron out inherent flaws in ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 6th May 2004

Site Confidence seals record year with high-profile contract wins

***Site Confidence revenues double in 2003/04 fiscal year - Top UK website performance monitoring company clinches deals with Marks and Spencer, and Virgin Radio*** Site Confidence, the UK’s top web performance monitoring company, has today announced a clutch of high-profile contract wins that ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 5th May 2004

MailKey Corporation appoints Bill Donner as Chief Architect

London, UK and New York, NY - 5th May 2004 - Messaging security and management specialist MailKey Corporation (OTCBB: MAKY) is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Donner as the company’s Chief Architect. Bill will be responsible for leading MailKey’s technology vision and direction, and...
Published on: 12:00AM on 5th May 2004

Speed-trap’s Prophet selected for EU Presidency website

***The Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs implements speed-trap Limited’s web measurement and user journey analysis solution “Prophet” on its European Union Presidency website*** Newbury, Berkshire, May 4th, 2004. Speed-trap Limited, the e-business intelligence and management decis...
Published on: 12:00AM on 4th May 2004

Ektron Unveils Newest Version of its Browser-Based XML Authoring Tool

***New features offer a more powerful solution for creating validated, structured XML content in Web-based applications*** London, May 4, 2004 – Ektron Inc. today introduced significant enhancements to its browser-based authoring and forms creation tool, eWebEditPro+XML. The enhanced features of...
Published on: 12:00AM on 4th May 2004

BBC website gets new look and new name: bbc.co.uk

In May this year the BBC's website will get a new look and a new name: bbc.co.uk. In a phased roll-out, the new name will appear across the BBC’s website from Thursday 6 May (from 2.30pm), followed by a new, simplified design for the home page from Monday 17 May 2004. The term BBCi, previousl...
Published on: 12:00AM on 4th May 2004

E-business provider Shopcreator is helping spread the word for the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly

Shopcreator, the leading provider of e-business and portal solutions, is providing the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly with a range of different portal solutions, to help the regional partnership achieve its objective of encouraging partners and other organisations to deliver improvements for the r...
Published on: 12:00AM on 30th April 2004

Buongiorno is to provide mobile content and services for leading Spanish-speaking media group, Televisa

Buongiorno Vitaminic, leading European company in the market of multimedia content, signed a partnership with ESMAS, the company that manages Televisa Group interactive services. Televisa is the leader media group in all Spanish mother tongue countries and the international leader in the entertai...
Published on: 12:00AM on 30th April 2004

JD Williams employs Zendor to breathe life into its online shopping websites

JD WILLIAMS EMPLOYS ZENDOR TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO ITS ONLINE SHOPPING WEBSITES JD Williams has redesigned the homepages of its e-commerce sites and has redeveloped its content management system (CMS) with the help of sister company Zendor. A leading Manchester-based direct home shopping compan...
Published on: 12:00AM on 30th April 2004

Eyeblaster Launches Industry’s First Rich Media Creative Validation Tool

***New Features Streamline Rich Media Production and Deployment*** LONDON – April 29, 2004 – Eyeblaster, the leader in rich media advertising content and delivery, continues to extend the capabilities of its Rich Media Platform with the introduction of an enhanced Creative Spec Database and a C...
Published on: 12:00AM on 29th April 2004

Conference: 'Citizens Information - Now and Nirvana'

***The ICC, Birmingham, 22 June 2004*** A conference examining the future horizon for community information and e-Government/e-citizen interaction will take place on 22 June at the ICC, Birmingham. Designed for those with an interest in citizen’s information in an e-government context – particul...
Published on: 12:00AM on 29th April 2004

ValueClick reports record first quarter 2004 and raises guidance for full year 2004

***Profitability Net of One-Time Gain Exceeds Guidance*** ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK), the single-source provider of media, technology and services across all major interactive marketing channels, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004. Performance in the...
Published on: 12:00AM on 28th April 2004

Cogenta launches Mediawatch to help marketing and communications professionals better track company and competitor coverage

***New media monitoring product searches further, wider and deeper for an instant and complete picture of media coverage*** London, 28 April 2004 - Cogenta, a specialist in search and indexing technology, has today launched Mediawatch, a sophisticated product that monitors the web for high quali...
Published on: 12:00AM on 28th April 2004