SEARCH ENGINE INDUSTRY

Cover story: the same search technology that has brought immense value to the world wide web is unlocking often inaccessible and unstructured corporate information

Searching on the move: for now, mobile devices have a long way to go in the enterprise search market

Taxonomies: a new class of software opens the way for classification structures With round-up of leading suppliers on the web - Wide range of taxonomy vendors

Future trends: the race towards creating the "ultimate" search engine is being highly contested in a packed marketplace

Internet search facilities: Developing search technologies for general use is a costly business - and users can be very fickle

Search engineering: Most ordinary internet users are unaware that search engine optimisation techniques can influence results heavily

Financial services (web exclusive): the sector has embraced X as a powerful new language for searching and exchanging information on the internet

Case study (web exclusive): Pre-emptive searching is increasing use of legal publisher Butterworths Tolley's web content

Supplier profiles: Articles on three of the best-known names in the search engine industry - US-based rivals Inktomi and AltaVista, and Norway's Fast Search & Transfer

DEMAND FOR DATA STORAGE

Overview:
Storage vendors remain optimistic amid the IT industry's gloom. Most believe the demand for storage is independent of the economy

Outsourcing: the dotcom malaise has slowed the outsourcing sector, although cost considerations means there is scope for specialist providers

Tape storage: With a raft of new products, the sector is shaking off its sleepy image

Investment opportunities: storage still attracts venture capitalists, but they are hardly throwing money about indiscriminately

Data security issues: in the light of the September 11 terrorist attacks, security is now being woven directly into corporate storage strategies

NAS vs SANs (web exclusive): One choice stands out for IT directors adding storage capacity - networked attached storage (NAS) or storage area networks (SANs)

Case studies: new storage implementations at CGNU in the UK and Siemens of Germany - and profiles: Sanrise, which offers inhouse storage management services for corporations, and Hitachi Data Systems, which decided 18 months ago to concentrate entirely on heavy-duty data storage

View from the top: EMC's Joe Tucci remains confident for the long term, despite the current market decline

OTHER ARTICLES

Viewpoint: why systems development will never be the same again after the dotcom boom and bust

Domain names: a year after seven new internet suffixes were approved, confusion surrounds how to register and whether they will catch on

News review: a big month for operating systems - and not just because of Windows XP

Looking ahead - full details of our future plans are available