The most recent articles from VNU Business Publications

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...

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Nationwide upgrades ATM platform

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-15T17:26:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 17:26:00

The building society will roll out the new software across more than 2,500 cash machines

Nationwide Building Society is upgrading its ATM software to reduce management costs and expand the range of services and functionality available at the machines....

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Next speaks up for faster warehouse processes

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-13T13:11:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 13:11:00

The retailer is using a voice-based system to improve operations at its new distribution centre

High street retailer Next is using voice-based technology to improve picking productivity at one of its distribution centres. The hands-free kit allows workers at Next’s new distribution centre in Dearne...

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Budgens starts biometrics trial

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-12T10:22:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 12 May 2008 at 10:22:00

The retailer is using a fingerprinting system to avoid staff entering hours for each other

Food retailer Budgens is using a biometric system to avoid staff clocking in absent colleagues on their behalf. The fingerprinting software is currently being trialled in six franchised stores and...

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Sainsbury's checks out secure payments systems

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-08T17:34:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 17:34:00

Retail giant is investing heavily in IT to tackle crime in different areas of the business

Sainsbury’s is to start a contactless payments trial as part of a multimillion-pound revenue protection programme. The retailer is selecting a vendor for the in-store reading equipment and will begin...

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P&O Ferries embraces Web 2.0 trend

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-07T17:58:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:58:00

Analysis tools will help the ferry operator in monitoring behaviour on its web site

P&O Ferries is using a Web 2.0 tool to manage the content of its web site and gather information about consumer behaviour online....

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Whitbread unifies card payment system

Angelica Mari — 2008-05-06T16:34:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 16:34:00

Owner of Costa Coffee and Premier Inn hopes to generate £1m savings from project

Hospitality group Whitbread hopes to save more than £1m a year with the implementation of a consolidated card payment system across its businesses....

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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....

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Sainsbury's speaks for better warehouse performance

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-29T11:59:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 11:59:00

The supermarket chain expects to increase productivity with voice-based picking system

Sainsbury's is using voice-based technology to improve picking operations at three of its distribution centres. The system, provided by supplier VoiteQ, replaced a paper-based system at the retailer’s warehouses in...

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WHSmith gets a clearer voice

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 17 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Voice-based technology helps the retailer improve processes at the warehouse

Retailer WHSmith is using a voice-based technology system to improve accuracy and speed up warehouse processes. The packaged service supplied by VoiteQ includes a wearable computer with a...

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Boots improves recruitment with online system

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-16T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Wednesday 16 April 2008 at 00:00:00

The chemist chain hopes to improve quality of workforce and save time with new platform

Chemist chain Boots is using an e-recruitment system to consolidate hiring processes across the group. The system will replace the current paper-based processes used by staff across 2,500 stores nationwide,...

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Technology boosts Tesco results

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 15 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Supermarket reports further growth for its web operations and reaps savings from new IT

Tesco’s internet sales rose by 31 per cent in 2007 to £1.6bn, with profit up more than 40 per cent on the year before to £124m, boosted by improved order...

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Coffee Republic offers free web access

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 14 April 2008 at 00:00:00

The coffee chain hopes to attract more customers and increase advertising revenue with the new service

Coffer Republic is offering free wireless internet access to its customers from next month. The coffee chain estimates that its decision will prompt average savings to customers of £234 a...

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Greggs in need of £600k finance software upgrade

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 10 April 2008 at 00:00:00

High street bakery chain hopes to improve data accuracy and speed up reporting processes

Bakery chain Greggs has signed a contract worth around £600,000 with supplier Coda for a new finance system to link EPOS in its shops with its centralised bakeries....

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IT frozen out in Birds Eye deal

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

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

Food manufacturer was left with “effectively no IT” after acquisition

Birds Eye Iglo Group (BEIG) has been forced to build a new IT infrastructure after a private equity buyout from consumer goods giant Unilever left the firm with “effectively no...

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