The functionality provided by the software, the costs and the maintenance of the software are important issues which web managers need to address. Installing a high-quality search engine locally is not the end of the matter, however. Another set of issues for the web manager to address. A legacy of the browser wars between Microsoft and Netscape has been problems in inter-operability and support for legacy browsers and legacy data. Behind the scenes there is the issue of web security.
Web sites are the public face of the organisation on the Internet.
As everyone from the Department of Justice to the Conservative and Labour parties now knows, that makes them both an obvious target for others with different views and a great potential embarrassment when things go wrong. Issues of how web services can be compromised and what you can do to prevent the worst happening will be outlined. This paper has outlined some of the issues which will be addressed at the Institutional Web Management. Although this paper does not provide any solutions it is useful to get a feel for the issues which web managers are facing. I look forward to skeapking at JUSW and providing a summary of any conclusions reached at the workshop.