Datamonitor: Government sector drives 49% increase in global spending on major outsourcing projects in 2003

London, 21 January, 2004 - New research by independent market analysts Datamonitor (DTM.L), has found that businesses globally dramatically increased their investment in major IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) initiatives in 2003. Despite a backlash against outsourcers following several ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 21st January 2004

Softwrap Now Accepts Switch/Solo

Softwrap today announced it will now be accepting Switch and Solo as methods of payment by end-users. With over 23 million users of the Switch and Solo payment system worldwide, Softwrap believe that its solution has never been easier to acquire and implement. Dylan Solomon, a spokesman for S...
Published on: 12:00AM on 21st January 2004

Telewest: Surfing gets even faster in Devon

Telewest Broadband is today launching faster broadband internet services in Devon, enabling speed-hungry web surfers to rev-up their home connection even further. The cable company's 1Mb and 2Mb blueyonder broadband services offer internet connections up to 20 and 40 times faster than traditiona...
Published on: 12:00AM on 20th January 2004

OTC to work with Webabacus

London: Online Travel Corporation (OTC), the UK's leading online travel supplier and retailer, has signed a deal with WebAbacus, the London-based behaviour analytics expert, to adopt WebAbacus’ web analytics solution. The solution, for the first time, allows OTC to monitor traffic in detail acro...
Published on: 12:00AM on 20th January 2004

Granada Brings Back Red Fig For I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here

London, UK, 20th January 2004 –- Participation TV specialist Red Fig has been appointed for the second consecutive year to manage the public vote for Granada’s BAFTA winning series I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!. Red Fig’s Gallery Manager will capture the votes from all platforms (telephon...
Published on: 12:00AM on 20th January 2004

Best practice template files published for SME and Agency web projects

Digital business information and research specialist E-consultancy.com has published the first ever collection of best practice template files for web projects. The series of vital documents were designed following demand from SMEs, start-ups and agencies. They have been developed to make life ea...
Published on: 12:00AM on 19th January 2004

Press Release: CRYPTOLOGIC ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE ONLINE POKER AGREEMENT WITH BETFAIR, THE WORLD’S LARGEST BETTING EXCHANGE

Betfair chooses CryptoLogic-developed software to expand into one of the Internet’s biggest growth markets January 15, 2004 (London, UK) – CryptoLogic Inc., a leading software developer to the Internet gaming and e-commerce industries, is pleased to announce that the company is advancing its ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 15th January 2004

Site performance issues cost one-in-ten e-tailers share of £3.3bn December consumer spend

Site Confidence, the UK’s leading web performance monitoring company, has released startling research that shows top UK retailers lost a potential £0.3bn over the Christmas period, merely by failing to address the performance of their websites. In an analysis of 35 top retail sites over the mont...
Published on: 12:00AM on 15th January 2004

Espotting Media and EMAP strike search and content deal

Espotting Media, the 'Best European Paid Placement Service ' today announces a deal to provide paid listings to the internet properties of Emap PLC, one of the UK's leading media companies, and publishers of titles including FHM, Smash Hits and New Woman. Emap is the UK's largest consumer publish...
Published on: 12:00AM on 15th January 2004

Press Release: ADVFN shows private investors the long and short of it

- first financial Web site to offer free unrestricted daily stock lending data - ADVFN is enabling its users to view the number of shares on loan for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 securities in CREST. By visiting www.advfn.com, private investors can see how much of a particular stock is in CREST - th...
Published on: 12:00AM on 14th January 2004

Press Release: Rapid Expansion for New Media Agency

Forward thinking, customer focused New Media agency, Digital Therapy have recently appointed Jonathan Filewood as Design & Production Director. Leeds born, Filewood, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from an impressive client base including BBC North, Digitronix and Yorkshire Ba...
Published on: 12:00AM on 14th January 2004

Press Release: RETAIL FRENZY MAKES WAY FOR TRAVEL SURGE

Following a record month for online retail in December, Hitwise reports that UK Internet users have now shifted their focus away from shopping to holidays in the post-Christmas period. Hitwise data for December and early January reveals that whilst traffic to online retailers has fallen, interest...
Published on: 12:00AM on 12th January 2004

Press Release: emuse and Granada work together on the popular “I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!” for the second time

emuse technologies is delighted to work once again with Granada plc, the largest and most successful media company in the UK's commercial television sector. Following the huge success of the interactive content featured on the last “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!” in May 2003, Granada is onc...
Published on: 12:00AM on 12th January 2004

Press Release: Enpocket and cdp-travissully target urban professionals with media 'text to win' campaign for Holland tourism

Enpocket, the mobile marketing solutions provider, and ad agency cdp-travissully have teamed up to produce an innovative, upmarket SMS campaign for the Netherlands Board of Tourism through 135 Caffé Nero outlets and inserts in the Guardian and Independent newspapers in the London area. The camp...
Published on: 12:00AM on 12th January 2004

Press Release: RITZ CLUB LONDON LAUNCHES INTERNET CASINO IN HIGHLY REGULATED JURISDICTION – USING CRYPTOLOGIC-DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY

January 7, 2004 (London, UK) – CryptoLogic Inc., a leading software developer to the Internet gaming and e-commerce industries, is pleased to announce another important milestone in its European growth. The Ritz Club London Online (www.theritzclublondon.com), a prestigious UK gaming brand, has us...
Published on: 12:00AM on 7th January 2004

Press Release: ZENDOR RESEARCH IDENTIFIES 60% OF TRAVEL WEBSITES EXHIBIT ‘AMNESIA’ WHEN CUSTOMERS RETURN TO THEIR SITE

Usability research into travel websites, undertaken by Zendor, the interactive and fulfilment expert, has found that the majority of travel websites forget the customer and their enquiry when they revisit a site after an initial visit. By exhibiting ‘amnesia’ these sites are creating significant ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 7th January 2004

Press Release: Former Microsoft Executive and Symbian Co-Founder Juha Christensen to lead Macromedia Mobile and Devices Division

Bracknell - January 6, 2004 - Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the appointment of Juha Christensen as president of its mobile and devices business unit. Christensen recently served as corporate vice president of the mobile devices division at Microsoft Corporation, building Microsoft's f...
Published on: 12:00AM on 6th January 2004

Press Release: hellomagazine.com launches new horoscope section with forecasts by Jonathan Cainer

www.hellomagazine.com launches its new horoscope section today with content from popular astrologer Jonathan Cainer. The section on the site:- http://www.hellomagazine.com/horoscopes/?scope=day&sign=capricorn - will have daily forecasts from Monday to Friday, with a week ahead prediction for all ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 5th January 2004

Press Release: Nielsen//NetRatings - How The Internet Has Changed Our Life

It has been ten years since the Internet took its first steps towards becoming a mass medium in the UK, and five years since Nielsen//NetRatings started measuring online activity. It is almost impossible to overstate the extent to which the Internet has changed our lives in that time. Selected by...
Published on: 12:00AM on 5th January 2004

Press Release: UK Jewish comedy writing and performing gets a home at JewishComedy.co.uk

In a bid to encourage broadcasters to take the plunge and commission a Jewish comedy show for British TV, Jewish writing team Leslie Bunder and Caroline Westbrook have started JewishComedy.co.uk (www.jewishcomedy.co.uk). The website will be updated on a regular basis with new material and ideas ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 5th January 2004