UK upmarket retailer Waitrose has announced a multi-million pound investment that will see the launch of a drive-through click and collect service. The group said today (25 February), the first drive-through will open at Waitrose ...
Swiss meat processing company Bell Group has booked an increase in full-year profits, despite what it claims has been a "demanding" market environment. In the 12 months to the end of December, net profit climbed 5.9% to CHF75.8m ...
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Computerworld - Amid a flurry of news surrounding the Watson supercomputer, IBM this week released major upgrades to three enterprise storage products, including a self-service software portal for end users. The Log in screen for the ...
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What will be the trend of the distribution market in 2013? The lines between engineering and purchasing will continue to blur, validating the importance of a next generation distribution model. This next generation approach is less ...
If you have young children or grandchildren, look at them and imagine signs around their necks: “I owe my government $52,000 — and each day I will owe more.” While the number varies according to the parameters of data ...
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Business Technology Solutions (BizTech), a leading Business and IT Services firm and Oracle Platinum Partner, is pleased to announce the addition of Oracle E-Business Suite instance cloning onto Amazon Web Services (AWS) to its cloud ...
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During the enforced idleness that came with a cold, rainy, dreary holiday period in which the sun seemed to be in permanent hiding, we watched reruns of the second season of the wildly popular PBS series, “Downton Abbey.” I ...
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Cornerstone National Insurance Company (Cornerstone) has deployed ISCS's SurePower Innovation Policy Administration Suite, in an effort to offer user-friendly online capabilities for insureds and independent agents. Implementation in ...
Automated self-checkout is appearing in more and more retail stores, with Walmart this year installing 10,000 self-service kiosks in hundreds of stores. But self-checkout is a technology direction with risks -- and even as Walmart moves ...
With the release of the first service pack for Microsoft System Center 2012, Microsoft is taking another step in its ambitious goal of helping customers manage their on-premises IT and Microsoft Azure cloud services with a single set of IT ...
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IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence, said staffing professionals. But cloud computing jobs for on-site infrastructure support and software management are likely to be ...
There is a push in retail and restaurants to accomplish more through self-service automation, but that trend doesn't necessarily mean that a business should look to reduce staff by rolling out technology. One company that's doing more ...
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Facilities management firm goes with iTrent, consolidates 33 systems. Norse Group, a combined facilities management, property consultancy and care provider, has signed a deal with specialist software and service provider, MidlandHR, to ...
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Western Heritage Insurance Company has signed a partnership agreement with ISCS for provision of underwriting module of its SurePower Innovation Policy Administration Suite for use in development of the rate-to-issuance system. The ...
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With the new reporting interface just released by FaceItPages (the popular Facebook Page Tab creation service) ad agencies, marketers, and professionals now have advanced tools that will provide them deeper understanding of the fan activity ...
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