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Volvo extends IT testing contract

Angelica Mari — 2008-08-14T12:38:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 14 August 2008 at 12:38:00

Logica will continue to test the car manufacturer's IT applications and systems

Volvo Car Corporation has extended its agreement with Logica to test its IT applications and systems. The announcement follows the supplier's testing work at the manufacturer's centre in Sweden that...

Jaguar Land Rover begins IT migration

Angelica Mari — 2008-08-06T11:50:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 11:50:00

Move of more than 1,000 IT systems from former parent Ford expected to complete within 18 months

Jaguar Land Rover has signed a managed services contract with supplier Incat, which will include key areas of the Ford-Tata Motors IT migration process....

Michelin outsources application development

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-18T15:26:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Friday 18 July 2008 at 15:26:00

Logica will provide software development and support under three-year contract

Tyre manufacturer Michelin has signed a three-year contract with supplier Logica for the provision of systems development and IT consulting services....

Airbus boosts network infrastructure

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-15T16:01:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 15 July 2008 at 16:01:00

The manufacturer hopes to benefit from fast and flexible access to data between its production facilities

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is using a next-generation network to provide bandwidth between its production sites. Supplier Interoute will support Airbus’ data communications between the company's main assembly site in Toulouse,...

McBride invests in major network upgrade

Computing — 2008-07-14T12:40:00.000Z

Computing, Computing, Monday 14 July 2008 at 12:40:00

Deployment aims to increase business continuity

McBride, a supplier of private label household and personal care products, has implemented a centralised local area network (LAN), voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) and digital surveillance system from network integration specialist...

Euro chip maker NXP outsources datacentre management

Ambrose McNevin — 2008-07-09T13:22:00.000Z

Ambrose McNevin, Computing, Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 13:22:00

Global five-year deal sees Philips-owned company hand over IT management

European chip maker NXP has outsourced datacentre management services in a five-year, €155m deal. Atos Origin was selected for the global deal which will include performance indicators including systems availability,...

Calvin Klein streamlines its supply chain

Angelica Mari — 2008-06-12T15:45:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 12 June 2008 at 15:45:00

Clothing maker is using IT to improve operations

The economic downturn taking its toll on high-street retailers has not changed the IT agenda of clothing manufacturer Calvin Klein....

Procter & Gamble outsources IT network services

Angelica Mari — 2008-06-10T16:54:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 16:54:00

The £333m contract with BT will see the rollout of a global IP infrastructure

Consumer goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G) has hired BT to provide IT support services in a deal valued at $650m (£333m)....

Motorsport firm drives network upgrade

Bryan Glick — 2008-06-10T13:34:00.000Z

Bryan Glick, Computing, Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 13:34:00

Prodrive installs 10Gbit/s capability to support new IP-based services

Motorsport group Prodrive has completed a major network upgrade to help deliver new IP-based services across the company. The firm, which runs the Subaru World Rally team and the Aston...

Worldwide disk storage market up 10.2 per cent

Janie Davies — 2008-06-05T15:32:00.000Z

Janie Davies, Computing, Thursday 5 June 2008 at 15:32:00

Strong demand prevails in the worldwide storage market, Gartner reveals

Global external controller-based disk storage revenue was up 10.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 at $4.3bn (£2.2bn), compared with the same period last year, says Gartner....

Daimler standardises on SAP

Bryan Glick at Sapphire 2008 in Berlin — 2008-05-19T14:17:00.000Z

Bryan Glick at Sapphire 2008 in Berlin, Computing, Monday 19 May 2008 at 14:17:00

Car maker to extend use of software to 100,000 users

Daimler has signed a global deal to standardise all automotive supply chain and financial processes on SAP software. The company is already a user of the system, but under the...

PC shipments up 14.1 per cent in Western Europe

Janie Davies — 2008-05-16T12:01:00.000Z

Janie Davies, Computing, Friday 16 May 2008 at 12:01:00

Dell, HP and Toshiba are first quarter winners while Acer and Fujitsu Siemens struggle

Western European PC shipments in the first quarter of 2008 hit 15.2m, up 14.1 per cent on the same period in 2007....

Siemens scores Nike for IT support

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-16T10:28:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Friday 16 May 2008 at 10:28:00

Five year systems management and support services to sports clothes maker

Sports equipment maker Nike signed a five-year support deal with Siemens services division. The deal will see Siemens provide global service desk, desktop support services and asset management plus bespoke...

Unilever makes green progress

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-01T09:30:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 1 May 2008 at 09:30:00

Datacentres set to go green amid calls for carbon-friendly IT

Consumer goods giant Unilever has started a European datacentre decommissioning programme affecting 5,000 servers, and will consolidate most of its transactions from separate territorial datacentres down to two primary locations....

Continental improves mobile data access

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 3 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Car parts supplier cuts administration costs by enhancing data access for remote workers

Automotive supplier Continental is using a single sign-on platform for secure corporate network access to improve efficiency of remote workers....