“Royal Mail wanted a CIO who is comfortable in a really volatile and changing environment to drive change. And I am. I joined because the scale of the challenge is huge and I would be mad to say no to that.” Catherine Doran ...
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Consumer goods giant Unilever is looking at how it can optimise its global operations using SAP’s HANA in-memory database. The company has been consolidating its SAP systems over the past 20 years and now runs 4 regional systems. ...
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London's buses will be the first mode of transport to accept contactless bank card payments,starting today. The whole fleet of London buses will accept the payments,meaning that passengers can use an American Express,MasterCard,Maestro or ...
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Rick Ruzga, Lean Engagement Manager, Brady Corp. Since 1990 when world-leading manufacturing company Kimberly-Clark Corp. opened its doors, it has experienced tremendous growth and advancement due to its focus on productivity improvements ...
Relay Technology Management (Relay TM) has introduced Business Development Live (BD Live!), a new unified, real-time data visualization, comparative asset analysis and tracking platform for the life sciences industry. BD Live! enables ...
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) has announced the promotion of Eric Dean, Jerome Hanner and Cara Richardson as the new corporate vice presidents. Arthur chairman, president and CEO Patrick Gallagher said: "All of these individuals have ...
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Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
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The sales pitch for servers in the cloud has always leaned on the word"commodity."You push a button,and voilA,a root password is yours within minutes.The machines in the cloud may not be exactly what you would order if you were filling out ...
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Mike Gibbons,CIO of building materials company Aggregate Industries,talks to Computer Weekly about why regulatory intervention made the company realise the importance of its data assets,and the reason investment in IT is more important now ...
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Big data a catalyst for change Corporate IT, BI and enterprise search Finding the gems Social, collaborative common to BI and search Business intelligence (BI) and enterprise search have been converging slowly in corporate IT ...
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SAP has developed an update for its HANA in-memory database that will enable it to"power mission-critical transactional and analytical applications in one platform,"the vendor announced Wednesday during the Tech Ed and Sapphire conferences ...
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SAP is tying the HANA in-memory database to its CRM (customer relationship management) software and other applications, creating a package that will "allow organizations to revolutionize the way they engage with their customers," the ...
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SAP on Tuesday is expected to showcase how it will tie together its business applications with the cloud-based business network it gained through the acquisition of Ariba during the Sapphire and Tech Ed conferences in Madrid. The Ariba ...
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SAP is urging businesses to rethink core business values to become more consumer-centric using mobile, social, cloud and business intelligence (BI). Addressing delegates via a video link at the opening of SAP TechEd Madrid, Bill ...
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The government has published its Digital Strategy document this morning,promising to improve online experiences for service users,and move rapidly towards"digital by default"access channels to replace telephone and in-person transactions. ...